If your company sells products or services to the U.S. Government, there’s a substantial likelihood that you’ve read or heard the acronym “NIST” in connection with various cybersecurity related obligations that the Government is imposing on contractors with a seemingly unceasing vengeance. NIST Continue Reading
Deconstructing Those Russia Sanctions
Now that the shouting is over, what did that bill actually deliver? On August 2, President Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATS). What is the significance of the law? Zlatko Hadzismajlovic: Many things stand out, but here are three that are Continue Reading
A New Attorney’s Brief Guide to Assessing the Timeliness of a Products Action
As products defense counsel, a nearly "ideal" litigation path—other than one that never begins—is having the case against your client dismissed early. One avenue for early dismissal is establishing that the case is time-barred. There are important considerations in assessing whether a products Continue Reading
How First-Party Insurance Policies Respond to Catastrophic Weather Event Losses
As Hurricane Harvey and such storms sadly remind, policyholders must focus on how their first-party insurance policies — including their commercial general liability, marine cargo and inland marine, boiler and machinery, and equipment breakdown policies — respond to losses caused by catastrophic Continue Reading
GSA Technology Acquisitions: How Cybersecurity Threats and Cloud Services Are Changing the Way the Government Buys Technology from Commercial Companies
During the past few years, discussions in Washington, D.C. have intensified over the battle to modernize the Federal Government’s information technology (IT) systems. In May 2016, Representative Jason Chaffetz—Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the U.S. House of Continue Reading
Can Your Insurance Weather the Coming Storms?
The Atlantic tropical storm season is hitting its annual peak. In a dire warning issued on Aug. 9, the federal government’s lead hurricane forecaster stated that the coming months will be “extremely active.” His projection is premised on the fact that the number of storms formed this year is already Continue Reading
Lessons from the Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda File
Why startups and businesses should file trademark applications early on You debated your cofounders over it. You spent hours wracking your brain to find the best one. It is the first thing people learn about your company, and it needs to be meaningful and memorable. Click to read full article: Continue Reading
Litigation at Your (Terms of) Service
The year was 1981. “The People’s Court,” “Hill Street Blues” and “Dynasty” all premiered on network television. The price of a first-class stamp rose from 15 to 18 cents. New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced a spiffy brass token with a “Y” cutout in it to cover the Continue Reading
Venture Capital Firms and Founders Should Heed Delaware Court Decision
Venture capital firms and founders of companies should take note of a recent important ruling from the Delaware Court of Chancery. In a case of first impression, the court rejected a venture capital firm’s effort to employ Section 204 of Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) to ratify an amendment Continue Reading
Manufacturers’ Association Insurance Company v. Johnson Matthey, Inc.: Multiple Trigger Doctrine and Impacts to Superfund Litigation
In this article, Candee Wilde speaks on the recently held decision on Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance v. Johnson Matthey where the holding identified latent environmental contamination as falling within an exception to the longstanding rule that CGL occurrence insurance policies Continue Reading