Yesterday draft “anti-patent-troll” legislation was put forward in Washington. This is part of a ground swell of opposition to illegitimate patent demand letters from so-called patent assertion entities (PAEs), or “patent trolls”. This draft...
On May 2, 2014, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services published a series of guidance and model notices clarifying the provision of health insurance to recently terminated employees. The Department of Labor issued proposed rules...
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the first decision on the question of who is a foreign official under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Specifically, the Court considered the question of what is an “instrumentality” as that term is...
Can a Canadian taxpayer successfully sue the Canada Revenue Agency? - In recent years, taxpayers have brought a number of civil actions against the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”). The allegations in such cases ranged from negligence to fraud,...
ABOUT IOWA - A. Population and Geography - Centrally located in the United States, the state of Iowa is characterized by rich agricultural land, with wetlands, woodlands, and prairie throughout. The state shares its border with six other...
General Motors is examining its own legal department in an internal inquiry of how the automaker handled reports of the defective ignition switch, according to a published report.
Here is a look at some of the hottest topics lawyers and others in the legal industry have been abuzz about: 1. BP’s change of heart over its settlement for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster - In November 2012, BP agreed to a...
Theft of U.S. corporate trade secrets costs companies an estimated $160 billion to $480 billion annually. The Defend Trade Secrets Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Senator Chris Coons (D-Del) and Senator Orin Hatch (R-Utah) on April 29, would...
On May 8, HUD proposed a rule to amend the FHA’s single family adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) program regulations to align those regulations with the interest rate adjustment and notification periods required for ARMs under the CFPB’s new TILA...
Google had lead the push to develop driverless cars and has made great strides in making them a reality on our streets. As driverless cars are already on the roads of many cities across Florida it has become clear the technology may be out pacing...
