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On January 21, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued its much anticipated decision in “United States v. Textron”, 2009 WL 136752 (1st Cir. 2009), “aff’g in part, vacating in part and remanding” 507 F. Supp. 2d 138 (D. R.I. 2007).

In 1980, the Supreme Court of the United States held that "anything under the sun made by man" is patentable. Later decisions by other courts also affirmed the patentability of business method claims.

On December 13, 2006, in DSU Medical Corp. v. JMS Co., Ltd., Appeal Nos. 04-1620, 05-1048, -1052 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 13, 2006), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified the intent requirement to prove infringement by inducement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b).

On December 1, 2006, the IRS issued Notice 2006-107 providing guidance on the investment diversification requirements applicable to publicly traded employer securities held by defined contribution plans. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the Act) requires that defined contribution plans other than certain ESOPs provide applicable participants the right to divest publicly traded employer securities in their accounts and to reinvest those amounts in certain diversified investments.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed two separate district court decisions finding that patents on newly approved pharmaceutical active ingredients are eligible for patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156(a)(5)(A), to account for time lost during Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory review.

The Practicing Law Institute held its annual Securities Arbitration Seminar in New York City on August 17, 2005. The theme of the seminar was the importance of framing facts and issues in order to present the client’s most compelling story to the arbitration panel.

As our economy slides into what could be a long and severe recession, retail bankruptcies are expected to increase.

On July 13, 2005, the Internal REvenue Services ("IRS") published proposed regulations addressing the use of electronic media by employers and plan administrators to provide notices to plan participants and beneficiaries, and by participants to transmit elections or consents relating to employee benefit plans.

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has completed its annual analysis of litigated disciplinary proceedings brought by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA, formerly NASD) against broker-dealer firms and registered representatives.

On May 22, 2006, dotMobi (the informal name of mTLD Top Level Domain, Ltd.) announced the launch of the .mobi domain registry for web sites formatted for optimum use by mobile devices.

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held that, in an automated account application processing patent, the claim limitation "remote interface" required a computer maintained by the account provider and was not satisfied by the end user's own personal computer.

As state legislators were falling asleep after several days of marathon sessions, a budget bill was finally passed on February 19 that drastically alters several aspects of California’s corporate income tax.

In "Exelon Corp. v. Dep’t of Rev.", Docket No. 105582, 2009 Ill. LEXIS 188 (Ill. Feb. 20, 2009), a divided Illinois Supreme Court held that electricity is tangible personal property for purposes of Sec. 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in “Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez”, 182 P.3d 614 (Alaska 2008), “cert. granted”, 129 S. Ct. 762 (Dec. 12, 2008) (No. 08-310) on April 1, 2009.

On September 1, 2005 United States District Judge George B. Daniels, of the Southern District of New York, dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s civil action for claimed violations of Regulation FD (Full Disclosure) ("Reg FD") against Siebel Systems, Inc., its Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") and a Senior Vice President ("SVP").

During this year's conference held on March 30 - April 2, FINRA and SEC officials provided numerous insights into the ongoing regulatory concerns in the subprime, structured product and credit markets.