Venable’s International Trade and Customs Practice Group is publishing a five-part series of Client Alerts to highlight the changes surrounding the ECR (Export Control Reform). Below is Part V of the series. - Part I: State Department Publishes...
It has become an annual New Year’s tradition in California -- employers getting up to speed on a host of new employment laws that will affect them in the coming year. The California Legislature was busy in 2013 imposing new burdens on employers for...
On December 31, 2013, SolarWorld Industries America, Inc. (“SolarWorld”) – the U.S. subsidiary of Germany-based SolarWorld AG – filed petitions for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVDs) on Chinese-origin crystalline...
On 12 July, Flashlight reported on the NSW Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision that in circumstances where a section 6 charge had been asserted on insurance moneys, that charge did not extend to insurance moneys payable in respect of defence costs....
A West Virginia lawyer is facing a felony case after allegedly concealing evidence concerning a friend who police say shot a man after a New Year's Day fight over pizza delivery. Jamison T.
Coffee giant Starbucks is now burning legal calories sending cease-and-desist letters to a bar that serves a "Frappicino" beer. The Exit 6 Pub and Brewery, located in the St.
Recently, I was asked, “What are the most common mistakes that small businesses make?” There are several, but the first two that came to mind within the intellectual property arena are: (1) failing to make sure they own all rights in their...
The IRS released Revenue Procedure 2014-12 on December 30. It is available below. It addresses the structuring of historic tax credit transactions (i.e., transactions involving rehabilitation tax credits provided for in section 47 of the Internal...
In this issue: - "Patent Troll" Reform Bills Moving Through Congress - California Court Continues Ascertainability Trend, Denies Class Certification in Chipotle "Naturally Raised" Litigation - Announcements And Reminders - Excerpt from...
As of March 1, 2014, the China National Health and Family Planning Commission (the “Commission”) will compile bribery blacklists in the health care industry from its provincial counterparts and publish such information on its official website....
