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Changes to Attorney-Client Privilege Rules – What does it mean for you?”

By: Andrew S. Escher and Brent A. Lorentz

Recent changes to the attorney-client privilege mean Minnesota businesses should consider using additional caution and taking affirmative steps in order keep documents prepared by their lawyers safe from disclosure. The Minnesota Supreme Court recently adopted a more stringent standard—the Predominant Purpose test—for assessing whether the privilege keeps attorney-prepared documents confidential, and this test could result ...

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D&O Insurance and the Changing Role of Corporations & Boards

Winthrop & Weinstine’s Insurance Group will host a webinar, “D&O Insurance and the Changing Role of Corporations & Boards,” on October 5, 2021. Public expectations of corporations and their boards of directors have changed – and so has the risk to both. Whereas traditionally D&O coverage was focused on financial and accounting-related allegations, plaintiffs have ...

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Blog Post

Another Shot Across The Virtual Bow

By: Brent A. Lorentz

Attorney Brent Lorentz provides legal analysis and perspective on the potential financial ramifications Oculus faces in light of a recent injunction.

Blog Post

Let the Games Begin

By: Brent A. Lorentz

Attorney Brent Lorentz provides legal analysis and perspective on what happens next in civil litigation after a jury returns its verdict.

Blog Post

Does (Real) Life Imitate (Video Game) Art?

By: Brent A. Lorentz

Attorney Brent Lorentz provides legal analysis and perspective on suggestions that violence in video games begets violence in real life.

Blog Post

Video Game Patents Are In “Deathmatch” Mode

By: Brent A. Lorentz

Attorney Brent Lorentz provides legal analysis and perspective on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of patentable subject matter.

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Brent Lorentz Interviewed on WCCO News and Views with Roshini Rajkumar

Intellectual property attorney Brent Lorentz discusses the legal hurdles for Pokémon Go on WCCO News Radio.

Quoted

Attorney Brent Lorentz Interviewed by Fox 9 News

Intellectual property attorney Brent Lorentz comments on the legalities surrounding Pokemon Go.

Blog Post

Pokemon GO or Pokemon No?

By: Brent A. Lorentz

Attorney Brent Lorentz provides legal analysis and perspective on potential legal issues arising in connection with Pokemon GO.

Blog Post

Rise of the Game

By: Brent A. Lorentz

Attorney Brent Lorentz provides legal analysis and perspective on how the rise of video games in popular culture could lead to new and interesting legal issues.

Blog Post

What do you mean(s) we lost?!?

By: Brent A. Lorentz

Attorney Brent Lorentz provides legal analysis and perspective on how IP rights should be considered in a world of evolving technological capability.

Blog Post

Mine?

By: Brent A. Lorentz

Attorney Brent Lorentz provides legal analysis and perspective on how video games and other media are moving beyond passive consumptions.

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