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As COVID-19 continues to dominate news headlines, American cities and international businesses are showing their true colors. From innovation in recovery to redrawing the predictions model businesses have adhered to for years, the health and economic crisis has done much more than disrupt the supply Continue Reading

​Two weeks after the shooting death of her son by an attorney who came to her door with a gun, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas of the District of New Jersey has called for a “national dialogue” on safeguarding the privacy of federal judges. In the U.S., a few states, including New Jersey, Continue Reading

Netflix may have made Joe Exotic a household name, but Hollywood Weekly magazine says it made him “The Tiger King.” The magazine sued Netflix for infringing its unregistered trademark rights for “Tiger King”—a moniker it claims it coined in four articles published between 2013 and 2018. It’s Continue Reading

A Centene Corp. shareholder who says she is concerned about poor prison medical care delivered by Centene's subsidiaries asked the Delaware Chancery Court to give her access to the health care company's records so she can investigate potential wrongdoing or breaches of fiduciary Continue Reading

A push to strengthen digital copyright law could end up fortifying what critics say is a weapon that can be wielded to squelch speech. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act shields platforms from copyright liability if they remove infringing content posted by users when notified. The DMCA can Continue Reading

Nobel laureate Dr. Tasuku Honjo and his commercial partners last week lost a US Federal Circuit appeal in their dispute with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over the ownership of six patents covering revolutionary cancer immunotherapy methods. The CAFC upheld a Massachusetts district court finding Continue Reading

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has, effective July 1, stopped seeking double damages—referred to as liquidated damages—in many cases that it settles before suing. But it still will seek them in litigation. "With this new announcement, the DOL is essentially providing a carrot to employers Continue Reading

The supply-chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic have forced companies in busy distribution hubs like New Jersey to relax contract terms to address immediate issues, and reshape neglected long-term strategies to establish sources closer to home, Garden State attorneys said. McCarter & Continue Reading

Against the backdrop of large gatherings ranging from protests to political rallies to picnics at the beach, employers trying to enhance workplace safety in a time of COVID-19 are increasingly asking what they can do when their employees take risks outside of work. Employers should balance the Continue Reading

Ira Gonzalez is featured in this profile from Daily Business Review. Continue Reading