The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recently published a proposed rule amending its regulations to require citizen suit notices to be filed electronically. This alert briefly describes the proposed changes, why it matters, and next steps.

A federal court has denied efforts by Google (YouTube), Meta, TicTok, and Snapchat to dismiss claims brought by a Kentucky school district alleging that social media platforms were intentionally designed to harm young users. The ruling allows the case to proceed to trial and represents a significant development in the growing wave of litigation targeting the role of social media in youth mental health. Attorney Thad Barnes takes a look at the case in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

The recent Inline Plastics v. Lacerta decision underscores a critical point for patent owners: failure to correctly identify all inventors can lead to a finding of inequitable conduct and render entire patents – or even entire patent families – unenforceable. Patent attorney Kimberly Vines takes a look at the decision in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

On December 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of Kentucky clarified when internal hospital investigations and reports are protected from discovery under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (“PSQIA”) and Kentucky’s peer review privilege statute. Ashley Ward and Harper Anderson take a look at the clarification in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.