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N.Y. ALJ holds taxpayer’s motives for acquiring stock and how stock is used irrelevant in determining investment capital

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

A New York administrative law judge recently held in Matter of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. that income received by a taxpayer from its ownership of common

District court grants temporary restraining order in Phoebe Putney litigation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

The next step of the on-going Phoebe Putney litigation is completed. On Wednesday, April 15, the district court for the Middle District of Georgia

Patent exhaustion rejected: patented seed purchaser has no right to make copies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The Supreme Court in Bowman v. Monsanto Co. ruled unanimously that a farmer's replanting of harvested seeds constituted making new infringing

En banc Federal Circuit issues five opinions in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

The long-awaited decision held that method, computer-readable medium and system claims for technology related to "the management of risk relating to

Bonuses: announcements at Town Hall meetings can create enforceable individual contractual entitlements

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 14 2013

In Dresdner Kleinwort and Commerzbank v Attrill & others, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has upheld a High Court decision that 104 former

Disposal of a French loss-making business: pitfalls and tips

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Under French law, the divestiture of an unprofitable business can create specific legal risks resulting from the status of the sold business

French ban on fracing: actions against the French Government

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 9 2013

On 30 June 2011, as a result of strong lobbying by the nuclear power industry, environmental associations and local authorities, the French

A first for FRAND: federal court in Microsoft v. Motorola sets FRAND royalty rates for standard essential patents

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

Microsoft v. Motorola developed a framework for courts to assess fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms for standard-essential patents

Persons deemed managing directors in fact in Germany have fiduciary duties under German law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • May 7 2013

Under German corporate law, the managing director of a GmbH (German limited liability company) has general fiduciary duties to the company. While

Supreme Court oral arguments on DOMA, Proposition 8: potential employee benefit plan implications

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

On March 26 and 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in cases challenging the constitutionality of the federal