Mannatt.com – In the continuing drama surrounding Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman responded to lawsuits by DraftKings and FanDuel by seeking a preliminary injunction to halt their operations in the state. Following news reports of insider trading and multiple lawsuits, the New York AG sent cease and desist letters to […]
Skadden Arps – On November 6, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) approved the MSRB’s proposed amendments to Rule G-20 on gifts, which (1) extend Rule G-20 to municipal advisors, and (2) make changes to Rule G-20 applicable to both municipal advisors and municipal securities dealers. The amendments also make conforming changes to
The Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce in China recently published four penalty decisions in respect of failures to comply with the merger notification requirements of the Anti-Monopoly Law. The decisions have attracted attention as possibly signalling a more active and public approach towards enforcement. Download the report here
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This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases and enforcement trends, including developments in U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement; the introduction of anti-corruption laws in various Asian countries, including China; and the first sentencing by a court in a U.K. Libor trial. See the update here, including:
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Brooks Pierce – Brooks Pierce partner David Sar was recently quoted in an article by Triad Business Journal reporter Owen Covington on trademark challenges North Carolina craft breweries are facing. The article discusses the difficulties upstart breweries are having in finding names for both their brand and individual beers that are not already trademarked by other businesses. “What’s
Morgan Lewis –Alyssa Kovach & Larry Turner Within the span of two weeks, Mr. Smith and Mr. Wilson, two top managers from your $2 billion corporation, resign. Both managers had complete, unfettered access to your corporation’s trade secrets and confidential information, including pricing and staffing formulas, clients’ requests for proposals, and bid information. One month earlier, Mr.
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Jaburg Wilk – A recent case decided by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is the federal appellate court for Arizona and California, has made a predictable determination that a sequence of yoga moves cannot be protected as intellectual property. Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit ruled that a series of yoga poses and
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe – byWilliam Foley Jr., Jason Halper, Katie Lieberg Stowe The past decade has seen an incredible rise in M&A litigation. According to Cornerstone, in 2014, a whopping 93% of announced mergers valued over $100 million were subject to litigation, up from 44% in 2007. As Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo
Reed Smith – By Anette Gartner, Alexander Klett, maria Ottermann, Kathrin Schluter Can a wordmark with a particular meaning be infringed by a three-dimensional product design? Disputes regarding the infringement of a wordmark by a purely figurative mark (and vice versa) have been the object of several decisions by German courts of appeals and the
Baker & McKenzie – By Rachel Cuff, Baker & McKenzie What and when? The Commission has adopted amendments to a number of its key procedural rules in order to bring them into line with the EU Directive on Damages Actions, which was adopted in 2014 and must be incorporated into the national law of EU
