European Union

Dramatic changes to the European patent system are planned for next year or the following year.

United States

How in the world did I find myself here? I would have to say the crystalizing moment was two years ago at our first shareholder "retreat" at David & Goodman.

Effective January 1, 2015, California law requires real estate brokers and agents to provide their clients and prospective clients with specific new disclosures.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network recently penalized First National Community Bank $1.5 million for failing to file suspicious activity reports despite the existence of significant red flags.

In Target Corp. v. Destination Maternity Corp., the Patent Trial and Appeal Board granted Target Corporation’s Request for Rehearing on its previously denied Motion for Joinder, and ultimately granted joinder.

Employers in retailing who treat store managers or assistant store managers as exempt under the FLSA are concerned that these changes will force them to convert the employees to non-exempt status.

On February 25, 2015, Morgan Stanley announced that it reached an agreement in principle with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Califoirnia, Civil Division.

My colleague Robert Sheridan was quoted in a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article entitled New Parental Leave Act Offers More Than Gender Neutrality.

Several interrelated legal developments make it more important than ever for religious institutions intending to qualify for exemptions to generally applicable laws to do the hard work before litigation or administrative inquiry of considering what their religious beliefs mean for their governance structure, employment relations and delivery of services.

Alabama probate judges have begun issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples following a recent ruling out of the Southern District of Alabama that struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

The next stop for this bill will be the New York State Assembly. Stay tuned to this space to see if New York joins Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont in passing a GMO-labeling law.

This is the first in a series on CEO depositions. I found in many cases that my best witness is often the other party.

Earlier this week, Privacy Law 360 ran my most comprehensive analysis on the warrantless cell tower data debate, to date.

Reed Smith’s Stephanie Wilson recently told The Legal Intelligencer that she fielded many calls about Dodd-Frank Act’s section 342, which regulates diversity and inclusion in the financial industry...

On Feb. 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that a state board with a controlling number of decision-makers who are active market participants in the occupation the board regulates does not enjoy state action immunity from federal antitrust laws.

On February 6, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule regarding changes to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D to take effect in 2016.

The FDA's most recent offering is four draft guidance documents addressing issues related to compounding.

Included in the flurry of guidance documents recently issued by the FDA concerning human drug compounding is a long-awaited document of great importance to mail-order pharmacy compounders.

As the established gatekeepers with respect to expert testimony, district courts have broad discretion on whether to admit or exclude such evidence.

A class action complaint was filed in federal court last week against the operator of a grocery chain, alleging failure to deduct manufacturers’ coupons from the tax base on which sales tax was calculated and collected from customers.