Today, the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) designated two ex parte appeal decision informative, Ex parte Spangler, Appeal No. 2018-003800 (Feb. 20, 2019)

The Stronger Patents Act just wont go away. While the bill has been introduced several times over the years

Not surprisingly, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) again extended the time to file certain patent and trademark-related documents and to pay certain required fees

The first challenge in designing either an inter partes review petition or a covered business method patent petition is to decide which claims to address before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Beginning last month, the Northern District of Illinois (or the "Court") modified its Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Project (the "Pilot Project") in ways that should come as a relief to corporate

Last month the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) designated Ex Parte Jung 2016-008290, "informative."

As part of a year-end consolidated appropriations act signed into law on December 20, 2019, Congress acquiesced to heavy criticism leveled by the nonprofit sector and retroactively repealed

On February 13, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service issued new requirements that a partnership must meet in order to provide its partners with Schedules K-1 exclusively in an electronic format (e.g., in a pdf attached to an email or downloadable through a web portal).

On January 23, 2014, NYSE Arca Equities filed a proposal with the SEC to permit the listing of "Managed Portfolio Shares," which are shares of actively managed exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") for which portfolio holdings are disclosed only quarterly.

On January 23, 2014, NYSE Arca Equities filed a proposal with the SEC to permit the listing of "Managed Portfolio Shares," which are shares of actively managed exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") for which portfolio holdings are disclosed only quarterly.

Eve Ellis provides an overview of the ESMA report and analyzes key issues addressed in the report, such as the need for greater institutional investor engagement.

In a three-count indictment unsealed on May 28, 2013, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York alleged that the owners, founders and managers at Liberty Reserve, an online currency exchange, conspired to launder six billion dollars over the last seven years.

The Privacy & Cybersecurity Summit, hosted by Ropes & Gray, brought together legal, compliance and risk management professionals for discussions about the many rapidly evolving technology...

Over the course of the past two years, the SEC has focused enforcement actions on purportedly undisclosed fees and expenses charged by private equity sponsors to funds or portfolio companies.

My name is Joshua Levy and I'm the co-chair of Ropes & Gray's litigation & enforcement group, and I'm a former federal prosecutor, having spent seven years with the Department of Justice. I want to talk to you today...

Tom Bulleit, Ropes & Gray health care partner, discusses what the effect of the Trump administration will be on health care, and in particular on the Affordable Care Act.

Investing in today's global market comes with its fair share of risks, with familiar concerns such as sanctions, regulatory compliance, and geopolitical issues taking centre stage.

On September 30, 2025, the SEC Division of Investment Management (the "Division") issued a no-action letter permitting certain state trust companies (a "State Trust Company")...

Kim Nemirow, Ropes & Gray government enforcement partner, analyzes new compliance strategies global life sciences companies are facing in an evolving market.

The National Examination Program, which is administered by the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations ("OCIE"), recently published its Examination Priorities for 2018 (the "2018 Exam Priorities").