by Christine Stackhouse | Feb 25, 2026
On February 11, 2026, BIS announced a settlement agreement with Applied Materials Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California (“Applied Materials”) and Applied Materials Korea, Ltd. (“AMK”), covering 56 violations of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”)...
by Mallory Schowe | Feb 24, 2026
On February 10, 2026, the Connecticut Supreme Court decided Del Rio v. Amazon.com Services, Inc., a putative class action lawsuit with significant wage and hour implications for Connecticut employers. Background The plaintiffs in Del Rio, current or former employees...
by Christine Stackhouse | Feb 18, 2026
Last week, a Texas federal district court vacated the Federal Trade Commission Final Rule from 2025 that expanded the information companies must include in Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) premerger notifications.[1] The Final Rule, which went into effect in February 2025,...
by Christine Stackhouse | Feb 13, 2026
On February 11, 2026, Counsel Daniel Passeser authored the article below titled, “Can States Successfully Prosecute ICE Agents for Excessive Force? A Practical Perspective From a Former Police Misconduct Prosecutor” for Law.com. In the past few weeks, ICE agents...
by Mallory Schowe | Feb 9, 2026
There are several reasons why a patent applicant might want to expedite the application process. An applicant might want to have an issued patent as soon as possible in view of competitors and actual or anticipated infringers. On the business-focused side, a U.S....
