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ESG Masterclass — ESG and Impact Investing
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Auditing and Monitoring in Healthcare
Exploring The ‘S’ In ESG & What To Expect In 2023
The Line Between Gift Giving and Bribery
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 21: "Interview with Drago Kos of the OECD Working Group on Bribery"
ABA Sound Advice: Conducting Civil Rights Audits: Benefits and Best Practices
Early Advocates of Organic Food Products, Amy’s Kitchen Believes in the Benefits of a Fully Regenerative Ecosystem and Aims to Help Heal the Planet Through Its Business
AI, Analytics, and the Benefits of Transparency
Life With GDPR: Episode 50-The Experian Enforcement Notice Case
Scrutiny Increasing On Energy Private Equity Valuation
Compliance Perspectives: Supply Chain Compliance Challenges
Devil in the Details: Gilbert King on Truth and Transparency in the Judicial Process
An Overview of the SEC’s Recently Adopted Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Rule
Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more
In our ever-changing technological environment, artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to exert its influence on numerous sectors, revolutionizing our approach to work. As businesses and organizations worldwide adopt...more
Organizations developing or using generative AI tools should implement cross-functional governance frameworks to develop and continuously monitor their use of such tools. From the earliest stages of generative AI use,...more
On September 29, 2022, Congress passed the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022, renewing the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...more
Senators Patrick Leahy and Thom Tillis recently introduced a bill to evaluate the transparency of patent examinations and ultimately improve the quality of patents. The bill requires the comptroller general of the United...more
USPTO Leadership - ..Drew Hirshfeld is still performing the functions and duties of Director. The Biden Administration has not made an announcement as to who will be nominated to become the next Director....more
On January 5, 2021, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1503, the "Orange Book Transparency Act of 2020," which amends provisions governing the types of patents and exclusivity-related information for approved drugs listed...more
On December 27, 2020, Congress signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, into law. The omnibus act includes new legislation affecting patent, copyright and trademark law. A brief summary of key provisions is provided...more
On January 5, 2021, the President signed H.R. 1503 (the Orange Book Transparency Act of 2020). The Orange Book Transparency Act of 2020 clarifies information related to patent listing and the types of patents that should be...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout the United States and Americans anxiously await the arrival of a vaccine, biotech companies are grappling with the uncertainty of patent protection for COVID related biomedical...more
On August 10, 2020, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina urged the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Andrei Iancu, to adopt two patent reform proposals suggested by Lisa Larrimore Ouellete...more
As artificial intelligence systems become more prevalent in daily life, efforts to create a unifying set of AI principles have intensified. In the past few months, at least three major works have been published on the issue....more
Food/Dietary Supplements - FDA Announces Guidance on Added Sugar Labeling – The FDA published a new guidance for labeling of added sugars. ...more
Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of six senators introduced the Biologic Patent Transparency Act (“BPTA”), which the senators say will “help increase patent transparency, promote biosimilar competition, bring needed...more
• The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPATPP) is scheduled to be signed on March 8, 2018, in Santiago, Chile. • CPATPP, also known as TPP-11, is the result of the United States'...more
A summary of the European Commission’s Policy Document on standard essential patents (SEPs). After considerable preparations and consultation the European Commission has on 29 November 2017 issued a Communication “setting...more
Are patent trolls hurting your business’ bottom line? Whether you are a large publicly traded company or a small privately owned business, you’re not alone. Patent trolls are targeting businesses across the spectrum,...more
On October 5, the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) countries announced that they had resolved all remaining issues and reached a final agreement on the long-anticipated regional free-trade agreement. As King & Spalding...more
Our Focus on Private Equity provides a global perspective on some of the challenges being faced by PE firms and how these can be successfully addressed. It also examines some of the many opportunities available, e.g., by...more
The field of patent law is in a state of flux. Just four years after the America Invents Act (“AIA”) went into effect, Congress is taking up the issue once again, this time seeking to pass legislation to curb abusive patent...more
Last Thursday, Sen. McCaskill, along with Sen. Rockefeller, introduced the "Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act" (S. 2049). Of course, several other bills are currently pending in the Senate that have been introduced by...more
Last week, the Obama Administration announced "major progress on a series of initiatives designed to combat patent trolls and further strengthen our patent system and foster innovation" (see "The White House Releases Update...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently released its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013. As in last year's report, the most recent report notes that the Office's 2010-2015 Strategic Plan...more
What everybody doesn't seem to know is how to get Congress to listen to the needs of the innovation community when well-heeled sectors put their lobbying and financial support in favor of legislation purportedly aimed at...more
There has been a flurry activity recently in both the House and Senate aimed at addressing the perceived patent-troll problem. We have recently reported on the introduction of both the "Innovation Act," from Rep. Bob...more