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UPCOMING EVENT: Copyright Law Year in Review
Copyright Law Year in Review, Dec. 11, 2025
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Real Estate Practice On the Rise As Clients Commit to AI Data Centers and Office Space
Several real estate practice leaders in Big Law are reporting a surge in activity, as their clients commit to more acquisitions, leasing, development and finance deals related to AI data centers and office spaces. As a result, law firm leaders say they are growing these practices with attorney hires.
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Firms Getting More Nimble and Efficient In Lateral Hiring to Stay Competitive
Even as they become more probing, law firms are also moving faster to make significant lateral hires, according to industry recruiters and consultants.
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Report: SEC’s Whistleblower Program At Six-Year Low
A powerful incentive to rat out corporate misconduct waned in the latest fiscal year, as payouts under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Whistleblower Program fell to their lowest level in six years, a Law.com analysis found.
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Real Property Law
Challenge to Tax Deed Remanded for Consideration of Constitutional IssuesBroker Not Entitled to Commission When Loan Obtained Without Broker’s InvolvementCity Can Remove Canopies Attached to Buildings Without Landowner Consent
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A Child-Like Mindset Is Perfect for Business Development
The lawyers who are best at business developemnt are the ones who consistently grow strong books of business, aren’t “selling” in the traditional sense. They’re not always trying to “close” the next deal. Instead, they’ve adopted a different mindset. One that’s resilient, generous, and surprisingly childlike.
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Stephen Thaler Is At It Again — Asks Supreme Court to Extend Copyright Protection to AI Works
A computer scientist is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to extend copyright protection to works created entirely by artificial intelligence in one of the first cases to reach the justices about the revolutionary technology.
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IP News
Federal Circuit Holds That Patentee’s Disavowal of Claim Construction Warrants Reversal of Summary JudgmentFederal Circuit Concludes That Two Organizations Lack Associational Standing to Challenge USPTO’s Denial of Petition for Rulemaking
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Supreme Court Set to Address Procedural Inconsistencies and Claims of Unconstitutional Vagueness Attributed to CAFC
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to commence its term on October 6. Among the cases it will review are several appeals concerning copyright and trademark law. One notable case seeks to address procedural inconsistencies and claims of unconstitutional vagueness attributed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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Michigan Appellate Court Ruling Provides Guidance On Restructuring for Cannabis Companies
A three-judge panel for the Michigan Court of Appeals held last month that receivers directing insolvent marijuana companies can reject burdensome leases and disregard contract provisions that could lead to widespread defaults.
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