Trends in patent, copyright, trademark and technology development and protection.

Updated final regulations were recently issued covering 401(k) plans. Pre-tax contributions made by 401(k) plan participants are tested for discrimination each year under the actual deferral percentage (ADP) test under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

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...

Tends in patent, copyright, trademark and technology development and protection.

On August 8, 2006, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published final regulations under the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute concerning the donation of electronic prescribing ("e-prescribing") and electronic health records ("EHR") technology.

Prior to the enactment of certain protections under the Bankruptcy Code, nonbankrupt licensees of intellectual property (i.e., patents, computer software, etc.) who may have expended hundreds of thousands of dollars developing the product covered by the license, were left with a rejected license and a valueless unsecured claim

On October 22, 2004, President Bush signed into law a large corporate tax bill known as the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.

An article prepared by the Capital Markets Group at Vedder Price designed to keep corporate executives and investment banking professionals informed of major developments in the securities industry.

The SEC’s new rules amending the requirements for Current Reports on Form 8-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 go into effect on August 23, 2004.

Last year, the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance released a review of 2002 filings by Fortune 500 companies.

In a break from precedent, the Federal Circuit overruled existing case law regarding the relationship between the attorney–client privilege, opinion letters and findings of willful infringement.

This article relates to recent Labor and Employment trends.

The Tranche B lender niche has evolved. Tranche B lenders used to review only a chosen borrower’s enterprise value or asset value to determine if it will exceed the value advanced against by a senior secured lender.

Many employers have considered requiring, or now require, their nonunion employees to execute agreements promising to submit employment disputes, such as claims of employment discrimination, to arbitration rather than pursuing their claims in court.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 implemented far reaching changes in corporate governance and public disclosure for public companies.

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An article prepared by the Capital Markets Group at Vedder Price designed to keep corporate executives and investment banking professionals informed of major developments in the securities industry.