Prior to the effective date of the tax bill recently signed by the President, Section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code permitted individuals who itemized deductions to deduct state ...

In Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Arthrocare Corp., No. 2019-2140 (Fed. Cir. October 31, 2019), the Federal Circuit raised Patent Owners' hopes that inter partes review of patents could potentially be ...

Trade-secret claims can be filed under federal law, the Defend Trade Secrets Act, or state law, typically the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.

Throughout the country, local governments regulate the use of land in a similar fashion: by mapping out a plan that governs the separation of uses of physical space in the community, and then implementing the plan on a case-by-case basis according to use-specific zoning ordinances.

The recent decision of Justice B.E. Romaine of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in Manitok Energy Inc (Re), 2021 ABQB 227 is another important development in the area of insolvency law following the Supreme Court of Canada's ...

In 2024, bribery and corruption risks in Latin American (LATAM) countries remained above the global average, according to two important corruption indices...

In the third iteration of our "net asset value" (NAV) financing market survey, we engaged traditional banks, non-bank lenders and borrowers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America...

Recent tribunal rulings on gig economy workers highlight complexities in classification: Bolt drivers are now workers with rights like holiday pay, while a black cab driver was not, raising operational and reputational concerns.

On March 28, 2018, the U.K. Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Regeneron v Kymab & Novo Nordisk, reversing a lower court decision that found two critical patents covering Regeneron's...

The U.S. Department of Food and Drug Administration has previously announced an interest in regulating diagnostic tests used in providing personalized medicine clinical care.

When the European Directive on Takeover Bids went into effect on May 20, 2004, 30 years of controversial discussions among the EU Member States concerning the harmonization of national regimes on the acquisition of publicly listed companies finally came to an end.

California's Attorney General (AG) has co-sponsored proposed legislation that would empower the AG to curtail most private equity transactions in healthcare.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has handed down judgment in the case of Chu v Lau [2020] UKPC 24 (on appeal from the British Virgin Islands) on 12 October 2020.

As previously reported in November and March, Bill 148, "The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017", introduced many significant changes to employment standards and labour relations legislation.

On July 2, 2014, amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations were issued relating to the labelling and packaging of drug products.

When the China Trademark Law was revised in 2013 it provided for the registration of non-traditional trade marks, including sound marks. Since that time, the China Trademark Office has received more than 450 applications for sound trademarks. Of these, the first registration has recently been recently granted.

In June 2016, Ecuador promulgated the Law of Prevention, Detection and Eradication of the Crime of Asset Laundering and the Financing of Crimes...

Providing free participation for the families of martyrs in youth centers and sports facilities.

The Court of Justice of the European Union recently dismissed appeals brought by five Belgian removal companies against judgments of the General Court which largely upheld the European Commission’s 2008 decision fining the companies for their participation in the international removal services cartel case.