Copyright Office Releases Final AI Report, Raising Doubts About Fair Use Defense for Model Training Last week, the U.S. Copyright Office published the third and final installment of its comprehensive report on copyright issues raised...

Key Takeaways: Effective July 1, 2025, most healthcare employers in Virginia will be required to implement a system for reporting incidents of workplace violence. These employers must notify all employees about the system, provide clear...

In a move aimed at expediting protection for inventors, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced a significant change to its patent issuance timeline. Specifically, the USPTO is reducing the time between the...

In an effort to maintain productivity and loyalty, many employers discourage employees from engaging in outside work, including launching side businesses or taking on second jobs. Some go further, implementing workplace policies that explicitly ban...

In a landmark decision handed down in mid-March, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed that works created solely by artificial intelligence (AI) are ineligible for copyright protection. The case, Thaler v...

EEOC to Crack Down on Anti-American National Origin Discrimination On February 19, 2025, Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Andrea Lucas, announced that the agency will prioritize enforcement against national origin...

Over 30 lawsuits challenging the use of copyrighted materials in training Generative AI models are currently pending, with most cases being heard in federal courts across the U.S. These copyrighted materials include news articles, photographs...

On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a press release urging employers to be cautious about the risk of discrimination stemming...

Can a non-human machine be an author under the Copyright Act of 1976? In a precedential opinion issued on March 18, 2025, a D.C. Circuit panel upheld previous decisions from the D.C. District Court and...

President Donald Trump issued Executive Order No. 14151, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” and Executive Order No. 14173, titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” (collectively, the “Orders”), shortly...