Reed Smith – by Dominique H. Pietz. A Pennsylvania judge in the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas ruled that the defendant blogger was not liable for anonymous posts in the “comments” section of his website, despite his active moderation of these posts. In Mezzacappa v. O’Hare (Docket No. C-48-CV-2014-4521), the plaintiff, a candidate for […]
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King & Wood Mallesons – The OECD delivered a stinging assessment of Australia’s lack of enforcement of foreign bribery laws this week in its report on Australia’s implementation of the OECD anti-bribery convention. A lack of successful prosecutions and poor investigative performance by regulatory agencies came in for particular criticism. The report follows a month
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Reed Smith – According to our global survey of business leaders, conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, companies are making conservative judgements when considering expansion to new territories, weighing up issues such as regulatory and risk exposure, duration in the market and knowledge of how business is conducted. Cross border business has been taking a
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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