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Upcoming Webinars! FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. Now What? | Seyfarth Shaw

Thursday, January 12, 2023
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In the first installment of the 2023 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Webinar Series, our team will focus on the new Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) proposed rule banning the use of non-competites with employees and workers. If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements. The proposed rule comes after allegations that some employers were abusing non-compete agreements by deploying such agreements in ways that go well

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Yellowstone’s Kevin Costner Named the 2023 Golden Globes’ Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jessica Chastain, Michael Shannon and Kevin Costner of MTV Ent Studios/101 Studios during a visit to BAFTA headquarters to celebrate the launch of Paramount+ UK at BAFTA on June 20, 2022 in London, England.

Jessica Chastain, Michael Shannon and Kevin Costner of MTV Ent Studios/101 Studios during a visit to BAFTA headquarters to celebrate the launch of Paramount+ UK at BAFTA on June 20, 2022 in London, England.

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Kevin Costner took home the 2023 Golden Globes’ best actor in a television drama series award on Tuesday night for his portrayal of Yellowstone‘s John Dutton.

The 67-year-old actor actor was not present at the ceremony in Lost Angeles, so presenter Regina Hall said, “I’m going to accept the award on your behalf, Kevin.”

Costner announced via an Instagram video on that

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Fed. Dist. Court of Michigan Finds Plaintiffs Did Not Obtain a Vested Property Interest Because Their Nonconforming Use Did Not Comply with Prior Zoning

This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

Plaintiffs owned homes in the City of New Buffalo, Michigan, that they used, or intended to use, as short-term rental properties. In 2019, the City passed an ordinance requiring homeowners in the City to obtain a permit before using their homes as short-term rentals. In 2020, the City adopted a resolution that suspended the issuance of such permits. Plaintiffs brought this action against the City to challenge the validity of that resolution under state and federal law.

At the outset, the court noted that Plaintiffs’ failure or inability to obtain a short-term

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Copyright Implications of Generative AI Systems

Generative AI systems like ChatGPT and DALL-E have been attracting media attention for their potential to cause disruption across a range of industries. In a recent report, Goldman Sachs estimated that generative AI systems could impact 300 million full-jobs globally. In the same report, Goldman Sachs found that the same AI systems could also boost global productivity and lead to a 7% increase in annual global GDP.

Generative AI systems present a number of challenges from a copyright law perspective. Two questions are particularly pressing:

  1. Can copyright subsist in AI-generated content?
  2. Does the use of generative AI models infringe the
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This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 9th January 2023 – UKSCBlog

Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

On Wednesday 11 January the Court will hand-down judgment in McCue (as guardian for Andrew McCue) (AP) v Glasgow City Council (Scotland) [2023] UKSC 1, on appeal from [2020] CSHI 51. The key issue concerns whether the Respondent’s charging policy for community care services is discriminatory. The Respondent, a local authority, has the power to charge for its services, although certain deductions may be applied to reduce the contribution payable. This appeal concerns the Respondent’s decision to allow only certain deductions together with the validity of the

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Law Officers at Indian Bureau of Mines › The Legal Lock

Indian Bureau of Mines, a Subordinate Office of the Ministry of Mines requires the services of 03 Law officers initially for a period of two years.

About the Indian Bureau of Mines

The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) established in 1948, is a multi-disciplinary government organization under the Department of Mines, Ministry of Mines, engaged in the promotion of conservation, scientific development of mineral resources, and protection of the environment in mines and other than coal, petroleum & natural gas, atomic minerals and minor minerals.

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  • The engagement will be purely on a contractual basis
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Recap! Seyfarth Attorneys Marcus Mintz and Alex Meier Present at AIPLA Conference on Trade Secrets | Seyfarth Shaw

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The American Intellectual Property Law Association recently completed its Trade Secrets Summit in Miami, Florida. The topics for the conference included:

  • A legislative update
  • Best practices for identifying trade secrets in litigation
  • Developments in trade secret trials and changing trends
  • Arbitration of trade secret disputes
  • Recent innovations in trade secret protection technologies and forensics (Alex Meier – panelist)
  • Damages in trade secret cases (Marcus Mintz – panelist)
  • Protecting artificial intelligence generated inventions as trade secrets
  • Criminal and government investigations of trade secret theft
  • What constitutes a trade secret versus confidential information or general skills and knowledge

We always enjoy learning

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TX Court of Appeals Finds Alleged Violations of the Texas Public Information Act were Sufficient to Survive Summary Judgment

This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

Groba owned property within the City of Gelena Park and applied for a permit to build a quadruplex on that property. The City rejected his application, and Groba was advised that a new City ordinance prevented him from building a multi-family unit on his property. Groba’s attorneys filed an “open records request” with the City seeking “production of all ordinances relevant to the location, placement, and general existence of duplexes within the City of Galena Park.” In October 2019, Groba’s attorneys sent a letter to the Texas Attorney General complaining about the

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