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Washington's FARA Frenzy Spurs New Legal Business Image

Washington's FARA Frenzy Spurs New Legal Business

Ryan Lovelace

<b><i>The FARA feeding frenzy had already been building in recent years, but it gained traction in the months since Manafort's indictment last fall.</b></i><p>The U.S. Justice Department's aggressive enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) has drawn blood throughout the consultant class in Washington, with lawyers assessing the casualties and prowling for new business.

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In the Courts Image

In the Courts

Colleen Snow

Former CFO of Bankrate Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for $25 Million Fraud Scheme

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The 'New NAFTA' and How It Will Affect Intellectual Property Law Image

The 'New NAFTA' and How It Will Affect Intellectual Property Law

Lawrence E. Ashery 

The stage is set for the 24-year-old north American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to end and the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), which has implications for intellectual property, to take its place.

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The Blockchain Will Support GDPR, but Not How Most People Think Image

The Blockchain Will Support GDPR, but Not How Most People Think

Michael Smolenski

It's clear that the onset of GDPR regulations and a quickly changing consumer sentiment about the sensitivity and value of their personal data will reorient a company's interactions with their customers and their information. There will be some pain points in this transition, as Facebook investors recently demonstrated, but it doesn't have to be a unilateral downturn for the tech industry.

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Transient Rental Ban Does Not Violate Fair Housing Act Image

Transient Rental Ban Does Not Violate Fair Housing Act

Timothy Hill

In a recent decision, the Eastern District of New York dismissed a multi-pronged challenge to a local municipal ordinance that regulates rental of property on a short-term or transient basis.

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Defusing the UST Tax Bomb Image

Defusing the UST Tax Bomb

Jacob H. Marshall

<b><i>How Lenders and Debtors can Minimize UST Fees and Maximize Creditor Recoveries</b></i><p>As predicted in the first part of this article (May, 2018), the new United States Trustee (UST) fee has had a disproportionate effect on middle-market, high-velocity cash flow companies. The best solution is for Congress to revisit the fee structure and refine it to reflect the realities of particular cases and the actual burden on the UST.

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Stretching the Limitations Period in White-Collar Criminal Matters Image

Stretching the Limitations Period in White-Collar Criminal Matters

Robert J. Anello & Justin Roller

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>Though they might seem straightforward on their faces, limitations periods are often elongated by legislation or court interpretation. The authors began looking at some of these exceptions to the stated limitations periods last month in Part One of this article. They continue here with further examples.

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PTO Gives Iancu More Control over PTAB Precedents Image

PTO Gives Iancu More Control over PTAB Precedents

Scott Graham

The USPTO announced revisions to PTAB procedures that formalize Andrei Iancu's control over the 250 administrative patent judges and their policy-making, while making that control more transparent.

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Get Ready for California's Version of the EU General Data Protection Regulation Image

Get Ready for California's Version of the EU General Data Protection Regulation

Jacqueline Klosek

The entertainment industry is intensely focused on data collection and analytics as it seeks to maximize the exploitation of digital content. Just as those of us in the privacy field had begun to have a slight breather as much of the heavy lifting on the GDPR was finally behind us, lawmakers in California have passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).

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Coordination or Duplication? DOJ Adopts New Policy to Prevent 'Piling On' of Corporate Penalties Image

Coordination or Duplication? DOJ Adopts New Policy to Prevent 'Piling On' of Corporate Penalties

Jonathan B. New & Victoria L. Stork

In May 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy to address a growing problem in white-collar criminal and civil enforcement. With increased…

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