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Garland Pushes Back at G.O.P. Claims of Bias in Hunter Biden Investigation
The attorney general denied assertions that he had interfered with the case and blocked a prosecutor from lodging more charges.
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Prosecutors Seek to Delay Trump Documents Trial to December
The special counsel argued that the August date set by the judge did not allow enough time to deal with the complications of classified evidence, but still proposed a relatively speedy timetable.
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Protecting Musicians in GenAI: Key Takeaways From the U.S. Copyright Office
Generative AI presents a profound opportunity and challenge for artists in the music industry. On the one hand, musicians and songwriters have always embraced and adapted to new technology; but on the other, those technological advances have been in service of creativity that starts with a human hand, and ear….By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
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Generative AI-Assisted Patent Inventorship Questions Remain
The Situation: The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in Thaler v. Vidal, leaving intact the Federal Circuit’s ruling that only human beings, and not artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems, can be inventors under U.S. patent law….By: Jones Day
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Senate Bill Proposed to Provide Subject Matter Eligibility Solution
Through the vicissitudes of the continuing chaos of subject matter eligibility, Senators Coons and Tillis have been steadfast in attempting to provide a legislative solution. They chaired a series of Congressional hearings in 2019 (see “Senators Tillis and Coons Release Statement on Recent Patent Reform Hearings”), have asked the Patent and Trademark Office for its…
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Open Source Software Licenses: Novel Case Explores Who Can Enforce Them
Companies (including through the use of AI) are increasingly reliant on open source software to expedite their software development. A recent case filed in California, SFC v. Vizio, calls upon the state court to interpret two common open source software licenses in a manner that could aggressively expand the number of individuals who can bring…
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Myths About Cybersecurity Portfolio Oversight: Myth #2
With cyber threats and techniques continually evolving, the likelihood an organization small or large will experience a breach has increased significantly. In particular, the rise of ransomware-as-a-service means that huge numbers of unskilled attackers can monetize attacks on smaller organizations….By: ACA Group
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ITx Notifies SoutheastHEALTH Patients that GoAnywhere Data Breach Leaked Their Confidential Information
On June 22, 2023, SoutheastHEALTH posted a notice describing a recent “Potential Security Issue” after the company learned that confidential patient information was subject to unauthorized access due to a third-party data breach. Evidently, the incident involved Intellihartx, LLC (“ITx”), a vendor that SoutheastHEALTH uses to assist with its billing. As a result, SoutheastHEALTH patient…
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BrightSpring Health Services Files Notice of Data Breach Affecting Employee SSNs
On June 21, 2023, BrightSpring Health Services filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after learning that a recent cybersecurity incident compromised confidential employee information stored on the company’s computer network. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’ names and…
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M.D. Florida Excludes ECT Plaintiff Expert Opinion on General Causation
Here’s a shocker: being a tv star doctor does not make one a viable expert under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. That’s not just our say-so (or ipse dixit). One of our reliance materials is Thelen v. Somatics, LLC, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101970 (M.D. Fla. June 12, 2023)….By: Reed Smith
