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Arbitration Proceeding Do Not Trigger One-Year SOL for Inter Partes Review - Certain Computers and Computer Peripheral Devices, and Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

In response to a patent owner’s post-institution motion to terminate an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, an expanded panel of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) gave further definition to the triggering events of the time bar under 35...

High Court Employee Benefits Cases: A Review and Look Ahead

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

Having settled into the new year, we reflect on decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 that are likely to have a significant impact in the world of pension and welfare employee benefits and, in some cases, already have had such an impact. The...

Lawyer who inserted client names into 100 asbestos suits to get defense fees takes wire-fraud plea

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

A New Jersey attorney who admittedly inserted names of his law firm's clients into more than 100 actual asbestos cases filed in New York to generate defense fees has pleaded guilty in a federal wire fraud case. Arobert C.

SDNY Holds Whistleblowers Not Entitled To Retroactive Application Of Dodd-Frank Protections

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

On February 21, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower protection provisions could not be applied retroactively to an alleged retaliation that occurred before the effective date of...

[Video] The M&A Word of the Day™ from the Book of Jargon® – Global Mergers & Acquisitions Is Go Shop

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

Latham & Watkins partner Jim Beaubien explains the M&A term Go Shop, a term for provisions sometimes contained in Public Company Merger Agreements which delay the beginning of the No Shop provisions for a specified period of time. For additional...

Corporate Political Law Compliance: Top 5 Tips for the 2014 Election Year

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

Each election year corporations and their leaders are inundated with requests to support federal, state and local candidates. For many companies, political engagement is not an option. Decisions by federal, state and local officials on a host of...

Update on State Statutes Restricting "Out-of-State" Arbitrations - IADC ADR Committee Chair Val Stieglitz of Nexsen Pruet reports on recent trends regarding state statutes restricting out of state arbitrations

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

Congress passed the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) in 1925 to place arbitration agreements on the same footing as other contracts.1 Under the FAA, an arbitration provision “shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist...

Declaratory Judgment Dismissed Without Prejudice Does Not Bar Later IPR - Clio USA, Inc. v. The Procter and Gamble Company

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

In an institution decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board), the Board made it clear that a prior declaratory judgment action filed by the petitioner, if voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, does not bar a subsequent inter partes...

House Ways and Means Chair Camp Releases Comprehensive Tax Reform Proposal

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

As expected, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-Mich.) released his long-awaited tax reform discussion draft on Wednesday, February 26, in which he seeks to lower the individual and corporate tax rates as well as broaden the tax base...

Business Litigation Reporter - March 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14

Goodwin Procter’s Business Litigation Reporter provides timely summaries of key cases and other developments within dedicated Business Litigation sessions and related courts throughout the country – courts within which Goodwin Procter’s Business...

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