LJN Newsletters

  • ICE at the Workplace: A Toolkit for Employers

    Imagine you are the general counsel of a company that maintains warehouses across the country with thousands of employees and you have heard that the government is visiting warehouses like your company’s to check the employment authorization of employees and potentially seeking to detain anyone the government believes may be undocumented. It is critical that you remain informed and ready to face increased scrutiny of your employees’ immigration status at your places of business.

    April 30, 2025Marjorie Peerce and R. Stephen Stigall and Schuyler La Barge

  • Swearing Behind: Overcoming Asserted Prior Art in PTAB Proceedings

    Part One of a Two-Part ArticleThis two-part article discusses the various legal and evidentiary requirements for antedating and removing prior art that patent owners should consider when their pre-AIA patents are challenged based on a prior art publication or activity that is not otherwise subject to a statutory bar. It also addresses considerations for petitioners to consider when developing their initial and ongoing invalidity strategies. Part One leads off with a discussion of the evidentiary requirements for proving earlier invention, conception and diligence and actual reduction in practice.

    April 30, 2025Emily J. Roberts, Ph.D. and Adam R. Brausa

  • Is Your Mailroom Keeping Up with the Increased Complexity of Taxes and Tariffs?

    For law firms, the global shipping of servers and IT hardware is not just a logistical task — it’s a critical component of operational continuity and client service. A single oversight in documentation could delay sensitive shipments, compromise remote attorney onboarding, or interrupt court deadlines reliant on secure data transfer and IT setup. Here’s more detail on the evolving complexity and some key solutions.

    April 30, 2025Anthony Davies

  • Indemnification Provisions In Hotel Management Agreements

    This article discusses how hotel industry stakeholders attempt to address these competing concerns in hotel management agreements through indemnification language, how courts interpret these provisions, and considerations for hotel owners and managers when negotiating such provisions.

    April 30, 2025Todd E. Soloway and Bryan T. Mohler

  • Patent Strategy Tips from Fed. Circ. 'Kroy v. Groupon' Ruling on Collateral Estoppel

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently addressed the usage of the doctrine of collateral estoppel in patent infringement cases. Specifically, the court considered whether a finding of invalidity of claims by the PTAB at an inter partes review could be used to estop a patent holder from asserting patent infringement of different claims of the same patent in district court litigation.

    April 30, 2025Cory G. Smith and George C. Chen and Ellen Komlos

  • AI, Crypto, and Fraud: Bankruptcy Court Limits Jurisdiction Over Nondebtor Claims

    The intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency was involved in a recent decision where the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware dismissed claims against an alleged participant in a scheme that induced investors to fund over $30 million in an artificial intelligence company designed to generate revenue from enhanced cryptocurrency mining.

    April 30, 2025Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

  • Post-Amgen Patent Playbook: Section 112 Under the Microscope

    The Supreme Court’s unanimous 2023 decision in Amgen v. Sanofi reshaped enablement analysis for broad genus patent claims. In the wake of Amgen, broad functional claims have been scrutinized rigorously for sufficient disclosure. This article summarizes key post-Amgen decisions, which illustrate how patent drafters and litigators must navigate the fine line between claim breadth and disclosure depth in the post-Amgen era.

    April 30, 2025Stephen R. Auten and Jaimin H. Shah and Roshan P. Shrestha, Ph.D.