About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. et al. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc. 2:13-cv-07184; filed November 27, 2013 in the District Court of New Jersey. •...
Employees generally may not use contributions made to a health flexible spending account ("health FSA") in one plan year to purchase a benefit that will be provided in a subsequent plan year. This "use it or lose it" rule results in the forfeiture of...
Uninteded tax consequences of a contract can be avoided by rectification, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Québec v Services Environnementaux AES inc., 2013 SCC 65 (AES).... By: Bennett Jones LLP
I went to Best Buy on Monday to pick up a new modem (it probably would sound cooler if I said I was getting the Xbox One, but the truth is it was a modem). It’s been a little chillier than average here in Minnesota this week, yet there were already...
Last week, I dipped a toe into the difficult topic of what happens to the attorney-client privilege in merger and acquisition transactions. In that post, I framed a definitional question – is the attorney-client privilege an asset? If the...
The bankruptcy trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf is seeking the return of $21.8 million in “astronomically generous” pay from two former leaders of the failed firm.
For the longest time, Mexico has been perceived by Hong Kong primarily as a tourist spot. This is about to change as Mexico is making a series of remarkable efforts to build stronger, more meaningful and mutually beneficial ties with Hong Kong....
In This Issue: Timely Year-End Tax Planning Can Reduce Taxes; Income Tax Cost Basis Planning; and Marriage and Taxes in 2013. Excerpt from Timely Year-End Tax Planning Can Reduce Taxes - Year-end tax planning could be especially productive...
On 30 October 2013 IVASS (the domestic regulator having supervisory authority over insurance undertakings and intermediaries) launched a survey on the sale of insurance policies (typically in the form of group policies) in conjunction with...
Amazon’s plans for delivery drones, announced Sunday on 60 Minutes, are more publicity stunt than reality, according to an op-ed in the Guardian. Delivery drones are “a legal minefield,” the article says.
