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USA - September 10 2012
On August 22, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its long-awaited, final conflict minerals rule.1 The rule implements the provisions of Section 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), which was added by Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
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USA - May 21 2012
The critical protection offered by the attorney-client privilegemaintenance of the confidentiality of communications between an attorney and clientis increasingly under attack from both government regulators and private litigants
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USA - May 8 2013
On May 6, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted cease-and-desist proceedings against the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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USA - March 12 2013
Savvy advertisers know that some uses of a competitor's trademark -"nominative" uses - generally are not considered infringement. An
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USA - July 21 2011
Three recent copyright cases from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc., 621 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2010), UMG Recordings Inc. v. Augusto, 628 F.3d 1175 (9th Cir. 2010) and MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., 629 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2011), underscore how methods of distribution and license terms can be mutually reinforcing or, alternatively, mutually destructive
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