Objective Reasonableness Must Receive “Substantial Weight” in Copyright Attorney-Fee Shifting Decisions:Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., No. 15-375 (U.S. June 16, 2016) - Kagan, J. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court clarified the...
In a report released on June 17, 2016, OIG renewed its call for CMS to either eliminate the provider-based designation, which allows facilities owned by and integrated with a hospital to bill Medicare as a hospital outpatient department, or to...
In this newsletter, we examine what's new in media as it relates to the Chinese market with specific emphasis on VR, Hollywood, and the ongoing digital transition.... By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Considering moving your startup from Europe to the United States? A “flip” into a U.S. corporate legal structure may be best for the long-term growth of your business. Foreign technology startups seek to reorganize in the United States for several...
Last week in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons Inc., the Supreme Court held that district courts have wide discretion to grant attorney’s fee awards but should give substantial weight to whether the losing party was objectively unreasonable....
On 15 June 2016, new rules for the protection of trade secrets and confidential information1 in the European Union EU were published. The Trade Secrets Directive provides measures against the unlawful acquisition, use, and disclosure of trade...
Within the past week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two unanimous rulings that could make it easier for prevailing parties in patent cases to recover enhanced damages and for winning parties in copyright cases to recover their attorney's fees....
Technology companies such as Facebook and Microsoft are hiring law students as summer interns in their legal departments, though the positions aren’t a path to…
Chrysler has had its share of recall problems lately, especially with its Jeeps. For the most part, these issues might've flown under the radar, but those days may be over.
In an order dated June 14, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its prior proposal to increase the net worth threshold for "qualified clients" under Rule 205-3 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act) from $2...
