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Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, is proud to announce that Intellectual Property Practice Co-Chair Bill Baton was selected by NJBIZ as a 2025 Leaders in Law honoree. The awards honor legal professionals whose dedication to their occupation and to their communities is outstanding...

Cultivating A Trade Secret Mindset: Risk Mitigation, Reasonable Measures, and Internal Awareness To harness and optimize Trade Secret IP value, organizations must foster a robust trade secret risk mitigation mindset. In this enlightening session, the panel will explore three pivotal pillars: risk...

Katie Barrett Wiik and Doug Anderson will be co-presenting at a CLE seminar entitled “Appellate Practice for the Non-Specialist” through Minnesota CLE on August 29, 2024. The focus will be on state court (Minnesota) appeals. Their presentation is on “Overview of Appeals” and will cover the nuts and...

Saul Ewing LLP is proud to announce that Charles M. Lizza, Vice Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, was named to the NJBIZ 2024 Law Power 50 list. This is the sixth year in a row that Mr. Lizza has been included on this list of the state's top lawyers. Professionals are selected for the list...

In an interview with Law360, Katie Barrett Wiik discusses a Supreme Court case in which the federal government is challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, as well as two related pending petitions from transgender adolescents and their families in...

Introduction On June 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) unanimously agreed to submit a comment supporting a recent proposed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) rule that would mandate the disclosure of all settlement agreements made between parties appearing before the Patent Trial...

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its proposed final rule (the “Rule”) banning the use of future noncompete agreements for all workers, including senior executives, 89 FR 38342. Noncompete agreements have long been a valuable tool in a company’s toolbox to mitigate the...

Minnesota has a unique statute that allows minority shareholders in a closely held corporation to initiate an action for a buy-out of their interests. Minn. Stat. § 302A.751, subdivision 2. Under the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, a closely held corporation is a corporation with 35 or fewer...

On April 4, Cindy Lehr retired from her role as chief staff attorney to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, a position she had held for more than 40 years. Cindy has been succeeded as chief by seasoned Staff Attorney Liz Keating. A few weeks into Liz’s tenure as chief staff attorney, she and Cindy sat...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (APRIL 8, 2024) – Saul Ewing LLP today announced that partner Katherine “Katie” Barrett Wiik has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. The Academy is an invitation-only association of respected appellate lawyers where Fellows face stringent...

Maryland’s intermediate court created new and binding precedent for cases related to misappropriation of trade secrets under the Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“MUTSA”). In the reported opinion of Ingram, et al. v. Cantwell-Cleary Co., Inc., the Appellate Court of Maryland held that customer...

"Innovation continues across industries at a rapid pace. Many companies maintain highly valuable trade secrets and private data that provide them with a competitive market advantage. The rapidly evolving technological landscape, however, leads to new and more sophisticated threats to a company’s...

January 26, 2024 - With AI poised to reshape the practice of law and businesses in every industry, Saul Ewing is pleased to partner with the ABA’s Intellectual Property Litigation Committee in forming the AI Subcommittee. The AI Subcommittee will monitor legal and technological developments in this...

Appellate Practice And Procedure: Meet The New Court Of Appeals Judge - A Conversation With Judge Ede Governor Walz appointed Judge Ede to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in July. Prior to joining the appellate court, he served as a District Court Judge in Hennepin County. Judge Ede has had a...