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This briefing examines three recent court cases that challenge conventional approaches to post-termination restrictions, revealing critical vulnerabilities in how employers draft non-competes, training clawback clauses, and group company protections. The analysis explores when these restrictions cross the line from legitimate business protection into unenforceable restraint of trade, with particular focus on probationary periods, indirect restrictions through repayment schemes...

The Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI) has published its newest revision of its rules since July 2020. The new Rules will enter into force as of 1 January 2023.

In Sonoma, near San Francisco, Fenwick & West and Silicon Valley Bank hosted about 20 women—and a few men—from the VC and corporate venturing communities for an afternoon of mixing and mingling.

Succession planning is a critical component of enterprise risk management. Getting succession planning right can mitigate adverse impacts on a company's ongoing operations...

On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in Oldham v. Pennsylvania State Univ., No. 22-2056 (3d Cir. May 29, 2025) that Title IX may allow for claims by non-students and non-employees.

Ahead of the curve in tackling the barriers facing a vital yet often-overlooked group, Allen & Overy (A&O) founded ReStart in 2017.

The start of a new year often inspires lofty resolutions, if not illusions of grandeur, about the habits we'll develop and professional goals we'll conquer...

My mentor used to tell a story about a patent attorney who, at the beginning of a meeting with clients would say "Everyone hold up your pencils."

In a case with potential wide-ranging ramifications for patent validity challenges, on May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in an appeal from an IPR decision...

This alert examines the potential impact of the Supreme Court's decision to review the PTAB's practice of issuing partial final written decisions in post-grant proceedings.

Who makes the country's patent laws—Congress, or the Patent Office? A recent petition for certiorari filed by SAS Institute, Inc.—represented by a team of Jones Day lawyers—asks the Supreme Court to decide that question in the context of inter partes reviews under the America Invents Act.

USPTO Director Squires recently published an open letter announcing that he was "Bringing the USPTO Back to the Future" by assuming responsibility for all IPR and PGR institution decisions.

When law firms consider lateral hiring, most see it as a way to add niche expertise and management experience while bringing in new clients.

We like preemption and we dislike expensive discovery.

The East Coast saw quite a bit of snow in February, but that is not the only kind of blizzard we have experienced this month.

The manufacturer defendant, who was not a Missouri resident, removed the case to federal court alleging both fraudulent joinder as to the surgical center and misjoinder as to the driver of the car.

Countless articles have been written about what makes a great law clerk. You readers are no doubt familiar with the principles. You have to be able to present yourself powerfully, in both written and verbal form.