28 March 2022 Jenner & Block Jenner & Block filed an amicus brief in Travis County, Texas in Doe v. Abbott on behalf of Professor Ron Beal, a Texas administrative law expert, in support of the plaintiffs’ application for a temporary injunction and as part of our pro bono work with Lambda Legal and the ACLU to …
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24 March 2022 AUTHORS Ryan N. Phelan Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP I am excited to announce the publication of the Intellectual Property Owner (IPO)‘s white paper on “ Protecting Inventions Relating to Artificial Intelligence: Best Practices.“ The paper was authored by the IPO’s Software Related Inventions Committee and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Other Emerging Technologies …
24 March 2022b AUTHORS Christen S. Hignett and Anthony Jagoditz Dinsmore & Shohl The Ohio House of Representatives passed HB 447 in February, 2022 and the bill is now pending approval by the Ohio Senate. If passed, this bill could expand the definition of a work injury to include some injuries sustained in the employee’s own home, provided …
In Clark v. Clark, two brothers sued a third brother regarding the third brother’s ability to be trustee of a trust due to a traumatic brain injury. No. 14-19-00604-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 9866 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] December 14, 2021, no pet.). The parties’ mother created a testamentary trust that held a family business and …
In a novel transaction for the blockchain and mortgage industries, a blockchain-focused financial services company and an investment firm announced the completion of a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage loans and transfer of ownership via blockchain technology. The eNote digital mortgage assets were originated on the Provence Blockchain and registered on the financial …
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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS FINRA ISSUES REMINDER REGARDING CCO SUPERVISORY LIABILITY UNDER FINRA RULE 3110 On March 17, FINRA issued a regulatory notice to remind member firms about the scope of CCO liability under Rule 3110, which imposes supervisory obligations on member firms and only applies to CCOs if member firms designate supervisory responsibilities to the CCO. In the …
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29 March 2022 AUTHORS Moorari K. Shah , A.J. Dhaliwal and Gabriel Khour Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton In a novel transaction for the blockchain and mortgage industries, a blockchain-focused financial services company and an investment firm announced the completion of a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage loans and transfer of ownership via blockchain technology. The eNote …
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Psilocybin microdosing (i.e., taking a small, non-hallucinating dose of magic mushrooms several times a week, or daily) is gaining popularity. What was originally a trend amongst college students and Silicon Valley billionaires is quickly becoming mainstream. One might think of Oregon as a sanctuary for individuals interested in microdosing, as Ballot Measure 109 legalized psilocybin …
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AUTHORS Seyfarth Shaw LLP March 30, 2022 By Benjamin D. Briggs, A. Scott Hecker, Adam R. Young, Mark A. Lies, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing to amend its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904.41. The current regulation requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information – that they are …
AUTHORS Mayer Brown Morgan Bailey & Kelcey L. Baker March 30, 2022 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced several new measures including expanding premium processing to additional form types, providing relief to individuals waiting for work permits and setting agency-wide backlog reduction goals. USCIS, a fee-based organization, faced an unprecedented budgetary shortfall and backlog of cases …
