Science, Computers & Technology, Finance & Banking, Administrative Law

Levick Weekly - March 1, 2013: The Libor Scandal; Prosecutors Have A New Plan

by Gene Grabowski, Richard S. Levick | LEVICK on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: - The Food Safety Modernization Act - The LIBOR Scandal - Prosecutors Have a New Plan - Food Safety Compliance - A Hogan Lovells Roundtable - Lessons from the Oldest CEO Succession Plan on...more

SBA Rules: Investment Funds Can Now Be Majority Owners of SBIR Companies

by G. Matthew Barnard, Joel Ephross | Duane Morris LLP on 2/22/2013

The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently amended the rules relating to its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The new SBA rules implement the...more

DOE Grant For Superconducting Wires

by Bruce Goodman | Varnum LLP on 1/14/2013

Lapeer-based Grid Logic has been awarded a $3.8 Million grant from the Department of Energy to develop a low-cost superconducting wire for use by electric utilities. This funding, under the Advanced Research Project Agency...more

This Week in Washington - January 11, 2013

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: - DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS - Congress is in recess this week. The House returns on Monday, and the Senate returns January 21st. Debt Ceiling, Budget & the Economy. The President’s Fiscal Year...more

CFIUS Annual Report Shows Increase in Notified Transactions in 2011

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/8/2013

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) recently released the unclassified version of its annual report to Congress for transactions notified to CFIUS during the calendar year 2011. Most notably, the...more

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Stem Cell Funding Case

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 1/8/2013

In an order issued earlier today, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Sherley v. Sebelius, ending the efforts by two adult stem cell researchers to prevent the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from funding research...more

OCC Issues Alert On DDoS Cyber Attacks

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/8/2013

On December 21, the OCC issued Alert 2012-16, which provides a general description of recent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks directed at national banks and federal savings associations, along with risk mitigation...more

The New Generation Of Channel Surfing

by Michael Shedletsky | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 1/7/2013

With big media moguls rushing to have their share of the YouTube pie, it is worth examining the fundamental shift in the YouTube platform, prompting Peter Chernin, Time Warner Cable, and RTL Bertlesmann (the largest private...more

Funding Said Top Medical Research Area In 2013; Common Rule, COI Also Make List

by Carol Pratt, Ph.D. | K&L Gates LLP on 1/7/2013

Originally published in Medical Research Law & Policy Report, 12 MRLR 4, 01/02/2013. Regardless of what happens with the fiscal cliff negotiations in Congress and the Obama administration, research funding will...more

Final SBIR Rules Published

by Jonathan Cain, Alexander Hecht, Abby Matousek | Mintz Levin on 1/5/2013

On December 27, 2012, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) published a final rule to amend regulations governing eligibility for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer...more

Banking & Financial Services E-Note - December 2012

by Burr & Forman on 12/28/2012

In This Issue: - Accounting Rule Would Force Banks to Take Loan Write-Downs - End of TAG Program Has Community Banks Concerned - New Mortgage Rules Protect Banks from Homeowner Lawsuits - Obama Signs Bills...more

Mobile Payments Risks

by John Dodge | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/20/2012

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently published a report in the agency’s “Supervisory Highlights” journal concerning the growth of mobile payments and the responsibility of banks and non-bank third parties...more

CFTC Report Brings HFT, Flash Crashes Back To Media Spotlight

by Felix Shipkevich | Shipkevich PLLC on 12/11/2012

A report by U.S. Commodity Trading Futures Commission (CFTC) chief economist Andrei Kirilenko that shows the advantages of high-frequency traders over small investors is turning the public eye back toward trading and...more

Corporate Governance Survey — 2012 Proxy Season Results

by David A. Bell | Fenwick & West LLP on 12/5/2012

Corporate Governance and Practices Trends: A Comparison of Large Public Companies and Silicon Valley Companies Introduction - As counsel to a wide range of public companies in the high technology and life science...more

EPC White Paper on Mobile Payments

by Karen Ross | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/30/2012

The European Payments Council, a decision making body of the European banking industry, released a mobile payments white paper in October 2012. The white paper presents an overview on mobile payments for Single Euro Payments...more

Patents are Innovation Currency

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 11/27/2012

The Director of the USPTO recently explained why patents are "innovation currency," how they create jobs and how they add significantly to the economy. He also explained why this is driving the multi-billion dollar...more

Capital Thinking Update - November 19, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 11/21/2012

In This Issue: - Agriculture & Food - Budget, Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Energy - Environment - Financial Services - Health Care - International, Defense, Homeland Security - Sequestration -...more

China Adopts New Measures to Promote Technological Renovation by Lingna Yan

by King & Spalding on 11/16/2012

Thirty years after it issued the last directive on enterprise technological renovation in 1982, the State Council of China published Guidelines of the State Council on Promoting Enterprise Technological Renovation (Guo Fa...more

M&A Leaders Survey -- October 2012

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/16/2012

Concern over sluggish economic growth in the United States has tech dealmakers feeling less optimistic about the M&A market today than they were six months ago, according to a key finding from the latest M&A Leaders Survey...more

Before presenting your idea . . .

by Mercedes Kelley Tunstall | Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/15/2012

I regularly work with technology innovators to help them get their ideas cleaned up for financial institutions and to give them a headstart in understanding the types of risk concerns and controls that financial institutions...more

Europe Offers Incentives to Cloud Computing Growth

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/7/2012

The European Commission has issued a Communication setting out a road map for the future growth of cloud computing in Europe. The Communication is a strange mix: in parts, an extended advert for the benefits of a digital...more

Ownership of Inventions Funded with Federal Research Grants

by David Clement | Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &... on 11/7/2012

The FY-2012 National Defense Authorization Act reauthorized the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs through 2017. Administered by the U.S. Small Business...more

Federal Banking Regulators Issue Guidance Regarding Supervision of Technology Service Providers

by BuckleySandler LLP on 11/6/2012

On October 31, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a revised Supervision of Technology Service Providers Booklet (TSP Booklet). ...more

State Treasurer and Chairman of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission Letter to Sen. Reid & Sen Kyl Objecting to Draft...

by Ian Imrich on 10/31/2012

Below is a complete text-version of the attached -- Mass. Treasurer Steven Grossman's Letter to Sen. Reid and Sen. Kyl objecting to the Draft iGaming Prohibition Bill expected to be dropped during the Lame Duck session of...more

App Development Guidance from Canada’s Privacy Commissioners

by Dentons on 10/25/2012

On October 24, 2012, the Privacy Commissioners of Canada, Alberta and British Columbia issued a joint guidance document on mobile applications, titled Seizing Opportunity: Good Privacy Practices for Developing Mobile Apps. ...more

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