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  1. SEC adopts Dodd-Frank conflict minerals rule

    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

  2. Four practical tips for protecting the attorney-client privilege

    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

  3. Noncompliance with continuing disclosure undertakings creates vacuum where other public statements by city officials held to 10b-5 standard

    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

  4. Unnecessary nominative use may not be trademark infringement

    USA - March 12 2013

    Savvy advertisers know that some uses of a competitor's trademark -"nominative" uses - generally are not considered infringement. An

  5. Recent cases should make software licensors review their distribution methods and license terms (and they may even make us look at open source licenses in a different way)

    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

  1. Noncompliance with continuing disclosure undertakings creates vacuum where other public statements by city officials held to 10b-5 standard

    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

  2. IRS provides guidelines as to beginning of construction for purposes of the renewable electricity production tax credit and energy investment tax credit

    USA - April 17 2013

    On Monday, April 15, 2013, in Notice 2013-29 the IRS provided guidelines and a safe harbor to determine when construction has begun on a qualified

  3. Recent SEC settlements serve as cautionary tale about the use of unregistered broker-dealers by investment advisers

    USA - March 21 2013

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced settlements involving a private equity firm, its former senior managing director, and

  4. A new era of U.S. patent law will begin on March 16, 2013

    USA - March 12 2013

    The America Invents Act brought a host of changes to U.S. patent law. One of these changes that will take effect on March 16th, 2013 is a change from

  5. Which comes first the consolidation order or the venue transfer?

    USA - March 12 2013

    Prior to The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA"), 35 U.S.C. 299, your company may have routinely found itself a co-defendant in patent