The Federal Circuit has issued a nonprecedential decision in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CF Dynamic Advances LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., relating to U.S. Patent No. 7,177,798 (the "798 patent")...

Recently, social media personality Pattie Gonia shared a video with her more than 2 million Instagram and TikTok followers to draw attention to a lawsuit by clothing brand Patagonia filed against her in January.

The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to resolve a question of patent infringement liability: can advertising a product as a "generic"—without more details—give rise to liability for induced infringement?

Nike's Air Max 95 sneaker featuring orange, green, and red stripes has sparked a federal trademark lawsuit from 7-Eleven, which claims the design unlawfully copies its distinctive tri-color branding. The convenience store chain argues that the shoe's color scheme, combined with its July 11 release date and "corner store" marketing references, creates consumer confusion about an unauthorized collaboration.

In "Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co., et al. v. Seaway Marine Transport, et al.", 6th Cir. Nos. 08-4676/4678 (Feb. 25, 2010), the Sixth Circuit threw out a Plaintiff's lost profits claim, citing failure to follow initial disclosure requirements.

In 2008, the West Virginia Supreme Court refused to hear appeals in the "Tawney" and "Wheeling Pitts" cases.

On June 27, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled that doctors who act in subjective good faith in prescribing controlled substances...

A federal district court has vacated a 2024 residential real estate reporting rule that applied to most non-financed transactions. The rule had been delayed from its original start date of December 1, 2025...

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has revolutionized transaction of data, assets, and value, including the proliferation of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.

With the increased focus by the Obama Administration on financial crimes, health care fraud, and corporate fraud, corporate compliance and ethics programs have never been more important.

In May 2023, former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 23-08, which argued that non-competition agreements generally violate the National Labor...

On May 14, 2026, the U.S Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division announced a technical amendment rescinding increases to the salary-basis test for exempt executive, administrative and professional...

In a recently issued opinion, Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, sitting by designation on the Sixth Circuit, issued an opinion reinforcing the statutory restrictions designed to prevent abusive class action securities litigation.

As all readers of this publication know, the United States estate tax and the United States generation-skipping transfer tax both became inapplicable for persons dying and generation-skipping transfers made after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011.

The National Labor Relations Board continues to defend its controversial Cemex framework for issuing bargaining orders, even after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected it in March 2026. With the Ninth Circuit now reviewing the same issue and the Board refusing to back down, employers face an uncertain legal landscape that could ultimately require Supreme Court intervention to resolve.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced new dollar-based thresholds for Qualified Client status, raising the requirements to $1.4 million in assets under management and $2.7 million in net worth, effective June 29, 2026.

Enacted on July 18, 2025, the GENIUS Act is Congress' first comprehensive federal framework for payment stablecoins...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a new framework requiring hospitals to submit mandatory provider-based attestations for off-campus outpatient departments, fundamentally changing how these facilities demonstrate compliance with Medicare requirements. With a January 1, 2028 implementation deadline, hospitals must navigate new National Provider Identifier requirements, centralized electronic submission systems, and detailed documentation processes that will significantly impact reimbu

On June 25, 2026, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) proposed amendments to parts 306 and 309 of its regulations that would significantly change how banks disclose confidential supervisory information (CSI). The proposal is intended to simplify regulatory processes while reducing barriers that institutions face when sharing supervisory information with third parties.

Controlling the meaning of claim terms is essential to drafting strong patents, while pre-empting common claim construction issues is crucial to the scope of patents when it comes to infringement. In Socket Solutions, LLC v. Import Global, LLC, No. 2025-1121 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 4, 2026), the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction due to multiple errors in claim construction.