News & Press Releases

Mintz Member and Chair of the Firm’s Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud and Associate James Thomson were quoted in an article published by IPWatchdog discussing the recently released text of the “Restoring America Invents Act”, which would essentially end discretionary denial practice under precedential Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) cases and limit denial to petitions where “the same or substantially the same prior art or arguments previously were presented to the Office,” among other changes.

Mintz Of Counsel Michelle Capezza authored a chapter in New York University’s Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation discussing the implementation of artificial intelligence in the workplace and how employers can thoughtfully prepare their workforce for this impending transition.

An article published by Inside EPA quoted Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Environmental Law Practice Jeff Porter on potential new legal barriers to environmentalists demonstrating standing to bring citizen suits under environmental laws, particularly under a Supreme Court with a new conservative majority.