Patent protection is one of the most important ways companies can protect their assets. Patents provide an unequaled head start in the marketplace. With patent protection, your business can work out all the growing pains associated with your new...
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of new technologies available to employers, all promising to solve problems and make life easier. We’ve written about the risks of the technology itself, but it’s worth noting that poor implementation can create...
TIA publishes guidance on paperless transfers - TIA has published industry guidance on paperless renunciation or transfer of units or shares in authorised investment funds. The guidance sets out measures that operators of UK-authorised collective...
If have New York tax problems, you may have questions about what the Department of Taxation & Finance can do to collect back taxes that you may owe and what your options are to resolve your tax problems. You may also be concerned about possible IRS...
On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act) was signed into law. Although the majority of the Act concerns transportation and infrastructure, it also contains several provisions that affect securities laws....
Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns - Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2015 or (2) transfer during 2015 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified employee stock...
In late 2015, Congress passed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act - a vehicle for an amendment to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) meant to eliminate the need for certain companies to provide annual privacy disclosures to consumers....
With the inclusion of an electronic bills of lading clause in the latest iteration of the NYPE form, as well as the International Group of P&I Clubs’ approval of 3 electronic trading systems, we discuss some of the possible advantages and...
Think before creating emails (or any documents) on sensitive issues. Ask yourself whether you need to copy everyone? Should you be pressing forward? Pick up the phone in a crisis instead – and call the legal team. Identify the 'client' at the...
