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As much as we wish it were true, AI isn’t an “easy” button. Instead, planning for AI is more like an odd game of Candyland that requires you to chart a path through the “Fog of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt), over the mountain of “Inflated Expectations,” and across the…

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Rob Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a sequence of conversations with M&A experts. Below is his conversation with Jordan Gerber, a Managing Director at Caber Hill Advisors, an…

The tax treatment of carried interests (sometimes referred to as “promotes”) changed under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. The thrust of the change was to establish a new three-year holding period (instead of the standard one-year holding period) before a fund general partner or investment partnership sponsor…

Marketers are naturally creative and have always thought outside the box in terms of how to be more efficient while delivering products and services. Many have started to look at how AI may increase their brand visibility. The approach has always been to craft messaging and communicate through storytelling in…

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a series of conversations with M&A experts. Below is his conversation with Brett Kornblatt, who is Managing Director of Industrials-Packaging at Stout,…

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sitting en banc recently overruled the long-standing test for determining obviousness of design patents in LKQ Corporation, Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc. v. GM Global Technology Operations, LLC. Almost immediately after the Federal Circuit handed down its opinion, the U.S. Patent…