Specialty Group: Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Cybersecurity

For tech startups in the UAE, protecting new ideas is not only the law; it’s also good business. Your intellectual property can be your most valuable asset, whether you are making software, hardware, AI tools, or finte ...

Authors: Scott Hall and Phillip Wiese The much-discussed California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) amendment, SB 690, has been signed by Governor Gavin Newsom and will take effect January 1, 2027, relieving some pressur ...

On September 16, 2026, the Ninth Circuit held that a generative AI model does not “remove or alter” copyright management information (“CMI”) under Section 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA� ...

On August 27, 2026, the Fifth Circuit became the first court of appeals to reject the Ninth Circuit’s “server test” for copyright’s public display right, scrapping that test in favor of a new “transmit requirem ...