On February 21, 2024, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would give parties the option to designate a non-registered practitioner as lead counsel in ...

The pandemic disrupted employers’ paid time off policies, but two years later, a recently published study shows the problem may have only grown worse. Results from a July survey of U.S. adults by PTO ...

New data reveals that the vast majority of employees say the amount of PTO offered is important in considering a new job or position, but lower-paid employees are more likely to use PTO for medical ...

Unused PTO isn't a signal that employees don't want or need time off; instead, there are problems with the company culture, ...

Editors Note: Kevin E. Flynn is a patent attorney and a member of the Research Triangle Park law firm of Daniels Daniels & Verdonik, P.A.The first part of this two part article discussed the problem ...