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The Gig Economy and the Increasing Demand for a Third Classification of Worker

Workers in the United States have traditionally been categorized as employees or independent contractors. This dichotomy has long been used to determine whether the employer is vicariously liable for a...Read more

Zachary Pyers
Attorney and Partner, Reminger Co., L.P.A., USA

Kenton Steele
Attorney, Reminger Co., L.P.A., USA
Parallels and Compliance Lessons Arising from the 2023 Collapses of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Silvergate Capital, and Credit Suisse

In March 2023, the banking world experienced a series of shocks as three large regional banks in the United States and international giant Credit Suisse collapsed. It began on Wednesday,...Read more

Elizabeth Fiorelli
Assistant Adviser of Global Legal and Compliance , Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, New York Branch, USA
On A Strategic Management Approach to the New EU Risk-Based Compliance Regulations
CEOs cite the rise of disruptive digital technologies at the top of the list of trends that have had the greatest impact on how they are now leading their organisations....Read more

Constance E. Bagley
CEO, Founder, and General Counsel, Bagley Strategic Advisors LLC, USA
REMS Patents: Listability and Other Issues




Abstract: Are Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) patents Orange Book listable (or even should be)? A straightforward question with a lot of disagreement. This paper discusses recent litigation on...Read more

Joanna Brougher
Owner & Principal, BioPharma Law Group PLLC, USA

Tom Irving
Partner, Marbury Law Group, USA
Stacy Lewis
Law Clerk, Finnegan, USA

Mark Feldstein
Partner, Finnegan, USA

Adriana Burgy
Finnegan, USA
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Fraud is an intrinsic wrong that has an infinite variety of forms. The problem of fraud is endemic to a market economy. Common law legal and equitable doctrines have been...Read more
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Michael Ambrosio
Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, USA
New Priorities of Corporate Directors: Geopolitical and Technological Disruptions



This article highlights the rising geopolitical tensions and technological competition between the United States (and allied liberal democracies) and China (and certain other authoritarian regimes). These geopolitical challenges will impact...Read more
Donald Rosenberg
Former General Counsel, Qualcomm, USA
David Teece
Executive Chairman, Berkeley Research Group LLC, USA
Kirti Gupta
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA
Is China’s Increased Investment Elevating Latin America’s Risk Profile?



Economic initiatives within the Latin America region over the past two decades have led to a dramatic increase in investment from China, particularly within critical industries such as energy, infrastructure,...Read more

Drew Costello
Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA

Brian Ross
Associate Director, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA

Jordan Basich
Associate Director, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA
Why the Silence on Vertical Price Restraints?
Despite pronouncements that a “New Wave” of antitrust enforcement is underway, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) have exercised collective silence...Read more

R. Mark McCareins
General Counsel, Metals Service Center Institute, USA
A Current Look at the State of Inequitable Conduct and Other Equitable Concerns




Inequitable conduct is an “equitable defense to patent infringement that, if proved, bars enforcement of a patent. ” Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. , 649 F. 3d 1276,...Read more

Tom Irving
Partner, Marbury Law Group, USA

Xiaoguang Michelle Gao
Associate VP - Assistant General Patent Counsel , Eli Lilly and Company, USA
Stacy Lewis
Law Clerk, Finnegan, USA
Jordan Cowger
Finnegan, USA
Melissa Santos
Finnegan, USA
Patent law differs in each country, but there are some important equitable doctrines that apply across borders. One such a doctrine is prosecution history estoppel.
The term Estoppel ...Read more

Roy Girasa
Professor of Law, Pace University, USA

R. Mark McCareins
General Counsel, Metals Service Center Institute, USA