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M&A attorneys representing buyers, and their private equity and strategic clients, have long felt comfortable that the courts would uphold restrictive covenants in an acquisition. Even if the restrictive covenant at hand was perhaps somewhat broader than necessary, buyers and their counsel believed that the courts would judiciously apply their “blue pencil” to reform an overbroad […]

Election workers were still digging into a mountain of ballots on Thursday — more than 600,000 statewide, according to a tracker posted by the Arizona secretary of state. The highest-profile offices on the ballot, from U.S. senator to governor to other key statewide positions, remained too close to call. Results from around the state will continue to […]

This article was originally published in the Boston Bar Association’s Fall 2022 Boston Bar Journal. Just over four years ago, the Massachusetts legislature finally passed a bill long in the works addressing non-compete agreements and replacing the Commonwealth’s trade secret misappropriation statute with a version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (the “UTSA”), referred to […]

Howling at the Government: The Fight to Get Wolves Back on the Endangered Species List Taylor Hopkins Introduction In Ojibwe, an Indigenous language spoken by the Anishinaabe people, the word for “wolf” is Ma’iingan.[1] When describing the significance of the wolf in Anishinaabe culture, Marvin Defoe, a member of the Red Cliff Tribe, said: “the […]

WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Joe Biden at the White House Wednesday and will deliver a prime-time speech before a joint session of Congress during a dramatic visit to Washington on the 300th day of the Russian attack on the U.S. ally. “You will never stand alone,” Biden told Zelenskyy as both stood near […]

Eminent Domain and Ethanol: Farmland Seizures and Carbon Sequestration in Iowa Ian Klopfenstein According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric CO2.[i] This process occurs through natural processes like photosynthesis and biomass carbon banking, as well as through human-facilitated carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations.[ii] Artificial […]

When Judge Edward Davila sentenced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison last week, he ordered that she surrender for imprisonment April 27. But legal experts say Holmes could remain free well past that date. After Davila sentenced Holmes, 38, on four counts of felony fraud, one of her lawyers in […]

A former Connecticut lawyer who practiced in Stamford pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme, according to federal authorities. William McCullough, 62, now of Westerly, Rhode Island, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty this week before US District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport, according to […]

  Author: Melis Mevsimler – Ada Lovelace Institute As the first pandemic of the algorithmic age, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant changes to the use of data and artificial intelligence for public health. Governments across the globe saw potential opportunities and benefits in using digital technologies to control the spread of the virus. The result […]

By Dominic Chopping STOCKHOLM–Ericsson AB said Friday it has reached a multiyear, global patent license agreement with Apple Inc., ending a yearlong legal battle over the use of Ericsson’s technology in products such as iPhones. Ericsson shares moved higher on the news, rising 4% on the day, having traded slightly lower for most of the […]