In a rare display of bipartisan cooperation, Congress recently passed major spending and tax bills, that, among other things, amended the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA”) so-called Cadillac Tax by delaying its implementation for two years....
During the 1989 MLB All-Star Game, the world was left in blissful wonderment over the most memorable sports campaign ever produced. The “Bo Knows” campaign became the paradigm of sports marketing, catapulting Nike into mainstream consciousness, and...
Expert Testimony Not Always Necessary to Establish Prima Facie Obviousness Case in Inter Partes Review - In Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC, Appeal Nos. 2014-1575, 2014-1576, on appeal from an IPR, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s decision not...
As most federal practitioners are aware, certain amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect on December 1, 2015. The underlying objective of this year’s amendments is to resolve cases more quickly, more fairly, and with less...
The holiday season is mostly behind us, but there is still a big one ahead. New Year's Day is a secular occasion that inspires celebration in people of many cultures.
An American alleged ISIL supporter, already associated with an attack on a Prophet Mohammed cartoon contest in Texas, was indicted last week for a Super Bowl bomb plot last year, according to CNN.
Desde su lanzamiento en 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach se ha transformado en la que muchos consideran la feria de arte más prestigiosa e influyente de las Américas. La edición de 2014 recibió a más de 70 000 visitantes internacionales que llegaron a...
On December 14, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court applied its landmark Concepcion decision and reversed a California appellate court’s ruling that an arbitration clause containing a class arbitration waiver was unenforceable under state law. We previously...
The FTC has announced enforcement actions against two app developers that allegedly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by using persistent identifiers to serve advertising to children. The developers—LAI Systems, LLC (LAI)...
Stories of interest this week include Toyota’s high-precision mapping system, a European ToS fight, 3D printing with glass, a recap of VR breakthroughs in 2015, and more. - Google and Ford reported to team up for self-driving cars......
