ZoneLaw – NZ IP Law – The diminishing ability of traditional legal channels to protect businesses from brand jacking and dilution of trade marks online in New Zealand, means business leaders might need to start relying less on the law and more on smarter commercial decisions to protect their brand investments. Intellectual property expert and […]
Ann Arbor –March 24, 2015– Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Mark Malven, Ann Arbor and Bloomfield Hills-based member, authored a treatise published by the Practising Law Institute (PLI) titled, “Technology Transactions: A Practical Guide to Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Agreements.” As a recognized leader in the area of technology
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Skadden Arps – Global M&A activity jumped in 2014, with over 40,000 tracked transactions totaling approximately $3.5 trillion in value.1 This represents the biggest year for M&A since 2007, the last year before the impact of the global financial crisis was fully felt. Favorable conditions, such as higher stock price levels, abundant cash resources and
Slaughter and May – The new Companies Ordinance was passed by the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on 12 July 2012 and will come into force on 3 March 2014. This tool kit of publications will guide you through the key areas of change. Directors’ Duties of Care, Skill & Diligence SUMMARY OF CHANGES at
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Ifrah Law – Nicole Kardell – Are you an American abroad living in perpetual fear of the IRS? Do you wake up every morning wondering if today you’ll receive a formidable notice that the taxman cometh? You are not alone. Expats around the world are facing (and fearing) the painful reality that the IRS’s global
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Snell & Wilmer – Jennifer R Phillips – Same-sex spousal rights, particularly in the area of employment law, are in a state of flux. This conundrum will hopefully be resolved later this year when the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling on a collection of four cases concerning the power of the states to ban
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Mike Young is an internet law specialist and principal in MikeYoungLaw who assists entrepreneurs and internet companies. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), relying upon a 1934 law, just dumped 400 pages of regulatory crap on Internet businesses and users under the guise of “Net Neutrality.” Think of it of as Obamacare for the Internet.
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Cooley LLP Introduction: currencies, money and e-money1 A virtual currency is “a digital representation of value that is neither issued by a central bank or public authority nor necessarily attached to a [fiat currency]2, but is used by … persons as a means of exchange and can be transferred, stored or traded electronically”. A virtual
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Foley & Lardner – Yesterday marked the sunrise launch of the .porn and .adult generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which join .xxx in the top-level domain name space as gTLDs targeted mainly at online purveyors of adult entertainment. As with .xxx, the introduction of these adult-themed gTLDs presents yet another annoyance for trademark owners already fatigued
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Fisher & Phillips – Clarence Belnavis – From Investors Business Daily – Valentine’s Day is a time for love, and love happens for coworkers just as it does for anyone else. People spend more time at work than anywhere else, so romances are bound to crop up. Rather than prohibit them or look the other
