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2025 USPTO Recap: What This Year’s Developments Mean for Patent Filers
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is navigating a period of significant transition. Driven by workforce shifts, operational re...
Development Incentives Quarterly: December 2025
In this edition of Development Incentives Quarterly, we welcome Aaron Pitts, chief commercial officer at the Pennsylvania Department of...
Rape Allegation Rocks Major Biglaw Firm
Proceeding under the name Jane Doe, a former associate at DLA Piper has filed suit alleging that Brian Biggs, then a partner at the fir...
The DOJ Data Security Program: Are You in Compliance?
With the U.S. Department of Justice’s Data Security Program (DSP) now in full effect, companies that handle sensitive personal data, op...
In the Trenches – Building Compliance Programs That Work
For small and mid-sized businesses, compliance leadership often happens in the margins – between other responsibilities, across departm...
UK Legal Framework for Crypto Takes Shape With Draft Legislation and Three New FCA Consultations
The UK’s cryptoasset regulatory framework continues to take shape following a series of coordinated legislative and regulatory developm...
Q3 2025 Venture Financing Report
Cooley handled 217 reported venture capital financings in Q3 2025, representing $23 billion of invested capital. Deal volume decreased ...
Man Files Civil Rights Lawsuit After Being Arrested Over A Meme
One of the signs you’ve begun thinking like a lawyer is when you happen upon a news story and reflexively think “That’s a lawsuit waiti...
Innovative Insights: Legal Updates in Life Sciences | Fourth Quarter 2025
The Trump administration's "America First" agenda is reshaping pricing, manufacturing, and regulation of the pharmaceutical landscape, ...
New China-linked hacker group spies on governments in Southeast Asia, Japan
The group, LongNosedGoblin, has been active since at least September 2023 and was uncovered after researchers detected new malware stra...