U.S. Supreme Court opinion brought welcome news for employers defending claims of worker exempt status misclassification ...

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The Federal Circuit ruled, in a case of first impression, that the machine learning patents at issue were ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101.  In its precedential decision, the court held that claims ...

Decision-making can be a red flag if the company’s leadership makes decisions in a haphazard way. Lack of decision-making creates conflicts or indecisiveness that can lead to missed opportunities and ...

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It has long been the law of the Eleventh Circuit that, under the False Claims Act (FCA) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b), a relator must provide sufficient “indicia of r ...

Takeaway Plan administrators should review their plan’s 2024 annual funding notice against the model notice and determine ...

On February 26, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a significant False Claims Act (FCA) ...

On April 14, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in a case involving the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) and marketing services that the court ...

Coordinating various insurance products to avoid coverage gaps can be a complex undertaking as exposures are shifted from one policy to another across different insurers, policy forms, and coverages.

Style Claims Must Be Supported by an Adequate Written Description U.S. patent claims have a preamble, and, in most cases, the ...

The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s summary judgement of noninfringement, finding that the lower court had improperly construed the claim term “pull cord.” The district court ...