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How Europe Builds AI Liability (Part II): AI in Copyright
This article examines how European copyright law applies to AI training, model memorization, outputs, and deployment, and what recent German cases and the pending Like Company v. Google proceeding mean for U.S. companies bringing AI-enabled products into Europe.
Impairment, Not Metabolites: What Two Virginia Firefighter Matters Mean for Public Employers
This article compares two Virginia firefighter matters involving certified medical cannabis use, explaining why public employers should distinguish evidence of actual workplace impairment from a positive THC test and ensure their drug-testing, medical verification, and accommodation procedures align with Virginia law.
What Happens to a Contract When the League Behind It Changes Hands?
This article uses LIV Golf’s uncertain future to explain how assignment clauses, change-of-control provisions, successor liability, and transaction structure can determine whether contracts survive when a business is sold, restructured, or loses its financial backing.
Virginia Adult-Use Marijuana Market Overview
This article provides an overview of Virginia’s emerging adult-use marijuana market, including the seven anticipated license types, cultivation and retail caps, impact applicant lottery structure, ownership restrictions, and the licensing timeline prospective operators should understand ahead of the 2027 application process.
How Europe builds AI liability (Part I.): The three regimes, and what they mean for a US company entering the EU market
This article explains how AI liability actually works in Europe, examining the three legal regimes that create civil exposure for U.S. companies entering the EU market: national copyright law, GDPR automated decision-making rules, and the revised EU Product Liability Directive.
Who Owns a Letter? The WNBA’s “THE W” Application Draws a Trademark Challenge from the Cubs and Nationals
This article examines the Cubs and Nationals’ TTAB challenge to the WNBA’s application for THE W, explaining how standard-character marks, overlapping apparel goods, existing trademark portfolios, and consumer perception shape the scope of protection for simple marks.
Bad Spaniels Has the Last Bark: The Ninth Circuit Narrows the Path to Trademark Dilution Claims
This article analyzes the Ninth Circuit’s latest decision in VIP Products, LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., explaining how the ruling narrows trademark dilution-by-tarnishment claims and reinforces the importance of mark-specific evidence, product-specific analysis, and clearly signaled parody.
When AI Regulation Meets the First Amendment: xAI’s Challenge to Minnesota’s “Nudification” Law
This article examines xAI’s constitutional challenge to Minnesota’s AI “nudification” law, exploring how the case could shape the future of AI regulation, First Amendment protections, provider liability, and compliance obligations for businesses developing or deploying generative AI.
Holon Law Partners Secures Unanimous Reversal of Firefighter’s Termination in Landmark Virginia Medical Cannabis Case
This press release announces Holon Law Partners’ successful representation of a Virginia firefighter whose termination for lawful off-duty medical cannabis use was unanimously reversed by a citizen grievance panel, reinforcing statutory protections for certified medical cannabis patients employed in the public sector.