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Quick Overview: Summary of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) draft regulations issued by the California Attorney General

By Kerry Childe, CIPP/US, CIPM; Senior Consultant, Contoural, Inc.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is intended to give consumers greater control on how their personal information is collected, managed and shared. Proposed regulations within this guideline are complex and have far-reaching impact on businesses and consumers alike. In this Quick Overview, draft regulations are explained so in-house counsel can educate and prepare their business and IT departments.

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Are You Really Ready for the New Privacy Laws?

By Robin Shapiro, Justin Allen, and Mark Diamond

Recent privacy laws stand to offer new protections for consumers and more headaches for those adhering to the compliance requirements. Learn key strategies and tools you can use to better implement the new privacy mandates.

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A Corporate Counsel Guide to Post-Grant Proceedings at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

By Justin L. Krieger, Managing Partner, Denver Office, John C. Alemanni, Mr. Morlock, and David Reed, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

In this ACC Guide, an overview of recent developments in post-grant proceedings before the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board are explained. With relatively new administrative proceedings developed for challenging competitor grants, in-house counsel will need to familiarize themselves with this knowledge to prepare for hearings.

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The Operational GC: Becoming a Process Engineer

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Technology has created amazing efficiencies in our life and our workplace. We can work from home and stream movies on the train. We can collaborate on documents across thousands of miles and determine the exact location of our pizza that should have been delivered 17 minutes ago. A result of increasing technology usage is that a larger share of our economy is in the form of trade of intellectual property goods. By its nature, intellectual property is a figment of contractual rights, albeit sometimes embodied within a physical good.