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The Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") limits the number of immigrant visas issued each year (with some exceptions as Congress and the President establish the admission numbers for refugees).

The America Invents Act expands the opportunity for third parties to submit prior art in pending patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has established rules and a fee schedule providing a 75% "micro entity" discount for many fees to be paid in patents and patent applications.

Too many times a defendant is forced to foot the bill for costly discovery and motion practice before being able to successfully challenge class allegations.

Last week, in a significant blow to claims that gig economy workers are entitled to pursue disputes on a class or collective basis, and possibly whether those workers will be able to establish that they are employees and not independent contractors, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously decertified a class of 240,000 Uber drivers.

In Pesa v. Yoma Development Group, Inc., No. 3, NYLJ 1202541875877, at *1 (NY Ct. of App., Decided February 9, 2012), New York State's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, held that a real estate buyer must be 'ready, willing and able' to close on the purchase of real estate in order to claim damages from a seller that has repudiated the contract of sale.

After four years of city-wide public meetings, discussion and debate, the Philadelphia City Council followed the recommendations of the Zoning Code Commission and approved legislation which adopted a new Zoning Code for the City.

December 18, 2013, was a dark day for Target Corp. Nationally ousted as the victim of the largest retail data breach in history, Target’s CEO Gregg Steinhafel took pains to assure consumers "they will not be held financially responsible for any credit or debit card fraud."

The state legislature updated its data breach notification law, bringing it in line with some of the most strict notification laws in the country.

Critical evidence, needed for the resolution of a dispute abroad, may be located in the United States.

On June 25, 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v. Townsend, affirming the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, held that in an appropriate case, punitive damages remain an available remedy under the general maritime law for a failure to provide maintenance and cure.

As discussed in our prior blog post, New York State passed anti-sexual harassment legislation earlier this year, which, in part, requires that New York employers adopt a sexual harassment policy and conduct training.

In an 8–1 ruling in favor of Medtronic, the Supreme Court decided on February 20, 2008, that most state lawsuits are preempted by the federal government’s regulatory scheme.

The Corporate Law Section of the Delaware Bar Association will meet Thursday, February 26, 2009 to consider and vote upon amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL).

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) extensively reforms U.S. patent law.

In February, 2012, the EPA issued a revised risk assessment for tetrachloroethylene, more commonly known as PERCHLOROETHYLENE or PCE.

A public company that files periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is required to disclose certain tax penalties in its Annual Report on Form 10-K.