New York Labor Law Prevents Assignment of Inventions to Employer

New York Labor Law Prevents Assignment of Inventions to Employer

On September 15, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a new section of the New York Labor Law limiting the assignment of inventions by employees to their employers. Specifically,... Read more »
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court invalidates indigenous land demarcation timeframe law – JURIST

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court invalidates indigenous land demarcation timeframe law – JURIST

On Thursday, the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil invalidated a legislative proposal 9-2 regarding the temporal boundaries for demarcating indigenous lands.  The judges ruled against the argument that the territory of indigenous peoples... Read more »
A Chaotic Contract – Above the Law

A Chaotic Contract – Above the Law

Olga V. Mack is the VP at LexisNexis and CEO of Parley Pro, a next-generation contract management company that has pioneered online negotiation technology. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving... Read more »

New York Proposes Regulations Clarifying Job Posting Pay Range Disclosures Under New Law

Just days before New York State’s pay transparency law went into effect, the state labor department unveiled new proposed regulations that seek to clarify employers’ obligations under the new law. Source link... Read more »
New York Enacts Law Limiting Employee Assignment of Inventions

New York Enacts Law Limiting Employee Assignment of Inventions

On September 15, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a new section of the New York Labor Law limiting the assignment of inventions by employees to their employers. Specifically,... Read more »
Black Hair Big Law (Part III): ‘Professionalism,’ Work Hair, And Interview Hair

Black Hair Big Law (Part III): ‘Professionalism,’ Work Hair, And Interview Hair

Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Angela Mackie-Rutledge back to our pages. Click... Read more »
Thoughts on Promises and Challenges of AI in Legal after Yesterday’s AI Summit at Harvard Law School

Thoughts on Promises and Challenges of AI in Legal after Yesterday’s AI Summit at Harvard Law School

Yesterday, I attended the Harvard Law AI Summit organized by the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School. It was a fairly intimate, invitation-only gathering of roughly 65 people, held under the... Read more »
On LawNext Podcast: Lawmatics Founder Matt Spiegel On Automating CRM for Law Firms

On LawNext Podcast: Lawmatics Founder Matt Spiegel On Automating CRM for Law Firms

Stories are increasingly common of lawyers who leave law practice to start legal technology companies, but few achieve the level of success as an entrepreneur of Matt Spiegel. He was a criminal defense... Read more »
What is the future of remote working in the law firm world?

What is the future of remote working in the law firm world?

Photo illustration by Sara Wadford/ABA Journal. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home and communicating and collaborating via real-time communication tools has become the norm for many law firms and offices.... Read more »

New York Governor Signs Law Banning Mandatory ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings

On September 6, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law that prohibits employers from requiring employees to attend employer-sponsored meetings the “primary purpose” of which is to communicate the employer’s... Read more »
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