On October 26, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") adopted a new rule and rule amendments (the "New Rules") that will require most hedge fund advisers to register as investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act").

The latest news from Vedder Price relating to Employee Benefits Law.

On June 19, 2017, the United States Supreme Court held that a portion of the first clause of the U.S. Trademark Law, which is commonly known as the disparagement clause...

Is a company that operates a website on the Internet subject to personal jurisdiction in every forum in which Internet users access the site? Imagine, for example, that an Illinois company based in Chicago advertises its widget product line over the World Wide Web, and is later sued for trademark infringement based on the logo for its widget products.

On April 20, 2005, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (the "2005 Bankruptcy Revisions") became law. Although largely focused on consumer issues, certain provisions of the 2005 Bankruptcy Revisions involve commercial issues in Chapter 11 cases.

Under the matrix of Federal and state regulations applicable to the accounting profession, accountants are now confronted with making material adjustments in the ways they conduct their business.

On appeal from a district court holding the patent indefinite and therefore invalid, the Federal Circuit held that "close questions of indefiniteness involving issued patents are properly resolved in favor of the patentee."

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This article is designed to provide news and analysis of recent legal and regulatory development in the financial services industry.

On June 21, 2004, a federal court in San Francisco certified the largest employment class action ever against the world’s largest employer.

Many employers continue to struggle with the proper classification of computer support personnel under the FLSA. One recent case highlights common mistakes employers make and the consequences that arise from misclassification.

On March 22, 2017, the SEC adopted an amendment to the settlement cycle rule under the Securities Exchange Act to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities...

As employers should already know, the new Fair Labor Standards Act regulations regarding overtime go into effect on August 23, 2004. In Illinois, however, a new minimum salary level threshold has already taken effect pursuant to an Illinois law signed on April 2, 2004.

The U.S. Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") announced that, starting October 1, 2003, every traveler entering the United States under the Visa Waiver Program must have a machine readable passport.

On May 17, 2017, the SEC's OCIE issued a Risk Alert to highlight the importance of conducting penetration tests and vulnerability scans on critical systems and implementing system upgrades...