In the past, private equity firms and hedge funds have not been subject to the rigorous regulatory scrutiny applied to publically traded companies under the FCPA. However, it appears that this trend may be changing.
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
An important consequence of recent "indirect" FCA case law is that vendors and subcontractors may now face strict liability if others rely on their documents and these are determined to be false.
The year 2013 may be a watershed in the music industry. It is the year that opens a new window in the Copyright Act through which many post-1977 grants of rights under copyright potentially could be terminated.
Who's going where; who's doing what.
More than seven years after the Omega S.A. v. Costco Wholesale Corp. case began, there has been no trial and the case is now back at the Ninth Circuit for a second time.
At least one United States District Court has approved of specific procedures to adequately assure utility providers of payment following a bankruptcy filing.
If sued as a contributory infringer under 35 U.S.C. § 271(c), a software company can prevail if it establishes that the accused software has a substantial non-infringing use. In many cases addressing this issue, however, software companies have usually failed to establish this defense. This article summarizes the particular circumstances that gave rise to these failures, and proposes a particular scenario under which a defendant may succeed in showing that its software is suitable for substantial non-infringing use.
Capmark's sale of its remaining Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Business is a recent example of the approval of a sale of assets under ' 363 of the Bankruptcy Code following the confirmation of a debtor's plan.
Sometimes a lethal combination of a proceeding's cost and deleterious operational effect will result in forced liquidation rather than restructure. Such was the dilemma faced by economically troubled GGI in June 2010.
