The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has increased flexibility in how ornamental designs for computer-generated interfaces or icons, e.g., GUI designs...

The Second Circuit refused to enforce the NLRB’s 2022 Tesla decision, which subjected all employer dress codes, even partial restrictions, to strict scrutiny-like review.

Within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Ohio's Heartbeat Bill, originally passed in 2019, became effective when the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio,...

On March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which was passed by Congress on March 8, 2022 (CAA).

In March 2026, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR") released its 2025 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy[1] (the "Notorious Markets List" or "NML").

The Federal Circuit's decision in Teva Pharmaceuticals International GMBH v. Eli Lilly & Co. establishes a critical distinction in how written description and enablement requirements apply to method-of-use claims versus article claims for antibody patents. This case highlights the strategic complexities that arise when a defendant first argues a patent is obvious, then pivots to challenge its validity under Section 112, creating inherent tensions in litigation strategy.

As part of the current administration's efforts to expand the availability and decrease the costs of health care in the United States, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") on March 23, 2010.

A high school boy receives, via text message, naked photos of his girlfriend from her. Later in the week, the boy shares the photos with several of his classmates, and forwards the text messages to several of his basketball teammates and others in the school.

Elections, we have been told, have consequences. In the area of coal mine permitting, this apparently includes the dismantling of settled administrative law as a part of an effort to severely reduce the size of the Appalachian coal industry.

Ohio's "Heartbeat" Bill became law in Ohio when the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio lifted its long pending injunction after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the latest numbers relating to the volume of H-1B specialty occupation professional visa petitions that it has received requesting approvals during the H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 cap season.

The United States Estate Tax and the United States Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax became inapplicable for persons dying and generation-skipping transfers made after December 31, 2009 and before January 1, 2011.

As government agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky seek to engage an ever expanding group of contractors to perform government contracts, state procurements have become extremely competitive. In one recent, high-profile example, Kentucky is currently reviewing proposals from potential contractors to transition by July 1, 2011 its current Medicaid budget of more than $6 billion to a new Medicaid managed care system. Other state contracts, while smaller in scope and revenue, are no less valuab

The SEC's Division of Examinations has issued a Risk Alert highlighting common deficiencies in how investment advisers conduct their mandatory annual compliance reviews under Rule 206(4)-7. The alert identifies critical gaps in review timing, documentation, and implementation that advisers should address to ensure regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness.

While this case focuses on workers' compensation claims, the principles can apply to wage, hour, and other labor and employment issues faced by construction companies.

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the Security Exchange Commission's (Commission's) 2015 pay ratio rule (Final Rule) required public companies ...

Businesses that have not previously been required to obtain air permits may be required to obtain such permits in the near future, thanks to the impending onset of climate change regulation.

On March 1, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a serious issue facing medical practitioners: When can their care turn criminal in the context of prescribing opioids?

Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code was adopted as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. This Section applies to amounts which were deferred or became vested under a non-qualified deferred compensation plan after January 1, 2005.

On December 17, 2010, the President signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "2010 Tax Act") (H.R. 4853).