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As reported earlier the new UPC will go live after 13 member states in the EU, including the UK, France and Germany, ratify the agreement.

To gather data in support of this proposition, Senator Tillis has asked the ACUS to examine his proposal, along with its potential implementation and implications.

On April 1, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued a series of amendments to the rules of practice for trials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

In advance of the upcoming hearing, the U.S. Dept. of Justice has filed its amicus brief supporting the agency's decision to deny immunity.

In recent months, the NCAA has launched several investigations into inappropriate relationships between student-athletes and agents or their runners.

In another explosive year for Illinois Biometric Privacy Act ("BIPA") litigation, the Illinois Supreme Court handed down a new interpretation of BIPA that multiplied the already high cost...

In 2012, for the first time, companies and government agencies subject to California’s Breach Notification Law were required to submit copies of their data breach notices to the California Attorney General when the breach involved the personal information of more than 500 California residents.

On February 9, 2024, a California state court of appeal unanimously vacated a lower court ruling, green-lighting the California Privacy Protection Agency's authority to commence...

On September 3, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a class action complaint arising from a credit card "skimming" attack suffered by Barnes & Noble in 2012.

On March 11, 2013, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled in Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc. that a retailer’s collection of ZIP codes while processing credit cards can violate Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 105(a), a Massachusetts statute restricting the collection of personal identification information during credit card transactions.

The deadline for compliance with a key requirement of the Massachusetts Data Security Regulation, 201 CMR 17.00 et seq. (the "Regulation") is less than a month away.

Iain Morpeth, head of Ropes & Gray's international real estate investments & transactions practice, discusses forward funding as a source of construction financing.

The last 12 months have seen a steady increase in restructuring and stressed or distressed financing transactions in the European market across a range of sectors...

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the largest recorded hurricane to form in the Atlantic basin, many of our clients are facing significant business disruptions.

On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in South Dakota v. Wayfair et al. that the Constitution does not prevent the State of South Dakota from requiring large online retailers...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other global taxing authorities are continuing to focus on bringing taxpayers who hold cryptocurrencies into compliance.

In a speech delivered on the 24 November 2023 at the EFAMA Investment Management Forum in Brussels, ESMA Chair, Verena Ross, outlined the key sustainability-related focus points...

After an aggressive grassroots campaign, in mid-2016, the Mexican government signaled substantial progress in its fight against corruption when it adopted a new anti-corruption program.