EY’s recent SEC Reporting Update highlights 2025 trends in comment letters issued by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) to registrants about disclosures in their periodic filings. The survey found that the volume of comment letters issued in the past year (ended June 30, 2025) declined, reversing the elevated volumes of
Is the Tide Finally Turning for AI Patents? A Landmark USPTO Decision Signals Hope
For years, innovators in the Artificial Intelligence space have faced a frustrating paradox: creating groundbreaking technology, only to have their patent applications rejected on the grounds that their inventions are too “abstract.” At our firm, we’ve seen this firsthand. We’ve championed brilliant AI inventions, arguing that they are tangible, transformative, and deserving of protection, only
Serving Process on Chinese Defendants: Hague Service in China and the New Rules on Judgment Enforcement
Serving Process on Chinese Defendants: Hague Service in China and the New Rules on Judgment Enforcement
An American company spent years litigating a breach of contract case against a Shenzhen supplier. They won. Then a Chinese court refused to recognize and enforce the judgment because service of process was invalid under the Hague Service Convention.
Guest Post: Rewarding Stablecoins
There is no doubt that in many ways cryptocurrency is going mainstream. It is showing up in a surprisingly wide variety of places for a wide variety of reasons. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at recent suggestions that
Legal Malpractice, Deceit, AI Hallucinations and Sanctions
Facey v Liane Fisher, Esq. 2025 NY Slip Op 33456(U) September 15, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 152088/2025 Judge: Mary V. Rosado is a legal malpractice case which is full of surprises. The first is that Plaintiff was actually paid the settlement amounts (and made to take it at the
Crowell Atelier Fall 2025: E-Commerce in the Age of AI
On September 9, Crowell & Moring hosted its quarterly Crowell Atelier networking breakfast for luxury and retail clients. The event featured a conversation between Shane St. Hill, chief legal and compliance officer at Studs, an experiential retail and e-commerce company that offers bespoke ear piercing services; and Crowell partner Matthew F. Ferraro, former senior counselor
Take Control: How to Protect Your LinkedIn Data from AI Training
Your professional reputation took years to build. Why let it fuel someone else’s AI empire without your permission? LinkedIn recently introduced a feature that automatically opts users into AI training—using your profile data, posts, and professional content to train generative AI models. The catch? This setting is enabled by default, and many users have no
A Plain-English Guide to Protecting Your Educational Content
Courses rarely live in one place. A video on your platform, slides in a folder, worksheets in a download, templates you keep improving. If you create a course, you own the rights to the words, images, and structure you made. Registering those rights creates a public record and unlocks stronger remedies if someone reuses your
Superstar CEOs and the Limits of Fiduciary Law
Elon Musk is once again testing the boundaries of the law on fiduciary duties. In September 2025, Tesla proposed to give him a new compensation package valued at more than $1 trillion, the largest in corporate history. Shareholders are scheduled to vote on the package this November. The proposal comes less than a year after
Ten Things: “Cool Tech” for In-House Counsel (2025 Edition)
Hello my friends and welcome to another edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel!” Every summer for the past ten years, I have written about “cool tech” for in-house lawyers. It is one of my favorite posts and over that time I have stumbled upon a number of great bits of