| | - Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (October 2005)
The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 is a highly complex and technical 500-page code that includes changes impacting both consumers and businesses. The focus of this newsletter is to highlight key areas affecting the business arena.|
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Securities Regulation & Public Offerings | | | U.S. Securities Laws Applicable to Canadian Issuers (July 2006)
Securities attorney Keith Pope addresses the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system for issuers in the United States and Canada. This involves a reciprocal arrangement between the United States and Canada under which each country accepts, for certain issuers, the disclosure documents prepared and reviewed under the laws and procedures of the home country. - Form 8-K Disclosure Requirements and Filing Date Acceleration (August 2004)
On August 23, 2004, changes made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to Form 8-K go into effective. This law alert outlines the changes.|
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| | - Electronic Discovery Issues & Considerations (January 2006)
Electronic information plays an important role in litigation and regulatory proceedings. As a result, top management find themselves in a balancing act between productive paperless business practices and precautionary legal measures, faced not only with their company legal issues, but complex technology issues as well.
Parr Waddoups lawyer David Reymann addresses high priority issues related to electronic discovery in this newsletter.| |
Employment Litigation | | | ERISA Litigation Update (May 2007)
Employment and ERISA lawyers Rodger Burge and Bentley Tolk were asked to write the ERISA Litigation Update for Human Resources 2007. The chapter addresses several Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) cases involving recurring issues of which benefit plans and Human Resources professionals should be aware as well as generalized recommendations relating to those cases. Department of Labor Announces $5.5 Million Settlement With Time-Warner in Benefit Plan Dispute (November 2000) | |
Intellectual Property Litigation | | | - Implications of Supreme Court Ruling on Patent "Obviousness" (May 1, 2007)
Intellectual Property trial attorney Terry Welch outlines the implications of the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the KSR case to relax the standard for proving "obviousness." While the case involved a rather obscure and, as many said, simple invention (if even an invention at all) the impact of the Supreme Court's decision will be far-reaching. - The Madrid Protocol (December 2003)
Federal legislation implemented an agreement effective November 2, 2003 making it possible for the United States to join the Madrid Protocol, an international treaty that facilities a centralized system for procuring and maintaining international trademark and service mark registration for participating countries.| |
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