"HMRC Turns Up the Pressure on UK LLPs"

by James Anderson, Chris Hutley-Hurst | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Following the announcement in Budget 2013, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) issued a consultation document on May 20, 2013 that focuses on two areas of partnership taxation where HMRC perceive “unintended inconsistencies”..…more

The Wide World of Trademarks

by Lori Wiese-Parks | Gray Plant Mooty

As I was digging around recently for some information regarding worldwide trademark activity, I ran across the 2012 State of Trademark Report from Thomson CompuMark and got caught up in the reports and statistics of the World…more

Vapor Intrusion Guidance Update

by Martin Booher, Maureen Brennan | BakerHostetler

U.S. EPA has extended the deadline for comments on its OSWER Final Guidance for Assessing and Mitigating the Vapor Intrusion Pathway from Subsurface Sources to Indoor Air and its Guidance for Addressing Petroleum Vapor Intrusion at…more

NACHA’s Guidelines For Bill Payments Via QR Codes

by Kate Aishton, Andrew Grant | BuckleySandler LLP

NACHA, the Electronic Payments Association, has just taken a step towards easing consumer payments via mobile devices. The Council for Electronic Billing and Payment, a subsection of NACHA, released its 'Quick Response Encoding for…more

Law360 Quotes Lloyd Chinn on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Granting of Certiorari in Lawson

by Harris M. Mufson, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

In a Law360 article (subscription required) today, Lloyd Chinn, Co-head of Proskauer’s Whistleblower & Retaliation Group, commented on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear its first-ever whistleblower case under the Sarbanes-Oxley…more

Patent Watch: Forrester Envtl. Servs., Inc. v. Wheelabrator Techs., Inc.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler

[P]ermitting state courts to adjudicate disparagement cases (involving alleged false statements about U.S. patent rights) could result in inconsistent judgments between state and federal courts [but] this possibility of future conflict…more

FDIC Division Director James R. Wigand Testifies on Cross-Border Resolution Plans

by Jeffrey M. Werthan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

On May 15, James R. Wigand, Director, Office of Complex Financial Institutions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and…more

MoFo BioMeter - Volume 2, Issue 2: May 2013 - Flat BioMeter Value and Decline in Deal Volume are Hallmarks of Q1

by Anelia V. Delcheva, Stephen B. Thau | Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Morrison & Foerster BioMeter for the first quarter of 2013 shows a flat quarter for BioMeter value and a decline in dealmaking activity. A small number of large deals dominate an otherwise quiet quarter. In the first quarter…more

House Republicans Form Endangered Species Act Working Group

by David Miller | Nossaman LLP

House Republicans recently announced the creation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Working Group, which will be led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) and Western Caucus Co-Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)…more