11/5/2025 10:30:41 PM I Want My Patent, ASAP! How AI Is Turbocharging USPTO Exams By Trevor Coddington The USPTO’s new Artificial Intelligence Search Automated Pilot Program (ASAP!) is transforming the patent examination process by...
11/4/2025 9:04:49 PM Misleading email subject lines can lead to substantial liability By Ellen Robbins In Brown v. Old Navy, LLC, 567 P.3d 38 (Wash. 2025), the Washington Supreme Court recently interpreted the state’s Commercial Electronic...
11/4/2025 3:05:01 PM Whose bat is it anyway? By Benjamin Joelson The Los Angeles Dodgers recently won an unbelievably entertaining and memorable World Series Championship over the Toronto Blue Jays. The...
11/3/2025 10:24:53 PM Labor Relations: Baseball Style By Ryan Krone Amy Moor Gaylord Tom Mandler Congratulations to the 2025 World Series Champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Their dramatic Game 7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays...
11/3/2025 4:23:06 PM Beyond Training Data: The Hidden Risk of Secondary AI Liability By Sam Kilb Marc Lieberstein Headlines about AI intellectual property infringement liability tend to focus on direct infringement, i.e., the AI's unauthorized...
11/3/2025 4:09:10 PM Judicial Hallucinations: The Lawyer's Duty to Detect and Correct By Tammy Malvin Deploying AI in litigation offers remarkable speed and efficiency, but also introduces significant risk when misused. Artificial...
10/29/2025 7:10:36 PM The Right to Talk Pay: What Employers Need to Know Under the NLRA By Ryan Krone The Ninth Circuit issued a reminder to all employers that employees discussing wages generally qualifies as protected activity under...
10/29/2025 6:45:37 PM Recent DOL Opinion Letter on Tip Pooling By Arlene Kline I recently received a U.S. Department of Labor opinion letter addressing a client inquiry about whether an oyster shucker working in the...
10/29/2025 5:00:18 PM What Role Do Unions Play in American Democracy By Amy Moor Gaylord Last week, I had the privilege of speaking on a panel for the Chicago Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association...
10/27/2025 10:00:18 PM From Clickwrap to the Courtroom: Enforcing Online Arbitration Clauses By Tammy Malvin In today's digital commercial society, consumer agreements are commonly established online. Often, a single click of a button confirms...
10/27/2025 7:48:06 PM EEOC Powered Up for Swift Action Once Government Shutdown Ends By Debra Leder Once we are back to business as usual, we expect a flurry of activity from the EEOC to further the current administration's priorities....
10/27/2025 4:36:24 PM Quorum Countdown: NLRB Awaits Senate Confirmation to Get Moving Again By Ryan Krone Amy Moor Gaylord Tom Mandler It has been seven months since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has had the three-member quorum needed to issue...
10/27/2025 2:51:33 PM Who Says There's No Free Training? California Tells Employers They Cannot Collect Training Fees From Employees Who Quit Early By Damien DeLaney California has taken a key retention tool away from employers: starting in January 2026, employers will no longer be able to...
10/24/2025 12:40:33 PM What's In A File: Navigating Personnel Records Requests By Damien DeLaney One of the biggest warning signs of employment litigation on the horizon is the dreaded personnel records request. In the states that...
10/23/2025 8:07:25 PM Driving Up Costs: The AI-Empowered Litigant By Kimberly Lopez Rightfully, much has been written on the perils of attorneys using artificial intelligence. Court orders admonishing lawyers for citing...
10/23/2025 4:50:51 PM Detour Ahead: Supreme Court to Weigh Scope of Transportation Worker Arbitration Exemption By Ryan Krone The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the scope of the “transportation worker” exemption under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)....