The Legal Landscape

In the latest HB Media Minute, Theresa Conduah , an Intellectual Property partner in Haynes Boone’s Orange County office, discusses the complex state of the law governing influencer marketing of cannabis products. The podcast starts with a helpful  primer on the differences between such common terms as cannabis, CBD, Hemp, THC and cannabinoids; a survey of the current patchwork state of legality o...

Haynes Boone Associate Reid Pillifant , a former reporter whose legal practice focuses on media, IP, open government, anti-SLAPP and First Amendment litigation, reviews some of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s previous rulings on FOIA, defamation and free speech issues and analyzes what they might portent about her approach to media law issues as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.  

The latest HB On Track podcast features Ed Lebow , Counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C, office, and London Partner Andreas Dracoulis discussing the economic sanctions levelled on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.  The lawyers provide a brief history and regulatory overview of economic sanctions, from a US, and UK perspective, and then cover key issues in regards to the Russia sancti...

In the latest edition of HB Media Minute, Haynes Boone Associate Michael Lambert revisits a topic explored in an earlier podcast: the First Amendment right to record police activity. Michael explores the issue in the wake of a recent ruling out of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case filed by an Austin man who was arrested for videotaping police activities. Michael discusses the civil righ...

On the second anniversary of the pandemic, we interview lawyers in Haynes Boone’s Labor and Employment and OSHA Practice Groups for a two-part discussion about recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and other legal developments that raise important issues about what businesses can and can’ do to protect their employees against COVID-19 infections. In Part 1, Jason Habinsky , Matt Deffebach , Mini Kapoo...

On the second anniversary of the pandemic, we interview lawyers in Haynes Boone’s Labor and Employment and OSHA Practice Groups for a two-part discussion about recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and other legal developments that raise important issues about what businesses can and can’ do to protect their employees against COVID-19 infections.  In Part 2, Jason Habinsky , Matt Deffebach , Mini Kapo...

Partner Jason Bloom , Haynes Boone's head of Copyright Practice, and Associate Michael Lambert join moderator Nathan Koppel to discuss a new law that takes effect this spring and will allow a three-member tribunal within the U.S. Copyright Office to hear smaller-dollar copyright infringement claims . It’s a significant development, since federal courts traditionally have had exclusive jurisdi...

Haynes Boone intellectual property Associate Michael Lambert joins moderator Nathan Koppel to discuss recent developments impacting the public’s right to view and access police operations and courtroom proceedings. We cover the impact of the George Floyd murder and COVID-19 on transparency and public access to governmental operations; police body cameras, and audio recording of U.S. Supreme Court...

The Precision Medicine Thought Leader Series is a recurring podcast series by the lawyers in Haynes Boone’s Precision Medicine and Digital Health practice and Iaso Ventures that will discuss novel technological and legal developments in healthcare and life sciences. For our inaugural episode, we are joined by Wasim Malik of Iaso Ventures to discuss neuroscience and Iaso’s contribution to developin...

Our returning guest today is Haynes Boone Associate Michael Lambert who is based in our Austin office and is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Michael focuses on media, entertainment, IP, and First Amendment litigation.  In this episode, we will complete our three-part discussion about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides immunity (with some exce...

We’re joined again by Haynes Boone Associate Michael Lambert , who is based in our Austin office and is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Michael focuses on media, entertainment, IP, and First Amendment litigation. In this episode, we will resume our discussion on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides immunity (with some exceptions) to tech compan...

Welcome to a new episode of AI Chats , a podcast series produced by the law firm of Haynes Boone and lawyers from its AI and Deep Learning Practice Group to explore the exciting, ever-evolving, and occasionally controversial world of artificial intelligence. We’re joined by Partner Raghav Bajaj who is based in our Austin office and is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. On...

Today, we will talk about a hot topic – Section 230 of The Communications Decency Act, which is the legal framework that protects tech companies from liability for third-party content, such as reader posts, YouTube videos, and Instagram posts. It is a critical legal foundation for the expanding social media sphere.  The law has plenty of supporters and detractors, including critics who say that se...

Welcome to a new episode of AI Chats , a podcast series produced by the law firm of Haynes Boone and lawyers from its AI and Deep Learning Practice Group to explore the exciting, ever-evolving, and occasionally controversial world of artificial intelligence. In this episode, we will discuss recent developments in patent eligibility and its implications for patenting AI inventions. Moderator: Hong...

We're joined today by Haynes Boone Partner Lee Johnston who is based in our Denver office and has a national trial practice that includes patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation. In this episode, Lee will talk about data scraping, a growing and controversial practice that has been the subject of recent, high-profile litigation.

Welcome to a special episode of On Track. In this episode, we will be talking about Valesco Industries role in an expanding universe of the so-called direct lending business, non-bank lenders and investors that have become an integral part of the finance world alternatives available to growing companies in today’s economy. – September 29, 2021 Host: Gilbert Porter , Partner, Haynes Boone Moderator...

Welcome to a new episode of AI Chats , a podcast series produced by the law firm of Haynes Boone and lawyers from its AI and Deep Learning Practice Group to explore the exciting, ever-evolving, and occasionally controversial world of artificial intelligence. In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about what it takes to build AI applications. Moderator: Dina Blikshteyn , Counsel, Haynes Boone Spea...

In this episode, we are joined by Haynes Boone Counsel Darwin Bruce , who will walk us through a checklist of key items for parties to consider when structuring transactions involving the entertainment industry. Darwin joined us earlier on the podcast to talk about the growth in streaming media . His practice focuses on media and entertainment transactions, corporate governance, mergers and acquis...

Welcome to a special episode of On Track. In this episode, we will be talking about the 10th anniversary of the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) - September 16, 2021.   Host and Moderator: Scott Jarratt , Partner, Haynes Boone Featured Speakers: Joseph Matal , Partner, Haynes Boone Aaron Cooper, Vice President, Global Policy, BSA | The Software Alliance

In this episode, we are joined by Haynes Boone Partner Laura Prather , who is the head of the Media Law Practice Group. Laura has been active in the legislative process in Texas for many years, advocating for landmark laws that strengthened First Amendment Rights in the state. She has spent a significant amount of time this year at the Texas capitol and will talk to us about some of the laws passe...

Welcome to a new episode of AI Chats , a podcast series produced by the law firm of Haynes Boone and lawyers from its AI and Deep Learning Practice Group to explore the exciting, ever-evolving, and occasionally controversial world of artificial intelligence. In today’s episode, we are going to discuss algorithmic bias in AI with Clarita Uchendu, in-house counsel for the R&D arm of a Fortune 50...

Today, we are going to talk about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent foray into copyright law, in the closely followed Google v. Oracle case from its prior term, and we will preview a case on the Court’s 2021-2022 docket that will again delve into copyright law. We have two guides today: Partner Jason Bloom , a returning guest to the podcast, and Chair of the firm’s Copyright Practice Group. Jason ha...

Today, we are covering an important topic: the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on governmental transparency, including open-records requests and public access to governmental meetings. As we’ll discuss, the pandemic has been sort of a mixed bag, posing roadblocks to open government but also opening pathways to access public records, meetings and judicial proceedings. Joining us today is Partn...

Welcome to a new episode of AI Chats , a podcast series produced by the law firm of Haynes Boone and lawyers from its AI and Deep Learning Practice Group to explore the exciting, ever-evolving, and occasionally controversial world of artificial intelligence. Today, we will be talking about AI and inventorship and, more specifically, some very recent developments in the space. Moderator: Eugene Gor...

Welcome to a new episode of AI Chats , a podcast series produced by the law firm of Haynes and Boone and lawyers from its AI and Deep Learning Practice Group to explore the exciting, ever-evolving, and occasionally controversial world of artificial intelligence.  Today, we are joined by Dr. Le Xie, engineering professor at Texas A&M University, to discuss how AI can help us to achieve carbon n...