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Texas Lawmakers Fight Secrecy By State Supreme Court

January 3, 2017

The Texas Supreme Court – a state once thought to have the strongest Public Information Act in the nation – […]

IP Licensing and Antitrust: The DOJ/FTC Guidelines

January 3, 2017

Licensing intellectual property can have an “anti-competitive” effect, but not necessarily. How does a company, whether potential plaintiff or defendant […]

Appeals Court Throws SEC Judges’ Rulings Into Question

January 3, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Administrative Law Judges should be appointed to their positions, like ALJs in other federal agencies, […]

Recent Scrutiny of Non-Competes

January 3, 2017

Federal and state enforcement agencies, historically, have stayed out of regulating non-compete agreements. But a recent uptick in enforcement activity […]

Standing In Data Breach Cases

January 3, 2017

Many data breach and cybersecurity cases have faltered for failure to establish concrete harm necessary to support standing, in cases […]

OSHA Inspections Down, Workplace Fatalities Up In 2016

January 3, 2017

The number of workplace inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration dropped to a 20-year low in fiscal 2016, […]

Toothless Voluntary Regs Upheld For The Gulf “Dead Zone”

December 29, 2016

A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that the EPA does not have to impose regulations that address farm […]

U.S. Tech Giants Alarmed By EU Internet Liability Proposal

December 29, 2016

The EU proposal would require internet companies to run content filtering software that would detect copyrighted material. According to a […]

Consumer Agency Rule Would End Class Action Waivers

December 27, 2016

A proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would eliminate class action litigation waivers in most financial products and […]

Wage Issue Before California Supreme Court

December 26, 2016

Decades ago the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a “de minimis rule” for lawsuits seeking compensation under the federal Fair Labor […]

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