Interested in fashion law? This practice note by Fross Zelnick partner Tamar Niv Bessinger covers the use of trademark, trade dress, copyright, and design patent law to establish, protect, and enforce the rights of clients in the fashion business. Read now »...
Need employment policies that are specific to Illinois and Chicago/Cook County employers? Use this one-of-a-kind fully annotated Employee Handbook Supplement when developing or revising handbooks for Illinois and Chicago/Cook County employers. Read now »...
In Transform Holdco , the United States Supreme Court resolved a split among the Circuit Courts as to whether Section 363(m) is a jurisdictional provision (i.e., depriving an appellate court of jurisdiction to hear a challenge to a sale order). Check out this expertly...
Mergers and other corporate transactions create complexities in many ways, payroll included. Should FICA restart or is the new corporation a successor to the former entity? Two methods exist in an asset purchase transaction by which a predecessor (seller) and successor...
Check out Lexis Practical Guidance – Healthcare’s 12th State Law Comparison Tool (SLCT) Topic: Ambulatory Surgery Center Licensing, which covers all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Consult this SLCT topic for information on state statutes and...
USCIS, May 22, 2024 "Effective May 22, 2024, we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on family-based immigrant visa petitions (including Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative and, in limited situations, family-based Form I-360, Petition for...
As more marijuana businesses seek locations to grow and sell their product, an increasing number of landlords are looking into meeting this need. Before renting property to a cannabis business, property owners should be aware of logistical issues concerning zoning...
Georgetown Law, May 21, 2024 "The U.S. government has a message to immigrant communities: we’re watching you, at the genetic level. A new report by the Center on Privacy & Technology, Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is...
Interested in learning about recent trends in telecommunication financing? Read this new practice note discussing trends in notable provisions in publicly-filed credit agreements for companies operating in the telecommunications industry, including industry-specific...
In the absence of federal rules for artificial intelligence (AI), U.S. states are stepping in to fill the void, much as they did with data breach and consumer privacy regulation. Once again, state lawmakers are turning to the EU for guidance, and EU officials say...
The appellant reporter filed an action against the appellee newspaper alleging she was removed improperly from her job in violation of the Fair Campaign Practices Act (act). However, the newspaper claimed that the act violated its rights under both the U.S. Const...
Expand your knowledge of due diligence for commercial real estate financings--covering topics such as evaluating borrowers, guarantors, and commercial properties that will serve as collateral. Our Commercial Real Estate Financing Due Diligence Resource Kit contains...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 05/29/2024 "On September 8, 2023, the Department of Justice (“Department”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing to rescind an enjoined December...
Significant cybersecurity incidents are becoming more and more common across the board. More sophisticated incident responses and disclosures to regulators and investors are required. Use this checklist to help your clients plan for, and respond to, cybersecurity...
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to banks raising concerns about potential money laundering and terrorist financing activities associated with the Islamic Republic of Iran-backed terrorist organizations. The advisory is intended...
The defendant asserted that he should be relieved from the plea of nolo contendere and the felony conviction in an earlier juvenile case that was the basis for his status as a felon for application of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-4204(1)(b), which prohibited possession...
Respondent Smagin won a multimillion-dollar arbitration award in 2014 against petitioner Yegiazaryan stemming from the misappropriation of investment funds in a joint real estate venture in Moscow. In 2020, the respondent filed this civil suit under the Racketeer...
Plaintiffs, who are software developers, challenged the Defendants' development and operation of Copilot and Codex, two artificial intelligence-based coding tools. The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint.
Petitioners filed a suit in strict liability and negligence against respondents for injuries sustained in the parking lot of the respondent landlord's leased premises from an attack by the respondent tortfeasor's dog. Respondents received a motion for judgment...
Defendant Smith was charged with drug offenses. After analyst Rast determined the seized items contained methamphetamine, marijuana, and cannabis, she left the lab. At Smith's trial, another analyst, Longoni, used Rast's notes to testify, providing an independent...
The plaintiffs’ husband and wife brought an action against the hospital and defendant nurse for injuries received by the wife while she was a patient in the hospital following a Caesarian operation.
The appellant challenged the trial court's determination that newly formed land adjacent to his original parcel was subject to the bank's mortgage.
Melville alleged infringement by Redbubble, which owns and operates an online marketplace where artists can upload their work to be printed on various products and sold. The district court granted summary judgment to Redbubble on all of Melville's claims except...
The appellant employee sought review of a decision which dismissed her claim that appellee employer violated 42 U.S.C.S. § 2000e-2(a) by discriminating against her on the basis of race and sex, and violated 42 U.S.C.S. § 2000e-3(a) by terminating her...
Appellant Dodson sued appellee Watermark, claiming that a crack on the property constituted a dangerous condition and posed an unreasonable risk of harm to her. She alleged that appellee’s failure to exercise reasonable care directly caused her damages. ...