Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance & Banking

Unitranche in a Time Crunch

by Rogan M. O’Handley, Gary B. Rosenbaum | McDermott Will & Emery on 12/20/2012

In a business climate where merger and acquisition activity has been uneven, and political and economic uncertainty continues to grip the United States and Europe, any additional deal certainty and cost efficiency can give...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – Holiday 2012 Edition

by Rob Robinson on 12/19/2012

Highlighted in Forbes’ Law & Technology Blog as one of Eight Great Law & Technology Resources, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange Weekly eDiscovery News Updates provide readers with a trusted compilation of key...more

The FCPA Guidance: An Exploration of ‘Corruptly’ and ‘Willfully’

by Thomas Fox on 11/19/2012

Today I wanted to begin to look at the Department of Justice (DOJ) “A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act” (the “Guidance”), which was released last week and available (at no cost) here. Initially I...more

Wind Project Financiers and Developers are Underestimating Patent Infringement Risk

by Philip Totaro on 10/30/2012

Totaro & Associates has completed the second phase of a study which began in December 2010 on the patent landscape of the horizontal-axis, utility-scale wind industry. We have now read and classified over 23,100 global...more

Global Innovation for Your Compliance Program

by Thomas Fox on 10/24/2012

One of the areas where the best practices for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance programs is evolving is in the area a less US centric approach and incorporating the diversity across the globe. Many companies are...more

What is Your Magic Number? Creation, Implementation and Administration of a Hotline

by Thomas Fox on 10/4/2012

For the Astros, it is not this season’s ignominious record of 107 losses, which they achieved yesterday with a season ending loss to the Chicago Cubs, but the magic number of 186; which is the number of days until the...more

M&A and Corporate Finance Update, Finland and Nordic Countries

by Jan Lindberg on 7/30/2012

The markets have hardly settled after our last market update and while this is not the place to revise the questions caused by the U.S. economic slowdown or the European debt crisis on the Finnish M&A and corporate finance...more

Jesse Owens and Hanson Wade’s FCPA in the Supply Chain Conference

by Thomas Fox on 5/10/2012

Next month, Hanson Wade is putting on a conference in Houston which may be worthy of such a record. It is the “Oil and Gas Supply Chain Compliance” conference and the list of speakers is simply stunning. It...more

Intellectual Property Issues in Corporate-Commercial Transactions

by Field Law on 5/2/2012

When Volkswagen Group offered £430 million for the assets of Rolls-Royce Motors in 1998, legend has it that Volkswagen acquired the factory, plus the rights to certain brands, but not the famous Rolls-Royce trade-mark name....more

Henry IV and Adequate Procedures

by Thomas Fox on 4/24/2012

As a father, I have come to appreciate Shakespeare’s Henry IV more and more; particularly more than I did when I was only a son. Part of the play deals with how Henry IV got his crown, by deposing Richard II and the...more

IP Rights under the FCPA

by Thomas Fox on 2/9/2012

For many US companies conducting business internationally, Intellectual Property (IP) is a key business component. Not only is the development of new IP critical to many businesses, for continued growth strategies, but IP...more

The Gun Sting Case Defeats and What it means For FCPA Enforcement? Absolutely Nothing!

by Thomas Fox on 2/3/2012

In a stunning rebuke of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) trial strategy, all defendants in the second group of Gun Sting defendants walked out of the federal courthouse, still free. Two defendants were acquitted and...more

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance - Market Update January 2012

by Jan Lindberg on 1/1/2012

We examine in this update the current market situation of M&A and acquisition finance in Finland; talk about some ways to overcome the difficulties for getting the deal done; and give our views how the restructuring scenarios...more

Points & Authorities - Summer 2011

by Buchalter Nemer on 9/15/2011

In This Issue: 1. Anna Nicole Smith Strips Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction 1. The Advent of ".anything": Journey into the Unknown 2. New Faces 2. Points from the President 3. Successful Strategies for...more

Are You Sure Your Company Owns That Copyright? The Work for Hire Doctrine

by Mintz Levin - Intellectual Property on 11/4/2010

As merger and acquisition activity begins to pick up, following the worst recession in decades, our clients have begun positioning themselves to take full advantage of the opportunities a recovery will bring. When examining...more

Non Circumvention Non Disclosure Confidentiality Agreement

by George Anaya Jr on 8/6/2010

Please sing and date the signature page and initial and date every page and submit via email at the time of presenting any business opportunities....more

Acquiring Restaurants in Turbulent Times

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/19/2009

Investors with liquid financial resources are finding seemingly endless opportunities to acquire businesses and assets at significant discounts to prices seen in recent years. One industry of note that has more than its share...more

Transfer Pricing and Intangibles in the Context of Business Restructurings

by Rubem Mauro on 1/6/2009

The recent developments in the field of transfer pricing and business restructurings need to be analyzed more carefully and this research is mainly to identify transfer pricing issues arising for MNE Groups whenever they...more

Investors in the Green Economy: You Could Lose Your Investment in Green Innovators or Fail to Obtain Your M & A Objectives by...

by Jackie Hutter, IP Strategist on 12/1/2008

Investment in the Green Economy might appear to some to be the only bright spot for investors today. Before your clients jump headlong into this emerging technology area, they need to understand that many patents exist that...more

Using Patent Analytics to Improve Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Decisions: Cox Enterprises' $300 Million Purchase of Start-up...

by Jackie Hutter, IP Strategist on 11/26/2008

This article discusses how patent landscaping analytics can improve the quality of investment decisions by providing insights into how significant competition will be in the future. For example, patent analytics accurately...more

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