Alert
Published 12/20/2021
Services Intellectual Property
DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience) is an artificial intelligence (AI) system created by Dr. Stephen Thaler. It reportedly conceived two separate inventions without any human intervention and therefore, was designated as an inventor on patent applications related to those inventions. The idea of assigning inventorship to an AI-machine not only brought new legal challenges but also left the global intellectual property (IP) community divided regarding whether an AI-machine can/should be allowed to be named as an inventor on patents related to AI-created...
Blog Post
Published 12/20/2021
By Jason Tremblay, Alexander Reich
Article
Published 12/16/2021
Industries Cannabis Law
Books
Published 2021
Industries Condominium and Community Associations
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Condominium and Community Associations Practice is pleased to once again offer its annual summary of the Illinois Condominium Property Act ("ICPA"). 2020 and 2021 were years that no one will soon forget, with condominium associations scrambling to ensure resident safety in the midst of a global pandemic. Not surprisingly, the legislature made no changes to the Illinois Condominium Property Act (“ICPA”) in 2020 and only one change in 2021 (which allows associations to amend their declarations to require that a majority of their board members live on-site)...
Article
Published 12/15/2021
Industries Higher Education
Services Labor and Employment
Article
Published 12/15/2021
Industries Government Contracts
Services Labor and Employment
Videos
Published 12/14/2021
Services : Emerging Company and Entrepreneur Services
In this episode of “The Entrepreneur Advisor,” Steven Malitz continues his Top 20 Countdown of the best negotiation tips for businesses, with tips 6 and 7: “Justifying your demands and offers” and “Avoiding your bottom line.”
Alert
Published 12/13/2021
Services Environmental
Delaware has taken the initial steps to start addressing PFAS contamination in its drinking water. Like the federal government, the First State is preparing to issue regulations to limit so-called “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to health concerns including cancer. What You Need to Know: Delaware has enacted a law to begin the process, at the state level, to address PFAS contamination in drinking water. The law contemplates establishment of state-level maximum contaminant levels (“MCLs”) for PFAS, which includes PFOA and PFOS. By January 1, 2022, DNREC is required to provide...
Article
Published 12/10/2021
Alert
Published 12/09/2021
Industries Government Contracts
Services Labor and Employment
On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, a federal judge in Georgia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the enforcement of the federal mandate that obligates many federal contractors and subcontractors to require their employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As discussed in a previous Alert , the federal contractor vaccine requirement stems from the Executive Order 14024 (“EO 14204”), requiring the creation of a Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) contract clause mandating that covered contractor employees be fully vaccinated. As a result of this court action, the mandate,...
Blog Post
Published 12/09/2021
By Donald A. Rea
Blog Post
Published 12/09/2021
By Harriet E. Cooperman, Judith B. Kassel
Videos
Published 12/07/2021
Services : Emerging Company and Entrepreneur Services
In this episode of “The Entrepreneur Advisor,” Steven Malitz continues his Top 20 Countdown of the best negotiation tips for businesses, with tips 4 and 5: “Don’t make two offers in a row” and “Know your objectives.”
Alert
Published 12/06/2021
Industries Government Contracts
Services Labor and Employment
​The Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Final Regulations increasing the minimum wage for employees of Federal Government contractors from $10.95 an hour to $15 an hour. The Final Regulations are substantially similar to the proposed rule, which we discussed in our July 2021 Alert . What You Need to Know: The increased wage rate is effective for solicitations issued and contracts awarded after January 30, 2022. The increased wage rate applies to work performed or in connection with Federal contracts. The regulations phase out the tipped minimum wage eliminating it entirely by 2024. ​The...
Blog Post
Published 12/06/2021
By Alexander Reich, Jason Tremblay
Alert
Published 12/03/2021
Industries Health Care
On November 30, 2021, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its five actions – four settlements and corrective action plans, and one civil money penalty in the amount of $100,000 – under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. This announcement is a continuation of OCR’s efforts to ensure individuals can access their health records in a timely manner – within 30 days of a request – and at a reasonable cost under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. OCR has now announced twenty-five enforcement actions since the initiative began in 2019; our...