ArticleA Primer On Zoning Nonconformities In North CarolinaZoning laws, like any other laws, can change from time to time. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleGrandfathering And Continuing Nonconformities In North CarolinaLast time, linked here, we introduced you to the concept of nonconformity laws in North Carolina. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleOverview Of Opportunity Zones: The Government's Powerful New Tool To Drive Economic Development In Underserved CommunitiesOpportunity Zones are a powerful new economic development tool, designed to mobilize investment in underserved communities across the nation. United StatesTaxWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleHow AI Shapes The Future Of Wealth ManagementWe are on the cusp of a revolution. While wealth managers have used computers to streamline complex analysis and to simplify customer service, the next wave of computational tools is already upon us. United StatesTechnologyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleWill An Act Of War Destroy Your Cyberinsurance Coverage?Cyberinsurance spurs many complaints from US business. The cost is skyrocketing, retentions (deductibles) are rising quickly, and the insurance companies push their own panel lawyers on customers...United StatesTechnologyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleWealth Management & The Trump Administration: An Updated GuideIn our Inaugural Wealth Management newsletter, we made predictions on issues we thought the Trump administration would tackle in the first 100 days. United StatesWealth ManagementWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleAmendment Moots Motions For Both Parties Without Specific Adoption Of Prior FilingsThe case is Modtruss, Inc. v. Battlefrog LLC, Docket no. 1:16-CV-1317-ELR, decided June 6, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, assigned to Judge Eleanor L. Ross.United StatesIntellectual PropertyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleClaims Strategies In Patent Applications – Matching Or Varied?Up to 20 claims, including three independent claims, are paid for in the standard filing fee for a US non-provisional patent application. United StatesIntellectual PropertyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleWomble Carlyle Economic Development Digest (June 2017)We enjoyed seeing so many of you at our recent Annual South Carolina Economic Development Review! United StatesStrategyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleCanada Proposes Patent Term Extension For IP OwnersOwners of Canadian patents may receive some good news in the form of a patent term extension. For strategic Canadian patents in a patent owner's patent portfolio...CanadaIntellectual PropertyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleGoogle's Move To Avoid Data Uncertainty Is Unfairly Criticized As GDPR EvasionNo, despite having exited the European Union the UK is not free of its GDPR obligations. European UnionPrivacyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleBiden's Statement On Marijuana Reform: What Does It Mean?While states continue moving to legalize cannabis, change has been slower to nonexistent at the federal level.United StatesCannabis & HempWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleNorth Carolina's Alternative Gas Pilot Program Flares UpNorth Carolina's nascent biogas industry has witnessed significant progress in recent years.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleThe NERA Petition, FERC's Dilemma, And The Economic Future Of Rooftop SolarThe April 14, 2020 filing by New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) is a serious attempt to force Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleSmall Business Administration Changed Its Calculation Period For Employee-Based Size StandardsOn July 6, 2022, the Small Business Administration (SBA) changed its rules for calculating size based on the number of employees from a 12-month calculation period to 24 months...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleCopyright Office Seeking Comments On AI-Related Copyright IssuesOn August 30, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence. The goal of the Notice of Inquiry is to further inform the Office's study of AI...United StatesIntellectual PropertyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleTesting a Patent Claim against an Abstract Idea, in Response to 35 USC §101 RejectionUSPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) rejection of a patent claim, alleging the claim is not significantly more than an abstract idea under 35 USC §101, is a frequent and often frustrating occurrence during patent examination of claims in any technology that involves computers, controllers or processors.United StatesIntellectual PropertyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleNew Nationwide EAS Alert Test … Sound The AlarmThe next nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS), will occur on September 20, 2018.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleAlleging And Proving Standing To Challenge RezoningIn the recently-decided Cherry Community Organization v. City of Charlotte, the North Carolina Court of Appeals determines that standing to bring a declaratory judgment action challenging...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionWomble Bond Dickinson