LEXINGTON, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Matthew T. Roddy to the firm’s Lexington, Ky., office. He joins the firm’s Construction Service Group. Roddy’s practice focuses on all aspects of construction. He is experienced in drafting, reviewing and...
Firm Honored for Fifth Time LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Benchmark Litigation has named Stites & Harbison, PLLC as Litigation Firm of the Year for Kentucky at its 2025 Benchmark US Awards Gala. This is the fifth time Stites & Harbison has received the honor. “We are...
Federal hiring freeze, return-to-office mandate, and layoffs The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has had a turbulent start to 2025. The U.S. administration issued an executive order implementing a federal hiring freeze on January 20, 2025. This...
On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion regarding whether an individual in a majority group must submit additional “background circumstances” in order to prove a prima facie case under Title VII’s disparate treatment provisions. Ames...
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is a major bipartisan legislative effort to reset the boundaries of what types of inventions can be patented in the United States. The most recent versions were introduced in the Senate on May 1, 2025, by Senator Thomas...
