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Is Your Company Considering a Layoff?
Many companies are facing hard decisions as financial challenges continue and the fear of recession lingers.
April 12, 2023 – Andrew Updegrove was a panelist at a Boston Tech Club Faculty Working Group event focusing on Standard Setting and CHIPS Strategy
Other panelists on the Boston Tech Club Faculty Working Group will include Laurie Locascio, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Mary Saunders, ANSI Vice President …
Biden Administration Signals Reversal Of Delrahim Position on Standard Essential Patents
Read Lee’s full article at MassLawBlog.
How the Recent NLRB Decision Affects Your Severance Agreements
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) ruled that the proffer of broad confidentiality and non- disparagement provisions in severance agreements violates the National …
Don’t Fear The Down Round
In an ideal world, a startup (or, for that matter, any company, public or private) that needs to raise multiple rounds of capital as it matures and scales does so …
Gesmer Updegrove congratulates its client, Curaleaf, on the acquisition of Deseret Wellness, the largest retail cannabis operator in Utah
Curaleaf is the leading provider of cannabis retail products in the world. It operates 150 dispensaries and 28 cultivation sites in 19 states, with a focus on largely populated states …
Is Cannabis Patentable?
In short, yes, and there are many different ways in which cannabis and cannabis-related inventions may be protected.
The U.S. government has authority to grant patents under the Patent and Copyright …
Tips to Minimize the Risks and Maximize the Rewards of Your M&A Transaction
Now you just need to negotiate, structure and close on the sale of your business. Below are some tips to help you to minimize the risks and maximize the rewards …
Patents ≠ Freedom to Operate
Commercializing a product requires significant investments of time, resources, and effort. One may attempt to recoup some of that investment by securing patents on inventive features of the product. A …
Generative AI Images Struggle for Copyright Protection
Read Lee‘s full article at MassLawBlog.
ChatGPT, Please Prepare a Software License Agreement
Read Lee’s article at MassLawBlog.
Should Chapter 93A § 11 Claims Be Tried to Juries
Superior Court Business Litigation Session published an opinion this afternoon in the matter of Governo Law Firm LLC v. CMBG3 LLC that is interesting in several respects.
The Federal Trade Commission Puts Companies That Abuse Noncompetes On Notice
The Federal Trade Commission would like to preempt state law and make most noncompetes illegal as a matter of nationwide federal law. In January it began a rulemaking toward that …
Spoliation
You own a business and have a document retention policy pursuant to which documents are deleted periodically. Somewhere in the wind that always surrounds your business is the prattle of discontent …