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New Virginia noncompete restrictions become law

When not to believe (your lyin’ eyes)

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When the client brings ChatGPT to the consultation

What to know about Virginia’s new med-mal reporting law

Virginia enacts a new medical malpractice reporting law expanding coverage and centralizing disclosures through the State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance.

A useful patent management government notice

Preparing and filing a U.S. patent application can be an arduous process. Company inventors meet with a patent attorney, emails are exchanged, the draft patent application is edited, drawings are […]

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