Adjunct faculty members at the University of St. Thomas Monday voted overwhelmingly against union representation by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 284.... By: Gray Plant Mooty
On July 15, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) proposed (1) to revise the ratios and ratio thresholds for capital evaluations used in its risk-based deposit insurance assessment system (the FDIC stated this was done “to conform to the...
There is no letup in the intensity of the litigation wars surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or in the significance of the matters at issue. In 2012, the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the ACA in the face of a full-scale attack while...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently approved an additional method for website operators and mobile application ("app") developers to obtain parental consent to collect identifying information from children. It also updated its "Complying with...
Earlier this month, several significant amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) were approved. These amendments are substantially the same as the amendments originally proposed in April 2014 and will generally go into effect on...
You probably know about Bitcoin, unless you have been living in total seclusion for the last few years. The big controversy usually centers on determining if it is legal tender. But imagine if you are confronted with a transaction involving Bitcoin....
Busted by police for allegedly riding his bicycle the wrong way on a New York City street, actor Alec Baldwin reportedly didn't hesitate to say what he thought about the Big Apple.
When a lender seeks to foreclose under a deed of trust, often a borrower who does not have the resources or incentive to resist the foreclosure will offer the lender a deed in lieu of foreclosure. This can be an attractive alternative to a lender in...
Software patents have been having a rough time of it lately. It seems everyone has something bad to say about them, from the courts to the press, and even some software engineers. Originally Published in The Recorder on July 17, 2014....
Kenley K. Hoover, Ph.D., director at the intellectual property law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C., discusses how the implementation of the America Invests Act has dramatically changed how intellectual property is protected in the...
