A federal appellate court has upheld Texas' recently enacted abortion laws, including requirements for abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The 5th U.S.
When Alison Monahan, founder of the Girl's Guide to Law School website, went to a high-profile legal technology conference last year in Silicon Valley, she noticed something missing on the roster of speakers: women.
In This Issue: - EU Parliament Cements Position on Privacy Protection Reform - EU Parliament Passes Cybersecurity Directive - SEC Holds Roundtable on Cybersecurity - EU and APEC Introduce Guide for Cross-Border Data Transfer Compliance -...
At the beginning of this year – to the (pleasant) surprise of market participants – an agreement came into force to implement a simplification in the marketing of Swiss securities funds (Effektenfonds) in Germany, and German UCITS in Switzerland....
Sokn v. Fieldcrest Cmty. School Dist. No. 8, 2014 WL 201534 (C.D. Ill. Jan. 17, 2014). In this discrimination lawsuit, the plaintiff was the only female principal in the defendants’ school district. The plaintiff alleged disparate...
The European Commission has finally given the green light to the proposed UK video games tax credit which will now come into effect from 1 April 2014.... By: DLA Piper - Sports, Media and Entertainment
Expansive New Definition of “Waters of the United States” - On March 25, 2014, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, which share jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, released for...
Five years removed from the credit crisis and “great recession” of 2008, the U.S. fund industry still faces substantial litigation risk, both in terms of ongoing cases that challenge the core of the advisory/sub-advisory model and the potential for...
Most employers consider the National Labor Relations Board a federal entity that decides legal issues related to workplace union activities. What many employers don’t realize is the NLRB has authority over any concerted employee activities related to...
Yesterday, the Angel Resource Institute, Silicon Valley Bank and CB Insights released their angel group 2013 year in review, the Halo Report. The Halo Report analyzes angel investment activity and trends in the United States. Here are a couple...
