David Rabinowitz Served as One of the Chairs of PLI's Ethics in Context: June 2025 Course Handbook, and an Author of the Handbook Chapter Titled, “Basic Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer

Can Artificial Intelligence Itself Be Copyrighted?

Anti-SLAPP – Defamation Plaintiffs Beware!

FinCEN Publishes New Interim Rule- U.S. Domestic Companies are no longer Reporting Companies and are exempt from Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements; U.S. Beneficial Owners of Foreign Reporting Companies have no reporting requirements under the CTA

The CTA's Scope and Enforcement is Likely to be Greatly Diminished, and to No Longer Apply to US Reporting Persons, Based on New Announcements from FINCEN and the US Department of Treasury

Injunction In Smith v. The Department of The Treasury Lifted Pending Fifth Circuit Appeal; CTA Beneficial Ownership Reports Must Be Filed By March 21, 2025 For Most Reporting Companies

U.S. Department of Justice Files Notice of Appeal and Motion to Stay the Injunction in Smith vs. the Department of the Treasury; FINCEN Announces 30-Day Filing Deadline if Stay of the Injunction is Granted

Nationwide Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement Injunction Remains in Effect Despite Supreme Court Ruling to Stay the Injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry (Formerly, Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland)

Full 5th Circuit Reinstates Injunction Suspending Corporate Transparency Act

Corporate Transparency Act Injunction is lifted -FinCEN extends most filing deadlines to January 13, 2025

Government Files Motions to Lift District Court Stay of CTA January 1, 2025 Filing Deadline

International Copyright Law: Infringer in Canada But Not in the United States

Fair Use and Tattoos

Takedown Notices Are Not Free Shots

Judicial Power Over Trademark Applications Before Registration? The 9th Circuit Says Yes

Copyright Office Refusal to Register Copyright in Sculpture Upheld – But It Doesn’t Finally Determine Copyrightability

Using Copyrighted Works in AI Training Data May Infringe Even if the AI Output Doesn’t

Federal Court Upholds Copyright Office Refusal to Register AI Output

AI and IP: Examining Legal Rights over AI-Generated Output

AI Output – Gold Mine Or Minefield?

Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: No Special Fair Use Privilege For Fine Art. Or Is There?

Easy Cases Can Make Bad Law: Copyright Authorship of Photographs

Court Avoids Absolutes as Stream-Ripping Service Runs Afoul of Anti-Circumvention Act

French Copyright Infringement Judgment Enforceable Despite Absence of Fair Use Defense in France

Court Extinguishes Firework Co.’s Copyright, But Decision Sparks Debate on the Future of Copyrightability of AI

Design and Structure of Computer Programs and Associated Databases Can Be Protected by Copyright

Author’s Family Fails to Recover Copyright Renewal Term When Author Dies Before Renewal

Patent Holders Beware: Enforcement Efforts May Lead to Personal Jurisdiction

As Artificial Intelligence Expands, So Do Legal Protections

Courts Issue Multiple Decisions Restating Scope of Copyright Fair Use