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Enterprises and Cross-border commercial disputes - Agreement on Mediation between Italy and China

by Studio Legale Avv. Elena Zanconti on 5/22/2013

Enterprises and Cross-border commercial disputes - Agreement on Mediation between Italy and China: On May 20, 2013, the cooperation agreement between the Italy-China Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan...more

86 Enlightening Charts from HubSpot's 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report [SlideShare]

by Law Firm Marketing Experts, The Rainmaker... on 5/21/2013

HubSpot surveyed more than 3,300 marketers around the world for its 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report and is sharing its data via 86 illuminating charts in the special SlideShare presentation below. Tip of the hat to...more

Lessons from Ralph Lauren: Designing Better Ways to Manage Third Party Risk

by NAVEX Global on 5/21/2013

Trying to avoid the unusually strict import controls in Argentina and facilitate faster clearance of its products through customs, a subsidiary of Ralph Lauren Corp. was found to have bribed local officials between 2005 and...more

Best Practices in Employment Law 2013: An Update for Executives, Managers, Business Owners and Human Resources Professionals

by Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 5/21/2013

In This Presentation: - DEFENDING AGAINST WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RETALIATION CLAIMS - EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT CLASSIFICATION ISSUES UNDER FLSA - AGE DISCRIMINATION OVERVIEW - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY IN...more

LIBOR Going Forward: How Will Dismissal of Antitrust Claims Effect Investigations and Private Claims?

by Bill Devinney | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/21/2013

We recently wrote about the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ antitrust claims against banks involved in the LIBOR manipulation scandal for failure to allege an antitrust injury. Since that dismissal, the court has granted...more

CFPB settles RESPA enforcement action involving affiliated business arrangements

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr. | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/21/2013

The CFPB has announced the settlement of an enforcement action in which it was alleged that two affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) violated Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act....more

FCC Establishes Procedures for Challenging Subsidies to Incumbents Under the Connect America Fund

by K.C. Halm | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2013

The FCC has issued an order outlining the procedures by which broadband providers can challenge potential subsidies directed to incumbent providers in their service areas under the Connect America Fund (CAF) subsidy program....more

A Patent Landscape Analysis: iPSCs

by Antoinette F. Konski | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/21/2013

There are several emerging technology clusters in the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) space. Simon Elliot and I conducted a patent landscape analysis focusing on issued U.S. patents and pending applications....more

All of These Things Are Not Like the Others; Class Certification Denied in YouTube Case

by Judy Selby | BakerHostetler on 5/21/2013

When the judge deciding a motion for class certification begins his Opinion by describing the proposed class as a “Frankenstein monster,” you don’t need to be very prescient to predict the outcome of the motion....more

Do You Know the Seven Factors That Comprise "Just Cause"?

by David Froiland | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/21/2013

The “just cause” standard has long been a cornerstone of traditional labor law (under many collective bargaining agreements, employees generally cannot be discharged except with “just cause”). However, the standard also has...more

DOE Approves Freeport LNG Export Project

by Jack N. Semrani, Dena E. Wiggins | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/21/2013

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally approved a plan by Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its terminal in Freeport, Texas, to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries....more

USPTO Launches New After Final Consideration Pilot Program to Reduce Requests for Continued Examination (RCEs)

by Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/21/2013

In a Federal Register Notice published on May 17, 2013, the USPTO announced After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) as part of its ongoing efforts to “reduce pendency by reducing the number of Requests for...more

New Guidance Issued on Social Media Use for Alcohol Beverage Companies

by Cary Greene | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2013

On Monday, the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (“TTB”) released new guidance on the use of social media by alcohol beverage companies. The Industry Circular explicitly equates “social media” with “advertising,” and...more

CFPB finalizes mortgage escrow rule amendments and list of “rural” or “underserved counties” and issues videos on mortgage rules

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr. | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/21/2013

The CFPB has issued final “clarifying and technical” amendments to its final mortgage escrow account rule dealing with the establishment of mandatory escrow accounts on higher-priced mortgage loans (HPML)....more

BLM Issues New Draft Fracking Regulations

by Paul Enockson | BakerHostetler on 5/21/2013

On Thursday, May 16, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued its lasted proposed fracking regulations. The proposed regulations would require wider disclosure of fracking chemicals. The regulations also require water...more

Crowdfunding Renewable Energy Projects in Early Stages and Growing in the U.S.

by Laura Neumeister | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/21/2013

Direct investment in renewable energy projects has been an anticipated financing option among editorialists and bloggers the past year, and seems to finally be gaining traction in the United States....more

What Merchants Need to Know About the Mobile Payments Services Ecosystem: Patent Infringement Disputes

by Erica Wilson | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2013

At LSI’s Merchant Strategies for Mobile Payments Conference in Seattle on May 14, DWT’s Erica Wilson presented on the topic of “What Merchants Need to Know About How the Key Players in the Mobile Payments Services Ecosystem...more

The Cost of Getting it Wrong vs. the Cost of Getting it Right

by Timothy Corcoran on 5/21/2013

Famed UCLA basketball coach John Wooden is credited with saying, “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” Quite a lot lately I’ve been hearing a related theme from lawyers struggling...more

No Opposition Expected to SG’s Certiorari Petition in Noel Canning

by Keith R. Fisher | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/21/2013

As we reported earlier, the Solicitor General of the United States (SG) has filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Noel Canning...more

Indian American Neurosurgeon Sentenced to Probation for Unreported Offshore Bank Accounts

by Jay Nanavati | BakerHostetler on 5/21/2013

On February 1, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin sentenced Arvind Ahuja, a Milwaukee neurosurgeon, to serve three years of probation and to pay a fine of $350,000 following his conviction by...more

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether SOX’s Whistleblower Provision Protects Employees of Publicly Traded Company’s Contractors

by Noa Baddish, Lloyd B. Chinn, Harris M. Mufson | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 5/21/2013

On May 20, 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit’s decision holding that SOX’s whistleblower protection does not...more

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