Anticorruption Enforcement in Brazil
Brazil's push to fight corruption has been steadily gaining steam over the last year, as the wide-ranging Petrobras scandal has continued. Now the Petrobras scandal may become increasingly multinational as prosecutors have announced a U.S. 'connection that could make the DOJ and SEC active 'participants.
IP News
Federal Circuit: The PTAB Determination of the Timeliness of an IPR Petition Is Part of the Initial Decision to Institute an IPR, and Is Not Reviewable on Appeal <br>Federal Circuit: Laches Is an Affirmative Defense to Patent Infringement Codified in 35 U.S.C. '282
Case Notes
In-depth analysis of two major rulings.
For-Profit Colleges
The author opines that If Chapter 11 were available to post-secondary schools, rehabilitation for those schools whose problems are balance-sheet issues but not academic or management, would be possible. The result, among others, would be to preserve the institution, the value of credits earned by students and the value of degrees confirmed to alumni.
Safe Harbor European Court Data Protection Ruling
On Oct. 6 of this year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave a very important judgment about EU data protection law in the so-called Schrems case, where it ruled that the EU Safe Harbor regime is invalid and that EU Member State data protection regulators have the power to investigate complaints about the adequacy of the level of protection of data transfers to the U.S.
Heightened Cybersecurity Concerns Impact IP Strategies
Recent widely reported cybersecurity breaches have further heightened awareness of the issue, which is of significantly increasing concern both to businesses and government. Government regulators have pressed for greater cybersecurity efforts ' with the FTC's authority in this area being recently upheld by the Third Circuit.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
Discussion of a case in which the purchasers' attempt to retract repudiation of their sale contract was ruled ineffective; a look at case in which a co-op corporation requested a warrant of eviction.