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  • There is no way to guarantee a lateral's clients will make the move to a new firm. But a series of questions can examine the quality of these relationships and the likelihood that the client will move with the lateral candidate.

    March 01, 2022Eric Dewey
  • This installment of our appellate series reviews recent cases addressing the district courts' review of interlocutory bankruptcy court orders and the enforceability of appellate deadlines. As we have shown with other case law governing appeals, real obstacles confront practitioners appealing from bankruptcy court rulings.

    March 01, 2022Michael L. Cook
  • Data is the fuel for software development, and developers use historical data from existing products to train algorithms and build AI models. Companies may be well aware of privacy and regulatory restrictions on data use, but often do not consider the potential impact of data use restrictions on intellectual property ownership and use rights.

    March 01, 2022Anna Remis
  • A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

    March 01, 2022ELF Staff
  • SEC Chair Gary Gensler's agenda raises important questions of both substance and process, including the technical, but very important, matter of SEC rulemaking: What is required for the Commission to create new rules, or change well-established rules? The answers to these questions, in turn, may determine what can realistically be accomplished given timing and political constraints.

    March 01, 2022Jonathan S. Sack and Penina Moisa
  • When executives aren't sure what normal will look like in where employees work, they can't tell how much office space they need. While some sectors of commercial real estate are stable in terms of tenants, others are a question. That's leading to some pushing for shorter-term leases — ironically, both by tenants and some owners — as well as headaches for underwriting as the predictability of tenancy is up in the air.

    March 01, 2022Erik Sherman
  • Federal Circuit: Applicant Admitted Prior Art Cannot Provide a "Basis" for a Ground of Unpatentability in an IPR, But Can be Cited for Other Purposes Federal Circuit: After SAS, IPR Estoppel Extends to Prior-Art Grounds That Reasonably Could Have Been Raised in the Petition

    March 01, 2022Jeff Ginsberg and Ryan J. Sheehan
  • Los Angeles Federal Court Dismisses United Talent Agency's Breach-of-Contract Claim Brought Over Denial of Insurance Coverage "Single Claim" Provision Defeats DirecTV Law Firm's Bid for Reimbursement of Legal Fees Under Insurance Policy

    March 01, 2022Stan Soocher