A recent Investment News article highlighted a burgeoning market for financial advisors looking to protect their practices; namely, data breach insurance. Although such insurance seems like a great idea, you need to exercise due care when purchasing...
In its January 9, 2017 final rule addressing when tobacco products may be regulated as drugs, devices, or combination products, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “The Agency”) amended the intended use regulations for drugs and devices....
A recent Investment News article highlighted a burgeoning market for financial advisors looking to protect their practices; namely, data breach insurance. Although such insurance seems like a great idea, you need to exercise due care when purchasing...
District court patent defendants often request a parallel inter partes review (“IPR”) proceeding at the U.S. Patent Office to challenge the validity of the patent at issue. As such IPR proceedings have the potential to kill the patent, district...
For five months out of the year, society’s norms of socially-acceptable behavior are thrown out the window and replaced by a culture which encourages grown men to paint their chests, neighbors to turn adversaries, and complete strangers to embrace....
A recent High Court decision has considered whether a company's shareholders had informally amended the company's articles of association under the so-called Duomatic principle. The case highlights issues which can arise from the principle....
Under a new government administration, Puerto Rico employment laws will undergo the most significant transformation in decades with the expected enactment of the “Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act.” In an unprecedented but anticipated move,...
A recent Investment News article highlighted a burgeoning market for financial advisors looking to protect their practices; namely, data breach insurance. Although such insurance seems like a great idea, you need to exercise due care when purchasing...
AIM Regulation has published guidance on the interaction between social media and other forms of electronic communication (e.g. Twitter, the AIM company's website, a non-regulatory news feed) and an AIM company's disclosure obligations under the AIM...
Court holds that TIA § 316(b) prohibits only non-consensual amendments to an indenture’s core payment terms. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit limited the ability of minority bondholders to challenge majority-controlled workouts that...
