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Avoiding Legal Risks: Crafting a Strong Do Not Call Policy for TCPA Compliance
January 01, 2025
Ensuring robust DNC compliance protects an organization's reputation and increases consumer trust. Below is a practical guide for building and implementing DNC policies that ensure compliance and reduce liability.
Avoiding Legal Risks: Crafting a Strong Do Not Call Policy for Compliance
January 01, 2025
A strong Do Not Call Policy (DNC) is vital to comply with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Ensuring robust DNC compliance protects an organization's reputation and increases consumer trust. Below is a practical guide for building and implementing DNC policies that ensure compliance and reduce liability.
Is a Master Lease to Operate Healthcare Facility Classified As ‘Residential’ or ‘Nonresidential’ In Bankruptcy?
January 01, 2025
One of the most significant calls on cash in a bankruptcy involves post-petition rent obligations due on leased facilities. Under the Bankruptcy Code, post-petition obligations with respect to leased “nonresidential real property” must be timely paid. While the code draws a distinction between residential and nonresidential real property, there is no explicit definition of “nonresidential,” thus creating difficult issues in certain health care cases.
Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Intellectual Property
January 01, 2025
This article highlights some of the challenges GenAI presents, and recent developments in copyright law and trademark law in this quickly evolving space.
What Qualities Will Distinguish Good from Great Service In 2025?
January 01, 2025
The qualities that matter most to corporate leaders typically relate to partnership, service, and transparency. Legal teams incorporating these traits more comprehensively into their representation will stand out and create a competitive advantage in 2025, particularly given the heightened preferences for automation and self-service options.
The 5 Most Influential Patent Law Cases of 2024
January 01, 2025
We’re counting down to the new year with a recap of the five most influential patent decisions from 2024. Spanning damages, design patents, infringement loopholes, issue preclusion, and prior art disqualification, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had an active year issuing cases with a direct impact on innovation. With several of these decisions currently on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, 2025 is shaping up to bring even more change.
Potential Antitrust Risks When Using AI-Driven Pricing Tools
January 01, 2025
Companies need to seriously consider the potential antitrust risks when using AI-driven or algorithmic software-based third-party services for things such as pricing or inventory management. These tools can increase efficiency, but, depending on specifics, can also lead to serious antitrust risks.
District Court Cautiously Affirms Five-Year Old Purdue Preliminary Injunction
January 01, 2025
This decision explains the judicial rationale for bankruptcy court preliminary injunctions.
Law Firm Leaders Reflect on 2024 and Look Ahead to 2025
January 01, 2025
By all measures, Big Law saw more events and trends in 2024 than the legal industry may have seen in years. But was all that change in 2024 welcome, and what are law firm expectations for 2025?
Internet Archive Won’t Pursue Supreme Court Relief Over Loss of Copyright Case to Book Publishers
January 01, 2025
The Internet Archive has stopped defending its free digital library against a publisher-launched copyright lawsuit and announced that it won’t ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether the depository is a fair use of the plaintiff publishers’ copyrights.

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