Publications

On January 7, 2019, revised guidance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on patent subject matter eligibility took effect, paving the way for what many stakeholders expect to be a decrease in the number of patent claim rejections under 35 U.S.C. §101. The guidance attempts to provide a […]

2018 was a year of adjustment for the financial services industry. We saw changes at key regulators that will have repercussions for years to come with the appointments of Kathy Kraninger and Jelena McWilliams as the respective heads of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation […]

On January 21, 2019, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) imposed a massive financial penalty of 50 Million euros (approximately 56.8 Million U.S. dollars) against Google for violating provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The penalty is the largest to date assessed under the GDPR and indicates the […]

The First Session of the 106th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 9, 2019. This Dirt Alert provides an update on certain bills introduced during the first five days of the Session related to telecommunications, municipal law, healthcare, real estate, renewable energy, and taxation. There are five more days of bill […]

For those of you who attended the Baird Holm Health Law Forum in November 2018, you may remember reference to an unusual provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that makes tax–exempt employers liable for unrelated business income tax on the cost of the parking provided to employees. It’s […]