On May 1, 2025, the New Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee convened to hear testimony regarding Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed higher education budget for FY 2026, which reduces state funding for higher education by more than $400 million, a 16.1% decrease from the previous fiscal Continue Reading
Court Short-Circuits Artificial Intelligence Patents: Federal Circuit Tightens Standards for Patent Eligibility
What does it take to patent an invention on artificial intelligence or machine learning? According to a recent federal appeals court decision, it takes more than just applying a known technique to new data. Rather, the patent must claim some meaningful improvement to how the machine learning models Continue Reading
Reading an AI’s Mind: New Clues from Anthropic Research & What it Means for AI Risk Management
Though considerably less complex than the human brain, advanced AI models are of sufficient complexity to resist their thorough understanding. Though the Anthropic team was able to trace circuit logic at various points, many steps in the thinking process proved illusive. The famous late night Continue Reading
NCAA Antitrust Settlement: Ground Breaking or Grounding?
*Initially published in Sports Litigation Alert, May 2, 2025. Settlement Limits NIL Compensation, Leaves Open Major Issues The House v NCAA settlement-purported to re- solve antitrust claims (i.e. issues stymying the competitive market)-will, if approved, fail to accomplish its primary Continue Reading
Were All Those Nurse Staffing Seminars for Naught?
The contentious Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule (Rule), which established minimum staffing requirements for federally funded long-term care facilities (LTC) such as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for Medicare and nursing facilities (NFs) for Medicaid, was recently gutted by the United States Continue Reading
FY 2026 Department of Community Affairs Budget Testimony
On Monday, April 21, 2025, Commissioner Jacquelyn Suárez of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) testified before the Assembly Budget Committee, outlining the department’s strategies to navigate projected funding changes while reaffirming its commitment to affordable housing, shared Continue Reading
House Settlement in Name, Image, Likeness Litigation Not on Home Base Yet
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker In a significant development in the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) litigation associated with amateur student athletes stemming from the House vs. NCAA litigation, Judge Claudia Wilken declined to grant final approval of the Continue Reading
Senate Advances IP and Drug Pricing Legislation Amid Innovation Concerns
A Senate panel has advanced three sets of bipartisan bills purportedly aimed at reforming the intellectual property (IP) landscape and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Together, these bills seek to address issues with product hopping and patent thickets. The bills also seek to improve the Continue Reading
Texas District Court Vacates FDA’s Final Rule Expanding Oversight to Laboratory Tests in Hospitals
In our May 2024 Healthcare Alert, we discussed a final rule published by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amending its regulations to include in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs), even those manufactured in a laboratory, as devices. The final rule attempted to remove the FDA’s general Continue Reading
The Patents Are Coming! The Patents Are Coming!—USPTO Reduces Time to Issue Patents
Under the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) modernization efforts, the time between paying the issue fee and issuance of the patent is being reduced. Faster patent issuance gives patent applicants less time to decide whether to file a continuation or divisional patent application, Continue Reading