Timothy R. Moore, Member, Spilman Thomas & Battle interviews Robert T. Braswell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Carolina Bank. Q: What is the most personally rewarding part of being a community banker? A: Being a banker for 40 years,...
The new Hong Kong Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) (New CO) came into effect on March 3, 2014. The impact of this new law on registered charitable institutions incorporated as Hong Kong companies limited by guarantee (CLGs) is discussed in detail in...
New York City solo Dwayne Allen Thomas writes at My Shingle that he prefers to define networking as "making friends" rather than cultivating advantageous contacts.
On June 6, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision in Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, that could significantly impact efforts to expand natural gas pipelines that...
The People's Republic of China Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) recently implemented a pilot program to optimize the procedure for reviewing and approving foreign investment projects by central MOFCOM. Effective May 28, 2014, all central MOFCOM...
Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Actavis, Inc., et al. Case Number: 1:12-cv-08985-TPG (Dkt.55) - Endo brought suit against Actavis, as well as over a dozen other pharmaceutical manufacturers, for allegedly infringing its patents related to an...
The American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) unveiled supplementary rules for construction proceedings that seek to remove some uncertainty from the resolution of construction disputes. The new rules, which took effect on June 15, 2014, permit the...
The NLRB recently struck down an employer’s “anti-gossip” policy, ruling that the policy unlawfully interfered with employees’ rights to engage in concerted protected activity under the NLRA. Laurus Technical Inst., 360 NLRB No. 133 (June 13, 2014)....
SECURITIES REGULATION - The principal stated purpose of Canadian securities legislation is to preserve the integrity of capital markets and to protect the investing public. In Canada, there is not yet federal legislation relating to the marketing...
Scott & Scott, LLP Partner, Julie Machal-Fulks, says outsourcing technology functions requires a careful review of the terms that there are no confidentiality concerns and that the data will be easily and inexpensively transferred upon termination....
