On December 29, 2005 the Mayor of New York City signed Local Law 129 of 2005 which re-invigorates City-wide goals for the awarding of City contracts relating to construction, professional services, standard services, goods contracts, construction subcontracts and professional services for contracts under $1 million to minority and women owned enterprises (M/WBEs).

It has been more than twenty years since the Supreme Court decided the seminal case of Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 417 U.S. 317 (1986), in which Justice Rehnquist, for the majority, wrote:

This issue of the Tech Transfer Update was prepared for "First Look L.A.," a showcase of technology from California Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles, held November 7, 2007 in Los Angeles, before an invited audience of venture capitalists and angel investors.

LLCs may be treated as either a partnership or a corporation for U.S. tax purposes depending on various factors. Therefore, special care must be taken to ensure partnership status if desired. (See Section 4.4 for a discussion of the manner of determining the tax status of LLCs.)

Over the last 15 months, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued three significant patent decisions with negative consequences for the non-practicing patent holder or "patent troll" business model: eBay Inc. v. MercExchange LLC., 126 S. Ct. 1837 (2006); Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 764 (2007); and KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007).

Since our 2000 PLI Securities Arbitration course book chapter "Clearing Firm Liability - Has the Dam Really Cracked?" we have regularly reported on clearing firm developments.

The California Supreme Court's recent opinion in Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc. v. Superior Court (2007) 40 Cal.4th 360, although rendered in a consumer products liability case, is already resulting in rulings making it easier for plaintiffs in employment class actions to obtain access to prospective class members before a class is certified.

Any successful business relationship depends on the cooperation of the parties to that relationship. One party’s compliance with its contractual obligations will provide the other party with the benefits of its contractual rights.

With the globalization of world economies, non-U.S. businesses have increasingly looked to the U.S. capital markets as a major financing source. Many are attracted to the size of the U.S. capital markets and to their sophistication and well-established stability.

The United States has a long history of welcoming investment from abroad—both direct investments (that is, investment in which the foreign investors control or participate significantly in the operations of the U.S. enterprise), and portfolio investments (loans or portfolio equity that do not give the foreign investor significant participation in the operations of the U.S. enterprise).

Recent articles in the New York Times and elsewhere underscore the fact that the rising price of gasoline and heating fuels and the awareness of, and growing consensus about, the threats of global warming have reached a tipping point in terms of generating popular attention to, and interest in, alternative fuels and alternative energy systems well beyond the ranks of those who read scientific and engineering journals.

This chapter discusses the basic framework of the United States income tax law applicable to corporations and, to some extent, limited liability companies, partnerships and individuals. It introduces many of the significant U.S. taxing provisions in the form of an overview to assist those interested in doing business in the U.S.

On August 30, 2007, after debates dating to the 1980s, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, completed its third official reading of the draft Antimonopoly Law, and finally adopted it as the nation's first comprehensive Antimonopoly Law (Law).

An investor from outside the United States may choose among a variety of company structures to do business in the U.S.

The court ruled that a cause of action stated in the complaint under the New York Debtor and Creditor Law (the "NYDCL") alleging constructive fraudulent transfers must be dismissed under choice-of-law principles.

Predicting the competitive and economic impacts of business conduct and relationships ranging from horizontal marketing joint ventures to vertical restraints demands an assessment and understanding of "immeasurable dynamic relationships."

There was once a time when the scope of employer liability for harassment was fairly limited and encompassed only those acts of harassment that were perpetrated by the employer itself or its supervisory employees. Those days are long gone.

On September 11, 2006, the St. Louis, Missouri-based personal injury law firm of Schlichter, Bogard, and Denton filed six lawsuits in four federal district courts challenging a widely-used practice of compensating 401(k) plan service providers.

Negotiations—a target is identified and negotiations begin for an acquisition The parties decide whether the buyer will acquire equity of the Chinese company or assets.

Formal title: Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, promulgated jointly by the Ministry of Commerce, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, State Administration of Taxation.