By Greg Care Litigation is continuing over whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has properly banned nearly all employment non-compete provisions nationwide. As discussed in a prior update, one of the three cases (ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, where the FTC won an initial fight) was dismissed by the rule’s challengers, so … Read more
Blackcomb Consultants is now part of Accenture I am excited to welcome Blackcomb Consultants, a leading independent Guidewire partner in North America, into the Accenture family. Why Blackcomb Consultants? Amid market disruption and heightened consumer expectations, insurers are turning to platforms such as Guidewire to drive strategic digital and business transformation. Accenture and Blackcomb Consultants … Read more
Image by M. H. from Pixabay In the first part of this post on the Kneschke vs. LAION decision by the German Hamburg Regional Court (“Court”), we explored the Court’s key findings regarding the operational step in a generative AI model, and the decision on the exceptions for scientific research text and data mining (“TDM”) … Read more
Image by M. H. from Pixabay On September 27, 2024, the German Hamburg Regional Court (“Court”) issued the first ruling on reproductions of copyrighted content from the Internet made during the creation of an AI training data set – and on whether the copyright exceptions for text and data mining (“TDM”) provide statutory permission for … Read more
By Greg Care In this blog article, I’ll be discussing how the recent election cycle is likely to affect the FTC’s rule prohibiting nearly all non-competes. Spoiler alert: things look bleak for the rule’s supporters. In the early morning hours after Election Day 2024, the Associated Press called the Presidential election in favor of Donald … Read more
