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Patent and Trademark Office USPTO held virtual panel discussion on the duty of disclosure and duty of reasonable inquiry. While both duties apply regardless of technology area, the discussion supported USPTO initiatives pursuant to President Biden’s July 2021 Executive Order.

Biden issues EO Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, the Order requires all executive departments and agencies of the federal government to ensure that covered contracts and contract-like instruments include a clause requiring covered federal government contractors.

Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law Public Act 102-0358, which dramatically reforms the law in Illinois governing both noncompete and nonsolicit provisions. The Act is not retroactive. All noncompete and nonsolicit provisions entered into will be null and void.

Illinois has enacted a new law governing restrictive covenants: Public Act 102-0358. This law outlines the requirements for valid noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements, and enforcement of those covenants. It will apply to all agreements entered after January 1, 2022.

Many employers utilize restrictive covenant agreements such as non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, and non-disclosure agreements to protect their confidential information, customer relationships, trade secrets or other intellectual property.

Advertisement Executive Order on Improving US Cybersecurity: An Ambitious and Timely Call for a Broad Range of Cybersecurity Improvements Monday, May 24, 2021 On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order entitled  Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO). The EO was released only days after the cyberattack impacting Colonial Pipeline, and several months following discovery of the penetration of various federal agencies as a result of the Solar Winds cyber breach by ...

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