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Trade Secrets in the AI Economy: Why Businesses Need Stronger Protection Now For many businesses, the most valuable asset never appears on a balance sheet. It is the information competitors cannot see and cannot easily copy: source code, pricing logic, training methods, customer data, internal workflows, manufacturing processes, supplier knowledge, and the operational know-how that
Washington State Arbitration Clauses: When They Help and When They Hurt The Arbitration Clause Is Not Harmless Boilerplate An arbitration clause is a risk-allocation provision. It can limit discovery, narrow your remedies, increase your costs, and leave you stuck with a bad result. Too many businesses treat arbitration as standard contract language. They should not.
The 8 Biggest Mistakes Foreign Companies Make in U.S. Litigation A foreign company gets sued in the United States and makes a common mistake: it treats the case like an ordinary business dispute. Management assumes the complaint is mostly leverage. Someone decides to wait before involving counsel. Employees start emailing each other about what really
Why Companies Should Be Filing Trademarks in Cuba For most companies (and trademark lawyers), Cuba is a someday problem. But someday problems in first-to-file countries have a way of becoming someone else’s mark. The issue is not politics or timing. Cuba is a first-to-file trademark jurisdiction, and waiting too long can leave you fighting over
Abandoned Trademark Blocking Your Application? How to Remove Deadwood from the USPTO Register You file a trademark application with the USPTO, and the examining attorney refuses it because of an older trademark registration. That can feel like the end of the process, but it usually is not. The federal trademark register in the United States
Attorney-Client Privilege in Cross-Border M&A: How Privilege Gets Lost During the Deal Last week we wrote about how attorney-client privilege can be lost in domestic M&A when brokers, consultants, and other non-legal advisors are pulled into legal communications. See Attorney-Client Privilege in M&A: How Brokers and Other Advisors Can Create Serious Risk. Cross-border deals contain
Attorney-Client Privilege in M&A: How Brokers and Other Advisors Can Create Serious Risk Today let’s talk about the attorney-client privilege, how important that safeguard is in M&A transactions, and how not to mess it up. Specifically, let’s discuss this scintillating topic in the context of working with brokers and other non-legal advisors over the course
The Gold Card Lawsuit and the Limits of Executive Immigration Power The federal lawsuit challenging the Gold Card immigration program brings legal structure to what had previously been an open policy question: how far the executive branch can go in reshaping employment-based immigration without Congress. The case, American Association of University Professors v. U.S. Department
When a Puerto Vallarta Retreat Collides With Cartel Reality: Can You Recover Your Deposit? Recent violence tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has unsettled companies and families planning travel there. For years, Puerto Vallarta has been viewed as a controlled destination for executive retreats and high-end gatherings. When cartel-related violence in Jalisco dominates national
Named in a Lawsuit You Had Nothing to Do With? Getting Out Is Harder Than You Think. You open your email and see a complaint with your name in the caption. You never signed the contract. You never negotiated the deal. You barely knew it existed. Yet you are personally named in a breach of
