Landmines In Bankruptcy Practice, Part II
February 01, 2024
By enforcing deadlines strictly, refusing to hear appeals from interlocutory orders, and rarely bypassing the district court for direct appeals, appellate courts have generally avoided what they view as unnecessary work and delay. But a few courts have made important exceptions in the past year.
A Race Against Time: Mastering the Art of Timely Lawsuit PR
January 01, 2024
News publications want to report verdicts and judgments the day they are handed down. Waiting to contact the media until after your case is decided means you've missed numerous opportunities to publicize your great work.
Chambers & Partners: What's New After Sale
January 01, 2024
On Nov. 10, 2023, Abry Partners, a leading North American middle market private equity firm, announced that it had acquired Chambers & Partners for $449 million from Inflexion, the UK private equity firm that purchased Chambers in 2018. What will this mean?
Can Artificial Intelligence Patents Survive Alice?
January 01, 2024
Part One of a Two-Part Article
Under the current Alice framework, those attempting to patent AI innovations face an uphill battle. But, as the caselaw demonstrates, inventors and patent drafters can take steps to reduce the risk of AI patent claims being invalidated as abstract ideas.
Three Things Trustees Should Know About Due Diligence in Preference Litigation
January 01, 2024
Courts have struggled with the interpretation of the 2019 amendment to Section 547, specifically whether the due diligence requirement is an element of a preference claim that must be adequately pleaded in the plaintiff's complaint. While the law is still developing, there are three important takeaways for trustees to consider.
Keeping Track of Developments in Cases That Pit Creative Content Against AI Programs
January 01, 2024
2024 starts off with court decisions and procedural rulings that took shape in 2023 in lawsuits that were filed over the collision of creative content with generative AI programs. Most of the complaints allege copyright infringement and related claims prompted by the unlicensed copyright works that AI companies input into their AI programs.
