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Harnessing AI for Efficiency and Growth: A Balanced Approach Image

Harnessing AI for Efficiency and Growth: A Balanced Approach

Mary Obregon

While AI presents valuable opportunities, the excitement around it can sometimes overshadow the need for proper data management and interpretation. Here's a balanced look at how AI can be used to drive efficiency and growth within your firm, along with some key considerations.

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Can a Licensor Receive Royalty Payments Beyond the Life of Patent Protection? Image

Can a Licensor Receive Royalty Payments Beyond the Life of Patent Protection?

Matthew Golden

How do you determine if ongoing royalty obligations that extend beyond the life of underlying patent protection, even if agreed to by the contracting parties, are enforceable? A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit shows what types of license arrangements pass the test.

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Landscape for Legislative Protections Against AI Uses of Voice Image

Landscape for Legislative Protections Against AI Uses of Voice

Jeffrey N. Rosenthal, Timothy J. Miller & Liam Leahy

The adoption of the DMCA-style notice-and-takedown system is promising. But vocal artists will likely need greater protections on the improper or unauthorized use of their voice, and stronger regulations requiring the disclosure of any use of AI in advertising, promotions or other digital or audio content placed on the Internet.

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Landlord Can't Waive Illegal Use of Premises By Accepting Rent Image

Landlord Can't Waive Illegal Use of Premises By Accepting Rent

Scott Mollen

The court reasoned that the landlord's affidavit, together with the exhibits established prima facie proof that the tenant had been illegally using the premises and had acquiesced thereto.

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Congress' Failure to Extend Subchapter V Debt Limit Hurts Small Businesses Image

Congress' Failure to Extend Subchapter V Debt Limit Hurts Small Businesses

Michael Napoli

Where it applies, Subchapter V has been a great success. But, much of that success was due to a temporary change to the law that allowed more companies to qualify for Subchapter V treatment. That change has now expired, taking with it the only viable avenue for many businesses to reorganize.

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The Rise of the Self-Service Buyer Image

The Rise of the Self-Service Buyer

Patricia Nagy

The self-service buyer is a relatively new concept in B2B professional services. These buyers prefer to gather information, research, and make decisions independently before ever engaging with a service provider. This shift is revolutionary in an industry like legal services, where trust and personal relationships have traditionally driven business development.

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No Matter Who Wins the Presidential Election, Changes In Corporate Regulation Await Image

No Matter Who Wins the Presidential Election, Changes In Corporate Regulation Await

Phillip M. Gordon & Caleb Acker

While the focus is on the electoral horse race, what people should be focused on is the next presidential administration's policies, and especially those policies respecting the administrative state.

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PA Court Rules that Landlord Can Only Recover Damages for Unpaid Rent Through Date of Repossession Image

PA Court Rules that Landlord Can Only Recover Damages for Unpaid Rent Through Date of Repossession

Alan Nochumson & Alex Hamilton

A recent Pennsylvania Superior Court opinion held that a commercial tenant was evicted from the leased premises rather than abandoning it and that, accordingly, the landlord could only recover damages for unpaid rent through the date when the landlord recovered possession of the leased premises, denying the landlord's claim for additional rent for the remainder of the lease term.

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How to Check a Privately-Held Company's Creditworthiness

Kenneth A. Rosen

How do you check on a company's creditworthiness when the company is privately held and does not make its financial statements publicly available? The answer is that you need to check alternative sources of information for hints as to whether the company is experiencing problems. This article provides some questions to ask to help recognize the warning signs in the answers.

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Copyright Suit Over Miley Cyrus' Hit 'Flowers' Tests Copyright Defenses for "Response" Songs Image

Copyright Suit Over Miley Cyrus' Hit 'Flowers' Tests Copyright Defenses for "Response" Songs

Michelle Morgante

The suit raises the issue of whether "response" songs can have legal protection from copyright owners of the song that generated the response composition.

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