Jan 29, 2024 FinCEN Increases Civil Penalties Under the CTA By Rebecca Arrington Last week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a final rule modifying specific maximum civil penalties within its...
Jan 19, 2024 Could your patent be invalid if your attorney uses AI in the drafting process? By Adam Thompson The Federal Circuit held in Thaler v. Vidal that an “inventor” must be a human. During the patent drafting process, the human inventors...
Jan 18, 2024 Insurers Ordered to Pay Policy Limits Twice for a Single Policy Term By Nathan Miles Seslee Smith Ryan Burke In a cautionary tale for insurers everywhere, a California court recently ordered two excess carriers to pay their policy limits twice...
Jan 17, 2024 Can All Prior Art Patent Applications Be Submitted in an Inter Parties Review (IPR)? By Adam Thompson Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings have become a crucial aspect of the patent landscape, allowing parties to challenge the validity of...
Jan 03, 2024 Buckle up: the Corporate Transparency Act is here! By Lili Martin-Mashburn The federal government counted down to “Happy New Year” by starting another countdown clock under the Corporate Transparency Act. An...
Jan 03, 2024 2024 Economic Outlook for CRE: Prepare for Choppy Seas By Daniel Weede My associate, Lena Chan, and I just had an article published in Wealth Management Magazine about our thoughts on the economic outlook for...