This blog develops some of the ideas in our 6 May 2014 launch blog, LFaaS I.

The frequently cited axiom of M&A litigation that no Delaware court has ever found a material adverse event (MAE) is no longer true. On October 1, 2018, the Court of Chancery (Laster, VC)...

Until April 2009, the prospect for competition class actions in Canada, whether those class actions were brought pursuant to the provisions of the Competition Act, and/or for related tort claims, seemed dire, if not completely foreclosed.

Two months in and the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") has already begun to set the tone for 2025 as a ‘year of firsts'.

Globally, the millennial generation has already surpassed all other cohorts with 50% of the world's population under the age of 30.

In Thorner v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC (Case No. 2011-1114, Feb. 1, 2012) (Moore*, Rader & Aiken (D. Or. sitting by designation)), the Federal Circuit reiterated the prohibition against importing limitations from the specification and reversed a district court construction depending from consistent uses of the disputed phrase in the specification.

"Canadian lawyers typically don't compete by reducing their own costs — that type of competitive advantage is lost on them.

The Michigan Supreme Court recently decided an issue of importance for municipalities throughout Michigan named as defendants in "slip and fall" lawsuits.

Today, scrutiny is no longer confined to public equities markets. In a pair of recent prosecutions, including last week’s indictment of a Google employee, the Department of Justice has made clear that it will pursue insider trading type cases wherever (i) confidential data moves prices, and (ii) a duty-bound actor exploits that data for trading advantage, even outside the securities laws. Prediction markets and crypto platforms appear to be the primary testing ground for this expanded enforcement theory

Real estate lawyers have long known the prime axiom of their industry’s business success: location, location, location. Interestingly, location is also becoming important for lawyers who deal with technology matters, particularly those involving the Internet.

The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) brought with it the promise an increased development which never materialized.

Executive Summary: As promised, this is the first of multiple Alerts that will explore the details of the ongoing opioid epidemic, identify relevant issues for employers to analyze...

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry issued a draft report on June 20 on perfluoroalkyl compounds, suggesting that current advisory guidelines for exposure to such contaminants may be too high.

As real-estate lenders and investors work toward recovering from the dramatic collapse of the credit markets in 2009, there has been significant activity in the purchase of real-estate mortgage and mezzanine debt by investors whose eventual goal is to succeed to ownership of the underlying assets, through either a foreclosure action or a negotiated transaction (such as a deed in lieu of foreclosure).

Throughout 2006, the size and pace of private equity deals has steadily increased. Solid investment inflows and relatively benign credit conditions have prompted funds to become more audacious in their targets, with the media sector recently becoming flavour of the month.

Insolvency Law can hardly reconcile business preservation and creditors satisfaction, so it usually sacrifices one or the other principle being therefore qualified as more or less debtor friendly.

The article in our May edition of the IP Bulletin addressed four of the eight most commonly asked questions that arise when completing a U.S. trademark application filing.

Explore how law firms can stay financially resilient amid economic challenges and regulatory changes in this latest article in collaboration with Hazlewoods.

In this age of interconnectivity, compelling societal movements have a never-before-seen speed and reach.

When drafting patent applications, inventors must carefully choose between using claim language that is broad as compared to claim language that is sufficiently definite so that it complies with 35 USC 112(b)...