Intellectual Property, Finance & Banking

Capital Infusion: Private Equity Update - May 2013

by Sean Clancy, Adam Connatser, Lindsay Faine, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, Robert Johnston III, Amy Kaufman, David McLean, Ryan Mitchell, George Schutzer, Akash Sethi | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/8/2013

In This Issue: - DIGGING DEEPER: A Guide to Health Care Regulatory Due Diligence in Private Equity Deals 1 - Policy Spotlight: Affordable Care Act 6 - Case Spotlight: Best Practices in Down-Round Financings &...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Lehman Test Case on Judicial Nullification [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/7/2013

May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Although Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is out of bankruptcy a year, the case continues to make law. As Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia and Bloomberg News bankruptcy columnist Bill Rochelle discuss on their...more

Carrying on Business in Canada

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 5/3/2013

In This Publication: - Preface - General Information - Immigration - Investment Factors - Intellectual Property - Principal Forms of Business Entities - Taxation -...more

Always Be Prepared: Forecasting a Business Partner's Financial Problems and How to Prepare

by Christopher Giaimo, Donald Workman | BakerHostetler on 4/19/2013

As the American economy continues to slog through the ongoing Great Recession, even financially sound companies face challenges due to the continued economic malaise. In particular, a company that works with suppliers,...more

Levick Weekly - March 29, 2013: 6 Ways To Survive The U.S. Congress

by Peter LaMotte, Richard S. Levick, John Lovallo, Kathleen Wailes | LEVICK on 4/1/2013

In This Issue: - Financial Regulators Compete; JPMorgan Loses - Six Ways to Survive the U.S. Congress - How to Protect Your Brand from a Twitter Hacking - Blogs Worth Following - LEVICK In the News -...more

Raising Funds for Nonprofits: Key Legal Issues, Common Pitfalls & New Intellectual Property Concerns

by Marcella Ballard, Kristalyn Loson, Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum | Venable LLP on 4/1/2013

In this presentation: *Charitable Solicitation: - Charitable Solicitation Regulatory Overview - Legal Considerations for the Charity’s Own Fundraising - Working with Professional...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – March 20, 2013

by Rob Robinson on 3/20/2013

Recognized nationally in Forbes’ Law and Technology Blog as a leading source of trusted eDiscovery information, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange newsletter is published weekly to provide legal and technology...more

Commentary on the new UAE Competition Law (Federal Law No. (4) of 2012)

by Arash Amai, Kayaan Unwalla | Reed Smith on 3/18/2013

Introduction - The UAE’s first antitrust/competition legislation recently came into effect on 23 February 2013. Federal Law No. (4) of 2012 (Law), primarily regulated by the Ministry of Economy, aim to prohibit and...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – March 13, 2013

by Rob Robinson on 3/13/2013

Recognized nationally in Forbes’ Law and Technology Blog as a leading source of trusted eDiscovery information, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange newsletter is published weekly to provide legal and technology...more

How Sequestration Will Affect the SBIR/STTR Programs

by Orlando Lopez | Burns & Levinson LLP on 3/5/2013

One topic of interest and importance to most entrepreneurs is funding, and one popular form of funding is through SBIRs (the Small Business Innovation Research Programs). My colleague Jesse Erlich focuses much of his practice...more

White House Announces the Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets

by Jessica Childress, Daniel Westman | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 20, 2013, the White House released the Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets (the “Strategy”), which “recognizes the crucial role of trade secrets in the U.S. economy and sets out a...more

Advertising News & Analysis - February 21, 2013

by Leonard L. Gordon, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Amy Ralph Mudge, Randal M. Shaheen | Venable LLP on 2/25/2013

In this issue: - Cordray Outlines CFPB’s 2013 Agenda - "It's My Trademark" No Defense in NAD False Advertising Challenge - This Just In: FTC Has Big Plans for 2013 - Upcoming Events An excerpt from...more

China 20/20 Legal Regulatory Developments - February 2013

by Seung Chong, Elizabeth Cole, Veronica Lockyer, Yan Zeng | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/24/2013

In This Issue: - The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Revising the Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China Released - MOFCOM Solicits for Public Comments on the...more

Mobile banking and the Federal Circuit's "divided infringement" decisions

by Robert Becker, Neil Swartzberg | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 2/21/2013

The rapid growth of the mobile banking industry, the raft of litigation that has followed such growth, and why the Federal Circuit's much-anticipated "divided infringement" decisions in Akamai v. Limelight and McKesson v....more

Business News Digest – February 2013

In this issue: - What You Need to Know About the Proposed Maryland Investment Tax Credit for Cybersecurity - Trade Secret Legislation May Increase Infringement Claims and Lead to a Private Right of Action -...more

Universities Urge Supreme Court to Affirm in Bowman v. Monsanto

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 2/19/2013

A group of universities, entities affiliated with universities, higher education associations, and entities involved in university technology management, in an amici brief filed in Bowman v. Monsanto, argue that reversal of...more

Levick Weekly - February 15, 2013: S&P’S Ordeal IS There Life After Eric Holder?

by Ernest DelBuono, Kara Flynn, Richard S. Levick | LEVICK on 2/18/2013

In This Issue: - S&P’S Ordeal Is There Life After Eric Holder? - The PR problem the Pentagon & VA Share - Change.Org A powerful adversary for brands - Blogs worth following - Levick in the news - Excerpt...more

Maintaining Our Focus - Winter 2013

by David Rosenblatt, Mark Schonfeld, Matthew Tuttle | Burns & Levinson LLP on 2/15/2013

In This Issue: - Message from the Managing Partner - Amazing Clients®: ACell: Medical Miracles - The Age of Bionic Reconstruction Arrives - Rethinking Today’s “Fixed Income” Investments - Can Gray...more

New U.S. Laws Criminalize Theft of Quantitative Trading and Investment Models and Other Trade Secrets and Dramatically Increase...

by Diane Siegel Danoff, Edward Pittman, Kevin Scanlan | Dechert LLP on 2/6/2013

Introduction - The U.S. Congress recently passed two laws that raise the stakes dramatically for employees of financial services firms and anyone else who misappropriates trade secrets, including source code and other...more