Patent law, like most things in life, is subject to change. Changes to patent laws not only impact investment in your existing IP, but directly shape strategies to protect your freedom to operate. The Patent 213 blog provides up-to-date, insightful analysis of the evolution in the written description and enablement requirements of 35 USC 112 and the subject matter eligibility requirements of 35 USC 101. The Patent 213 blog analyzes key decisions from the district courts and the Federal Circuit,...
Practice Expertise
- Corporate and Securities
Areas of Practice
- Corporate and Securities
Profile
Mary Nobles Hancock is an associate in the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Her practice is focused on representing public and private companies in a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, business entity formation, securities offerings and compliance, financing transactions, and corporate reorganizations.
Mary Nobles advises public companies regarding compliance with federal and state securities laws, reporting and disclosure obligations, compliance with stock exchange rules, Section 16 reporting obligations, and shareholder activism. She regularly advises clients on ESG (environmental, social, and governance) disclosures and related internal processes.
Mary Nobles graduated (magna cum laude) from Washington and Lee University School of Law. She served as executive editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review and received the Roy L. Steinheimer Law Review Award for best student Note. While in law school, she also served as a judicial extern for the Hon. Elizabeth K. Dillon of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
Prior to law school, Mary Nobles earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Human and Organizational Development and Child Studies from Vanderbilt University.
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 2019
Education
- Washington & Lee University School of Law, J.D., 2019, magna cum laude; Executive Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review; Omicron Delta Kappa
- Vanderbilt University, B.S., 2016
Areas of Practice
- Corporate and Securities
Blogs
The Law of Order
Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as nonprofits, political parties, homeowners associations, unions, churches, trade associations), and leadership of any type of organizational meeting. In an effort to make all things parliamentary more...
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