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Innovative Insights: Legal Updates In The Life Sciences

This comprehensive legal update examines critical developments affecting the life sciences industry, including the surge in trade secret litigation, heightened scrutiny of employer health plan administration...

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Jones Day

$2B Trade Secrets Verdict Overturned By The Virginia Supreme Court

The Virginia Supreme Court overturned a record $2 billion trade secrets verdict against Pegasystems, ordering a new trial after finding that the trial judge made significant legal errors...

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Medical Trade Secret Theft Ends In Prison, $2.6M In Restitution, And Revocation Of Naturalization

A federal judge's decision to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a married couple convicted of stealing medical trade secrets reveals how intellectual property violations can trigger consequences far beyond traditional...

United States IP

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Marks Gray

Was Quintara Biosciences Really A Sea Change In California Trade Secret Litigation?

Last August the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in a trade secrets case that many viewed at the time as a game changer.

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Steptoe LLP

IP’s Real Legal Frontier With AI Is Everything Before The Output

United States IP

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Winston & Strawn LLP

What To Do If Your Trade Secrets Are Misappropriated: A Practical Guide For Businesses

United States IP

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Donahue Fitzgerald Attorneys

Artificial Intelligence In The Art Market

United States IP

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Holland & Knight

Virginia Bans Noncompetes For Employees Discharged Without Cause And Without Severance

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast, Episode 88: Ownership Issues

United States IP

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Understanding And Protecting Your Trade Secrets: A Practical Guide For Businesses

United States IP

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Donahue Fitzgerald Attorneys

Trade‑Secret Conspiracy Allegations Against Georgia Attorney Do Not Arise From Professional Services And Do Not Trigger Duty To Defend

United States Insurance

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Wiley Rein

Rescheduling And Intellectual Property: What Medical Marijuana Operators Can (And Can’t) Do At The USPTO Now

United States Cannabis

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Trade Secret Litigation Trends In Life Sciences

United States IP

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Jones Day

Generative AI In Business And Law: Protecting Privilege In The Age Of AI

United States Technology

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FBT Gibbons

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What Every Multinational Should Know About…Managing The Aftermath Of The Supreme Court's IEEPA Tariff Decision (Part I)

United States International

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Foley & Lardner

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Congress Proposes Major Overhaul Of WARN: What Employers Need To Know About The Fair Warning Act

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

US v Heppner: The End Of "Just A Prompt" And Emerging IP Risk

Judge Rakoff's ruling in United States v. Heppner establishes that using commercial generative AI tools to process confidential information may destroy attorney-client privilege and work product protection.

United States Technology

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Bennett Jones LLP

Webinar – FTC Non-Compete Ban Two Years Later: Enforcement & Workarounds

Two years after the FTC's landmark final rule on non-compete agreements, employers continue to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape shaped by litigation, state law developments, and enforcement priorities. Join Seyfarth attorneys as they examine where things stand now and what employers should be doing next to protect competitive interests while staying compliant.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

California Labor Code § 2870: Employee Invention Ownership Guide

In California, an employer’s invention-assignment agreement often looks like it gives the company ownership of every idea an employee touches. For engineers at high-growth technology companies...

United States IP

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Cohen IP

Trade Secrets In The AI Economy: Why Businesses Need Stronger Protection Now

In the AI-driven economy, trade secrets have become the invisible engine of competitive advantage—encompassing source code, proprietary workflows, customer intelligence, and operational systems that never appear...

United States IP

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Harris Sliwoski

JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Cross-Border Trade Secret Litigation in the U.S. Courts(Video)

United States IP

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Jones Day

Dual Delay: Minnesota Extends PFAS Products Reporting Deadline

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Verbatim Recall In LLMs: A New Study Raises Important Questions For Trade Secret Protection

United States IP

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Beck Reed Riden

Eclipsing The Competition: Intellectual Property Lessons From Artemis II Lunar Flyby

United States IP

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Lerner David

FOIA & Federal Contractors: How To Protect Sensitive Information

United States Government

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

"Managing IP Considerations In M&A: A Practical Guide For General Counsel”

United States IP

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Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

Oracle Knows More About You Than You Think: Lessons From Oracle v. Kelkar

United States Commercial

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Tactical Law Group LLP

Key Takeaways And Access To Webinar Recording – Protecting The House: Trade Secret Risks In Online Gaming, Sportsbooks & Predictive Markets

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Tools Of The Trade (Secrets): Confidential Is Not Enough

United States IP

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Mintz

Andrea Arndt Recently Authored An Article, “Reading, Writing, And …. IP,” For Inventors Digest.

United States IP

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Oracle Knows More About You Than You Think: Lessons From Oracle v. Kelkar

Oracle's lawsuit against a former employee reveals the extensive customer data Oracle collects and uses to drive sales strategy. The case exposes how Oracle tracks deployment details, pricing, contract terms, and usage patterns to maintain informational advantage in negotiations. Companies running Oracle software should understand the implications of this data collection and take steps to level the playing field.

United States Commercial

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Tactical Law Group LLP

Key Takeaways And Access To Webinar Recording – Protecting The House: Trade Secret Risks In Online Gaming, Sportsbooks & Predictive Markets

As part of Seyfarth’s 2026 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our panel presented Protecting the House: Trade Secret Risks in Online Gaming, Sportsbooks & Predictive Markets, examining how the rapid expansion...

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Tools Of The Trade (Secrets): Confidential Is Not Enough

Most companies say they protect their trade secrets. In practice, most protect confidential information instead, and the law treats those two things very differently.

United States IP

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Mintz

Andrea Arndt Recently Authored An Article, “Reading, Writing, And …. IP,” For Inventors Digest.

Intellectual property education is becoming increasingly vital for preparing students to thrive in today's innovation-driven economy.

United States IP

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Readily Ascertainable—WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: January And February 2026

United States IP

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WilmerHale

Washington State's Near Total Noncompete Ban – What Employers Need To Know

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed ESHB 1155 into law on March 23, 2026, leaving Washington to join California, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Minnesota as states that broadly ban noncompetes.

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

No More Early Gatekeeping: Ninth Circuit Clarifies Timing For Trade Secret Identification Under DTSA

Recent Ninth Circuit decisions clarify that, under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), plaintiffs do not need to identify trade secrets with "sufficient particularity" before discovery begins...

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Out Of Tune: Trade Secret Theft And Employment Law Case Study

The interactive case study was featured in Ward and Smith's annual In-House Counsel Seminar as a means of illuminating essential concepts related to employment agreements...

United States IP

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

Moving IP Back To The US Involves More Than Saving Tax Dollars

For years, US multinational companies routinely placed their global intellectual property in affiliates in low-tax jurisdictions outside the US. This may no longer become routine.

United States IP

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Mayer Brown

Who Owns An AI-generated Trade Secret?

United States IP

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Beck Reed Riden

Employment Tip Of The Month – April 2026

United States Employment

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Washington State Passes Broad Prohibition On Non-compete Agreements

United States IP

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Jones Day

Eastern District Of Texas Tosses Random Chat's "Random Chat" Patent Under Section 101

United States IP

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Holland & Knight

AI Trade Secrets On Trial: Former Google Engineer Convicted In Historic Espionage Case

United States IP

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Marks Gray

Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast, Episode 87: Trade Secret Identification At The TRO And Summary Judgment Stages

United States IP

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The AI Knows Too Much: When Employees Feed Trade Secrets Into Generative AI Tools

United States Technology

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Governor Signs Washington’s New Noncompete Law: What Employers Should Know—And How To Prepare

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Webinar: Protecting Innovation In The AI Era | IP Insights From 2026 Outlook

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

When Courts Become The Regulator: The XAI Decision And What California's AI Transparency Law Actually Means

United States Technology

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Jones Walker

SkyBell Technologies V. Alarm.com: Reverse Engineering Prohibitions And The Statute Of Limitations Discovery Rule In Trade Secrets Litigation

United States IP

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ArentFox Schiff

When Trade Secrets Meet Public Record: The Importance Of Protective Orders, Court Procedures

United States IP

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Holland & Knight

It’s War! Chef’s Table At Brooklyn Fare

United States IP

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

AI Is Rewriting The Rules Of IP Law

United States IP

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

The Changing Discovery Landscape: Takeaways From Seyfarth's 2026 Commercial Litigation Outlook

United States Technology

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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We Get Privacy For Work — Episode 12: Managing Competing Priorities: Data Breach Notification Laws And Trade Secrets (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast, Episode 81: FTC Noncompete Ban Update

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

IP Nightmare: The Costly Consequences Of Unprotected Intellectual Property (Video)

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Crowley Law LLC

How To Navigate IP Issues In Robotics (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

How Jones Day Helps Clients In Global Trade Secret Litigation (Video)

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Jones Day

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