The America Invents Act (AIA) came into law back in September 2011, but it was not until last March that its provisions were completely phased in. The changes last year included not only the switch from a “first-to-invent” to a “first-to-file” patent...
The Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service recently released final regulations for employer responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will delay parts of the employer mandate that require businesses with more...
Another market professional apparently chose to make a bad day worse. It is bad enough to be caught up and charged with insider trading in a civil SEC enforcement action. It is worse to have those claims and criminal insider trading and false...
On Friday, a divided Federal Circuit confirmed that it will continue to apply a de novo standard of review to claim construction and rejected calls to give more deference to district court decisions. Lighting Ballast Control, LLC v. Philips Elecs....
The CFPB announced this week that its next Consumer Advisory Board meeting will be held on February 27, in Washington, DC, and that the sole public session will focus on the “consumer experience in the credit reporting market.”...
Later this week, on March 1, the CFPB’s final rule defining larger participants of the student loan servicer market becomes effective. We expect the CFPB to immediately begin examining entities that qualify as larger participants....
Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in two highly anticipated appeals of decisions by the Sixth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals to grant class certification over breach of warranty claims involving allegedly defective washing...
Section 401 of the JOBS Act directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt rules exempting offerings of up to $50 million of securities annually from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Last December the...
Tough Cookie 1 has spent the more than half of her 20+ legal career working in the Integrity and Compliance field, and has been the architect of award-winning and effective ethics and compliance programs at both publicly traded and privately held...
Yahoo has announced a partnership with Yelp to boost its local search service. Soon, Yahoo will start showing Yelp’s listings and reviews of local businesses as you access Yahoo Local. The changes should roll out in the coming weeks. Why the move to...
