News & Legal Updates Archive

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released updated information for determining patent subject matter eligibility. The update addresses six common themes identified from public comments on the December 2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility.

In the recent decision on Remijas v. Neiman Marcus Group, LLC, No. 14-3122, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the likely threat of identity theft is enough for a class of customers who had their personal information exposed in a data breach to have standing to sue the company that got hacked.

Robert Cosmo Baraona has joined as senior counsel in the Intellectual Property department at McDonald Hopkins LLC, a business advisory and advocacy law firm where he worked for two years earlier in his career.

"Addiction treatment bonanza: How urine tests rake in millions," Bruce Reinhart quoted in The Palm Beach Post

"Companies often assume they're covered by their regular insurance policies, but if they haven't bought specific cybersecurity policies, they aren't," said Jim Giszczak, who specializes in cyber-related legal issues for Bloomfield Hills-based law firm McDonald Hopkins PLC.

Bruce Reinhart provided commentary on the Hillary Clinton email situation on a recent episode of Newsmax Prime

While of growing interest to the legal market, not all firms are as actively entertaining new clients tied to cannabis and its related industries because of their own concerns with legality; but (Kevin) Murphy says that just creates additional opportunity for attorneys like him.

Researchers at your institution will soon have more – or less – leeway to conduct their work with or without government issued licenses and approvals.

Researchers at your institution will soon have more – or less – leeway to conduct their work with or without government issued licenses and approvals.

Alabama’s governor, Robert J. Bentley, recently signed an amendment to Section 8-1-1 of the Code of Alabama into law. The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2016 and provides clarity for employers regarding restrictive covenants under Alabama law.

Although the Ohio Supreme Court decided an important case regarding mineral rights, attorneys agree that rulings on pending cases will make the most impact on the future of oil and natural gas exploration in the state.

Almost five years since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Act), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally provided guidance on one of the Act’s most controversial provisions: the executive compensation clawback.