LJN Newsletters

  • In the Courts

    Recent high-profile cases of interest.

    January 30, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • What Private Equity Needs to Know About the FCPA

    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.

    January 30, 2012Jonathan S. Feld, Scott A. Resnik and Elizabeth D. Langdale

  • IP News

    Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

    January 30, 2012Jeffrey S. Ginsberg and Joseph Mercadante

  • Side-Swiped by the False Claims Act

    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.

    January 30, 2012Laurence A. Urgenson, Robert S. Ryland, H. Boyd Greene and Matthew C. Thuesen

  • Issues in Terminating Copyright Grants in Sound Recordings

    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.

    January 30, 2012Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini

  • On the Move

    Who's going where; who's doing what.

    January 30, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • The Saga of Omega v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

    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.

    January 30, 2012Matthew Siegal and Binni Shah

  • Establishing Substantial Non-Infringing Use for Software Under 35 U.S.C. ' 271(c)

    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.

    January 30, 2012Dervis Magistre