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With changes in technology and modern medicine, people are turning to various ways to build their families through assisted reproductive technology, such as through IVF, surrogacy, or egg, sperm, or embryo donation. Often referred to as “embryo adoption,” embryo donation allows families to share the embryos that they are not going to use with recipients…

LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Appeal No. 2021-2348 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2024) – In a rare en banc opinion, the Federal Circuit overruled decades of prior precedent concerning the standard to evaluate the obviousness of design patents. The Court created a new standard relying on principles adapted from utility patent jurisprudence….By:…

On 21 May 2024, the Council of the EU adopted the Hydrogen and Decarbonized Gas Market Package. It aims to shift the gas system to low-carbon and renewable gases, and provides for the highly anticipated framework on dedicated hydrogen networks….By: White & Case LLP

With the announcement of UK General Election for Thursday 4 July 2024, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill has not completed the legislative process before the end of the current parliamentary session and will therefore not become law….By: Mayer Brown

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made enormous strides in recent years and has increasingly moved into the public consciousness. Increases in computational power, coupled with advances in machine learning, have fueled the rapid rise of AI. This has brought enormous opportunities, as new AI applications have given rise to new ways of doing business……By: White &…

How many times have you heard that a jury — especially a jury that is deliberating about damages in a civil case — is about as predictable as the lottery? The broad perception is that as jurors arrive at figures in the deliberation room, they’re essentially throwing darts at a dart-board. Watching a mock trial…

On May 29, 2024, Johnson & Johnson (“JNJ”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after discovering that confidential information that had been provided to the company was subject to unauthorized access. While no data breach letter is available, the notice indicates that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party…

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) is an independent federal agency that regulates consumer products, including a variety of products made and sold by stakeholders in the Apparel industry, by providing education, regulations via the Code of Federal Regulations (“CFR”), and enforcement. In addition to the CPSC, other agencies involved in regulating apparel products…

Key Points: Superior Court decision in Walton v. Baby Trend provides relief from pro-plaintiff venue decisions. For court venue purposes, where a company does regular business does not include its product sales in big-box retail stores….By: Marshall Dennehey