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Armed conflict creates significant securities litigation risks for public companies as wars disrupt supply chains, trigger sanctions compliance issues, and cause commodity price volatility that can lead to shareholder lawsuits.

Since Amazon opened up its virtual marketplace to third-party sellers in September 1999,1 it has become a launchpad for small business and independent entrepreneurs.

On October 17, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issued a memorandum returning institution authority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 314 and 324 to the Director...

Multiple significant state AI laws became effective January 1, 2026.

As reported, on July 23, 2025, the White House released "Winning the AI Race: America's AI Action Plan," a strategy designed to secure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence.

When facing a patent infringement suit, accused infringers traditionally turned to inter partes review (IPR) as a faster, more cost-effective alternative to district court litigation.

Baker Botts was pleased to sponsor the 19th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, one of the premier gatherings in the competition law community.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued its opinion in Amgen v. Sanofi, finding Amgen's antibody claims invalid for lack of enablement.

Inventorship is an often overlooked detail in patent law that is a statutory condition tied to validity, ownership, standing, and enforceability.

The IRS published Notice 2022-51 on October 10, 2022, calling for public comments on the prevailing wage, apprenticeship, domestic content, and energy communities requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ...

On March 10, 2023, the FDIC announced that it had been appointed the receiver of Silicon Valley Bank following the closure of SVB by California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and commencement of a receivership over SVB.

On December 21, 2025, the CFTC's Market Participants Division issued a no action letter that could materially expand hedging options for commercial energy companies by allowing firms to exclude certain "Energy Commodity End User Swaps" …

Broad chemical genus claims represent valuable pharmaceutical patent assets, yet face increasing judicial scrutiny under written description and enablement requirements. Recent Federal Circuit and Supreme Court decisions have reinforced that broader claims demand more robust supporting disclosures, requiring applicants to carefully consider specification strategies when seeking expansive chemical claim coverage.

Key Takeaway: Comcast has asked the Federal Circuit to weigh in on how patent venue applies to method claims.

Our last column covered potential tax legislative topics that the Texas Senate and House of Representatives were directed to consider in the run-up to the 88th Session of the Texas Legislature.

On 9 March and together with its long-promised amendment to the General Block Exemption Regulation the European Commission also endorsed its new Crisis Framework aimed at speeding up investment and financing for clean or green tech production in Europe.

On November 10, 2022, the FTC by a 3-1 party line vote issued a new "Policy Statement Regarding the Scope of Unfair Methods of Competition Under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act"...

The U.S. Department of Justice's newly established National Fraud Enforcement Division has released its first corporate enforcement directive, outlining an aggressive "all-tools" approach to prosecuting fraud in healthcare, government contracting, tax, and trade. How will this directive reshape corporate compliance strategies and what factors will determine whether companies receive declinations or face prosecution?