ArticleKey Takeaways: Record Surge In Trade Secret LitigationRecent data confirms that trade secret litigation is at an all‑time high, reflecting a fundamental shift in how companies protect proprietary information. United StatesIntellectual PropertyJones Walker LLP
ArticleVirginia Is Prohibited From Attributing Non-Unitary Partnership's Factors To A Minority PartnerIn Department of Taxation v. FJ Management, Inc., the Virginia Court of Appeals recently concluded that the apportionment factors of a partnership in which a taxpayer...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationJones Walker LLP
ArticleA New Form Of Legal Advertising?Are social media influencers the new path for law firm advertising? Legal ethics rules once prohibited advertising until those rules were successfully challenged as violating the First Amendment.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJones Walker LLP
ArticleFCC Opens The Door To Auction 115: How The Upper C-Band Auction Could Shape The Next Era Of Wireless CompetitionThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently released Public Notice DA-26-769 seeking comments on the procedures it should use for Auction 115, a spectrum auction that will make 160 MHz of Upper C-band spectrum available for flexible wireless use across the continental United States.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJones Walker LLP
ArticleGettin' Awful Crowded In My SkyAs humans have pushed into the atmosphere and beyond, the stuff we brought with us is beginning to accumulate, even more so with the increased commercialization of space and technological advancement of satellites. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJones Walker LLP
ArticleKalshi Acts Swiftly Across Pending Litigation After Adverse Maryland RulingShortly after receiving the first adverse ruling in any of the current high-profile matters being litigated against state regulators, attorneys for KashiEx LLC (Kalshi) filed to appeal the unfavorable order from the Maryland District Court. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJones Walker LLP
ArticleMisinterpretation Of Supreme Court's Alston Decision Is Skewing Sports DecisionsMichael McCann, Associate Dean, Professor of Law and SELI Director, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and Visiting Professor at Harvard Law recently...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJones Walker LLP
ArticleMississippi Legislature Returns To Mobile Sports Wagering And Sweepstakes Policy In 2026As the 2026 Regular Session gets underway, Mississippi lawmakers have again filed legislation addressing mobile/online sports wagering and online sweepstakes casino-style gaming.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJones Walker LLP
ArticlePolymarket Poised To Re-enter US Market Amid Kalshi's Ongoing Legal Battles With Gaming RegulatorsPolymarket, a "prediction market" that garnered recognition for allowing users to wager on the outcome of the US presidential election and subsequently...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJones Walker LLP
ArticleFlorida Challenges California's "Special Rule" Tax Apportionment Scheme In Supreme Court Original Jurisdiction CaseOn October 28, 2025, Florida filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint in the United States Supreme Court challenging California's business income...United StatesTaxJones Walker LLP
ArticleFlorida House And Senate Address The Discontinued Production Of The Penny; What It Means For Businesses And ConsumersThe Florida Legislature is moving forward with two pieces of legislation designed to clarify retail operations in a future society devoid of physical pennies. United StatesTaxJones Walker LLP
ArticleFlorida’s Revised Property Tax Amendment Ballot LanguageThis amendment increases the homestead exemption, for all non-school taxes, to $150,000 in 2027, and $250,000 in 2028, and adjusts for inflation thereafter. It requires the legislature to prescribe a uniform procedure for counties and municipalities, for their respective levies, to increase the homestead exemption up to full assessed value, and allows special districts, subject to referendum approval, to do the same.United StatesTaxJones Walker LLP
ArticleTaxing Talent: State Efforts To Carve Out NIL Income From Tax BasesDuring the final week of February, House Bill 4014 cleared the Mississippi House of Representatives. The bill exempts income earned by college athletes from their Name, Image, and Likeness ("NIL") activities from Mississippi income tax.United StatesTaxJones Walker LLP
ArticleThe One Big Beautiful Bill Finds Global Income Not GILTIAmong the changes in the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) was the renaming of Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) to Net CFC Tested Income (NCTI). But the renaming is not the end of the story.United StatesTaxJones Walker LLP
ArticleTo Be Or Not To Be...Louisiana Tax ReformAlthough proposed by the current Secretary of Revenue, Richard Nelson, and supported by the Governor, any significant tax reform in Louisiana will likely be delayed until 2025. United StatesTaxJones Walker LLP
ArticleAI EncoreJason Loring, a partner in Jones Walker LLP's Atlanta office and co-leader of the firm's privacy, data strategy, and artificial intelligence team, previously provided an overview...United StatesTechnologyJones Walker LLP
ArticleNew Coast Guard Cybersecurity Rule: Essential UpdatesMore than 80% of the nation's trade relies on the maritime sector, equivalent to over $5 trillion in economic activity, according to a 2023 report.United StatesTechnologyJones Walker LLP
ArticleCLE Recap: A Practical Discussion On Drafting And Negotiating Maritime AgreementsOn January 13, 2026, we teamed up to present a 90‑minute CLE program through BARBRI focused on one of the most consistently challenging areas of maritime practice: drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.United StatesTransportJones Walker LLP
ArticleMandatory Credential Denials Create New Compliance Challenges For Maritime EmployersRecently enacted federal legislation geared toward making employment at sea safer has resulted in many mariners being denied credentials and/or renewals of their credentials through the National Maritime Center. 46 USC 7511, enacted in 2022, bans the issuance of any merchant marine credentials (MMC) to anyone who has been convicted under the federal sexual abuse statutes (18 USC Ch 109A) or under state statutes deemed substantially similar. United StatesTransportJones Walker LLP
ArticleMy Days Of Taking Space Junk Seriously Are Certainly Coming To A MiddleAn hour after writing a blog post about a recent study mapping the large quantity of space debris in orbit (particularly in lower Earth orbit "LEO")...United StatesTransportJones Walker LLP