By: Matthew M. Lubozynski
About 10 months ago, I wrote about a case from the Eastern District of Virginia concerning whether the Patent Act requires that an inventor be a human being versus artificial intelligence in order to be granted a patent. See Thaler v. Hirshfeld, No. 1:20-cv-903 (LMB/TCB), 2021 EL 3934802 (E.D. Va. Sept. 2, 2021). Under ...
By: Alexa J. Elder
On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court held that there was no constitutional right to an abortion, overturning nearly 50 years of precedent established in Roe v. Wade[1] and Planned Parenthood v. Casey[2]. Under the consequential decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization[3], the power to regulate ...
By: Emily H. Lineweaver
On Friday, July 15th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) renewed the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), thereby extending the PHE through October 13, 2022. Among other things, the extension allows for many Americans to continue to have access to free COVID-19 testing, therapeutic treatment and ...
By: Marianna J. Michael
On July 14, 2022, HB252 became law and introduced several amendments to KRS 244.090. The most significant change permits employees who are 18 years of age to serve alcohol so long as they are under the supervision of someone who is 20 years of age or older. Previously, the law required employees to be 20 years of age or older to ...
By: Daniel Burke and Daniel O'Connor*
Ohio Senate Bill 47 (SB 47) took effect on July 6, 2022. This law does not break any new ground, but rather aligns Ohio’s overtime pay requirements with similar provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that have been in effect for decades. Most notably, SB 47 created new Ohio Revised Code § 4111.031 ...
By: Alexa J. Elder & Stephen C. Hall
Last month, the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) released the final two opinions of the session, bringing a close to what many have described as the most controversial and consequential Supreme Court term in recent history. While the Supreme Court’s monumental decisions on gun control, climate ...
By: Jordan M. White
Late last month, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, --- S.Ct. ---, 2022 WL 2295034 (June 27, 2022), overturning precedent and fundamentally altering the applicable test when analyzing the interplay of a governmental employee’s First Amendment right to religious expression and ...
By: C. Tyson Gorman, contributing author Lillie Stivers, Wyatt Summer Associate
With the general belief that COVID is shifting from a pandemic state to an endemic one, many employers have begun to require employees to return to the office. Some employees nevertheless may feel uneasy about returning to an in-person workplace setting or may ...
By: C. Tyson Gorman, contributing author Will Mathews, Wyatt Summer Associate
Freedom of speech does not equate to freedom from consequences, at least not when you are an employee for a private company. What an employee says or posts in the office or outside of it has the potential to lead to adverse effects, such as discipline or job loss. In the ...
By: Michelle D. Wyrick, with significant assistance from Molly Grace Baldock, one of our Summer Associates
A recent holding by the United States Supreme Court should caution employers utilizing arbitration agreements. Employers should be vigilant and compel arbitration as early as possible in the face of a lawsuit, or potentially waive ...