"There's math and technology involved? Count me out, that's why I went to law school." But the practice of law is not immune to technological advances, especially in the areas of research methodologies and, of course, electronic discovery. Furthermore, clients are continuing to focus on value, whether that is in seeking alternative fee arrangements or evaluating outside counsel on their efficient delivery of legal services.
The Federal Circuit continued its largely deferential treatment of PTAB procedural rulings in Redline Detection, LLC v. Star Envirotech, Inc., upholding the PTAB's denial of Petitioner Redline's motion to submit supplemental evidence under 37 C.F.R. '42.123(a), within a one-month window from institution of an inter partes review (IPR).
2015 was an eventful year for tax legislation for law firms, their clients and their employees. In addition to the extenders package, that has become an annual tradition in Congress, there were some other significant tax bills that passed over the summer.
Ah, the good old days. When the America Invents Act was being pushed through Congress in 2011, proponents of the proposed changes expounded on the virtues of a system that mirrored the patent practices of the majority of the industrialized world. But the unforeseen consequences of both the AIA and the seminal 2014 Supreme Court decision in Alice v. CLS Bank have created a hostile environment for patent portfolios, which has negative implications for investment in innovation and startups.
Section 1123 (a)(5)(G) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that, "[n]otwithstanding any otherwise applicable nonbankruptcy law, a plan shall ' provide adequate means for the plan's implementation, such as ' curing or waiving of any default." But what, exactly, does it mean to cure a default?
In-depth analysis of a ruling that said prohibition on signs did not violate the First Amendment.
During the last week of December 2015, several law firms in New Jersey were the victims of non-trivial data breaches. Each firm was a victim of "man-in-the-middle" attacks, whereby a hacker first acquires access to a firm's server, then, using said access, the hacker redirects all e-mails associated with the firm's server to a hacker's server and subsequently changes payment information and other information in those e-mails to defraud the firm and others working with the firm.
Many companies that have had disputes with developers have been surprised to discover that the agreements signed, often without input from legal, failed to hold developers to measurable standards, give the company ongoing interest in deliverables, or provide meaningful remedies to problems that arise.
More than ever before, public companies are finding proxy season to be an important opportunity to engage with governance-focused shareholders through proxy statements, investor presentations, and direct face-to-face engagement to provide them with the information they need to protect their investments.
Recently, the Third Circuit provided guidance on "how to conduct a balancing of the stay factors." While the court's analysis was not a shocking revelation, it provides significant guidance on the most effective way to avoid losing appeal rights to the hard-to-pin-down doctrine of equitable mootness.
