Please find below a link to information about the Internal Revenue Service's recently announced retirement plan limitations effective for 2015. Continue Reading
Understanding ISO’s New 2014 Cyber Insurance Endorsements
The insurance industry is offering specialty insurance products designed to cover cyberliability threats while promulgating data breach and data-related exclusions for primary and umbrella liability policies Click to read the full article: Understanding ISO's New 2014 Cyber Insurance Endorsements Continue Reading
Notice 2014-67 – Safe Harbors for ACOs and a New Management Contract Safe Harbor for Everyone
On Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service released interim guidance, Notice 2014-67, on whether a state or local government entity or an organization described in §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that benefits from tax-exempt bond financing will be considered Continue Reading
Hot Topics in Downstream Litigation
This article discusses important issues in downstream litigation, specifically MTBE cases, ethanol cases, and the Natural Resource Damages (“NRD”). We begin with an overview of litigation involving MTBE, then move on to a discussion of ethanol cases and finally conclude with a basic discussion of Continue Reading
Health Law Insights Newsletter – Issue 5
McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents the September 2014 issue of Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. FOCUS Federation of State Medical Boards Releases Final Interstate Licensure Guidance for Telemedicine FEDERAL Continue Reading
Losing The Home-Team Advantage – The Supreme Court’s Narrowing of the Doctrine of General Personal Jurisdiction and its Impact on Patent Declaratory Judgment Actions
A recent Supreme Court opinion in a non-patent case, Daimler AG v. Bauman, likely will have a far-reaching impact on the prevalence of patent declaratory judgment actions. In the past, an accused patent infringer often could rely on the doctrine of general personal jurisdiction in order to Continue Reading
U.S. Supreme Court Sheds New Light on Patent Licensing Relationships
This past year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a considerable number of opinions that will likely have a significant impact on intellectual property law. Several of these opinions relate to the relationship between a patent licensor and a patent licensee. Unlike other corporate transactions, patent Continue Reading
Foreign Brokers Doing Business in the United States
Foreign brokers that engage in securities transactions with U.S. investors based in the United States must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There are two major exceptions to this rule. The first exception is if the U.S. customer buys or sells securities offered by the Continue Reading
Third Circuit Nixes Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Comparative False Advertising Cases
Continuing a trend that began in 2006 with the Supreme Court’s decision in eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ended the practice of presuming irreparable harm in Lanham Act cases. Parties requesting a preliminary injunction in such cases will Continue Reading
Note: Understanding the Relationship Between the Doctrine of Patent Exhaustion and Self-Replicating Technologies after Bowman v. Monsanto Co.
Amy Berg authors a publication, “Understanding the Relationship Between the Doctrine of Patent Exhaustion and Self-Replicating Technologies after Bowman v. Monsanto Co,” in the St. Louis Law Journal. Continue Reading