As we have previously reported, the North Carolina Industrial Commission was tasked to investigate a prescription formulary for North Carolina State workers.

The District of Delaware has recently instituted several requirements in patent cases, many in response to the overwhelming caseload in part due to a judicial vacancy.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has finalized its fee schedule for 2025. The updated fee schedule is effective on January 19, 2025. It includes increases to most standard.

Johnny Loper was a featured speaker at the 25th Annual Regulatory Law Seminar presented by the Federation of Association of Regulatory Boards (FARB) on October 5-8 in Savannah, Georgia.

Judge Moon has ruled on two cases in the past month involving constitutional civil rights issues and public schools.

Contracting parties commonly include clauses that pre-select the court where they will litigate any dispute relating to their agreement. Such "forum selection clauses" are generally enforceable in North Carolina and elsewhere.

The FCC's Media Bureau has adopted an Order initiating an industry survey on cable prices. Survey feedback will feature in the first installment of the Communications Marketplace Report...

In May, 2016, the FCC moved forward with its decade-overdue reform of the $45 Billion per year dedicated business data services ("BDS") market.

The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to further tighten and to codify in its rules various Commission declaratory rulings on TCPA...

Your business, school or enterprise has an obligation under the law to accommodate handicapped people in accessing your facilities.

Last month, we began our 10-month series of client alerts leading up to the implementation date of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation by introducing the GDPR and providing a flowchart...

Sweeping statements made in an Executive Order issued five days into the Trump administration have cast doubt on the legal status of the EU-US Privacy Shield...

California's Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will go into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA can apply to businesses even if they do not have offices or employees in California

The FCC Enforcement Bureau released an advisory on May 20, 2015 which reiterates the findings in the Open Internet Order that all broadband providers must comply with the privacy provisions of Section 222 of the Communications Act.

We've blogged in the past here, here and here about the political saga between the City of Raleigh and the State of North Carolina over the Dorothea Dix property in downtown Raleigh, a 300-plus acre piece of lovely real estate.

A new law took effect in North Carolina on October 1, 2016, and it affects the need for building permits.

Womble Carlyle attorney Julie Hopkins is serving as Co-Chair of the Maryland Chapter of House of Ruth's 15th Annual Crabaret Gala.

Womble Carlyle attorney Michael Sullivan will speak on risk mitigation, including furniture tip-over issues, at the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) 2017 Regulatory Summit.

Volvo announced that by 2019, all new models will either be fully electric or run by hybrid engines. Volvo Cars President/CEO Hakan Samuelsson said the decision "marks the end of the solely combustion...

An audience of approximately 80 judges and attorneys was in attendance.