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Business News Digest – March 2013

In this issue: - Executive Order Opens Consultative Processes to Draft Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure - Maryland Cybersecurity-Related Legislative Developments - NIST Seeking...more

Are Compliance Officers Getting Paid Their Worth?

by NAVEX Global on 2/27/2013

The NAVEX Global-sponsored 2012 SCCE (Ethics & Compliance Industry) Salary Survey was released this week (download report). In the executive summary, SCCE CEO Roy Snell highlights the necessity that the broader industry has...more

What You Need to Know About the Proposed Maryland Investment Tax Credit for Cybersecurity

by Michael Baader, Andrew Bigart, Marta Harting, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, John Stierhoff | Venable LLP on 2/4/2013

On January 16, 2013, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley proposed a budget for FY2014 that includes several provisions aimed at boosting the state’s already robust cybersecurity industry, including a new $3 million tax credit...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

Energy & Clean Tech Connections: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News -- October 2012

by Mintz Levin - Energy & Clean Technology on 11/2/2012

In the October edition of Energy & Clean Tech Connections, we’ve gathered recent information from a wide variety of sources in an effort to keep you abreast of what’s new in the world of clean energy. We draw your attention...more

Groups Petition for NIH Exercise of March-in Rights over Abbott Laboratories' Norvir®

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/1/2012

Since 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act has encouraged, facilitated, and required universities and other recipients of Federal grant money to license inventions resulting from funded research for commercialization. While this has been...more

Department of Defense Releases Funding Opportunity for Innovative Solutions to National Security Needs

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 8/7/2012

On July 9, 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) released a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting proposals for the Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF). Enacted by Congress in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, RIF...more

SBIR Improvements -- Allowing Majority Investor Participation and More

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 1/24/2012

On December 31, 2011, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012, which included the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (the "Act"). H.R. 1540-526, Division E. Many changes, large and small,...more