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Alan Bickerstaff, William J. Cooper, Jeff C. Dodd, Edward (Ted) A. Gilman; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) recently issued additional frequently asked questions (FAQs) providing guidance on questions raised under Title I (also known as the IPO on-ramp provisions) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act...
|  | SEC Exempts “Dribble Out” Programs and Certain Secondary Sales from Large Trader Reporting Rule
William J. Cooper, Gislar R. Donnenberg, Eric Markus, George J. Vlahakos; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2012, previously published on May 7, 2012 In response to an exemption request submitted by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently granted exemptions from the definition of “transactions” in its large trader reporting rule for certain securities...
| | Rosetta Stone v. Google: No Easy Exit for Google from AdWords Trademark Suits
J. Roger Williams; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 2012 Rosetta Stone, Inc., which provides technology-based language learning products and services, sued Google in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for direct and indirect trademark infringement and trademark dilution arising out of Google’s sale of Rosetta Stone’s...
| | Federal Circuit Affirms Pre-Therasense Finding of Inequitable Conduct
Frederick S. Frei; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 2012 In Aventis Pharma S.A. vs. Hospira Inc., Fed. Cir. App. No 2011-1018, April 9, 2012, the Federal Circuit affirmed a judgment of inequitable conduct rendered after a bench trial. Significantly, that judgment was rendered prior to the Federal Circuit’s opinion in Therasense Inc. v. Becton,...
| | New Air Emissions Standards for the Oil and Gas Industry
Lydia Gonzalez Gromatzky, Lisa M. Shelton; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2012, previously published on April 24, 2012 On April 17, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its long-expected revised air emission rules for the oil and gas sector. The rules reflect a consent decree entered into between the agency and environmental groups in February 2010 and establish the first federal air...
| | SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Issues JOBS Act Guidance
Alan Bickerstaff, William J. Cooper, Jeff C. Dodd, Edward (Ted) A. Gilman; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) into law. Previously, both houses of Congress overwhelmingly passed the JOBS Act. While certain provisions of the JOBS Act require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct rulemaking before...
| | With Form PF Compliance Dates Quickly Approaching, Advisers Managing $150 Million or More of Private Fund Assets Should Begin to Prepare
Eric R. Markus, William L. Rivers, Victor B. Zanetti; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 17, 2012 On October 26, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 204(b)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) to require certain investment advisers that advise private funds to periodically complete and file the SEC’s new...
| | PCAOB Proposes New Audit Standard for Related Party Transactions and Excites Concern About Auditor Involvement in Executive Compensation Decisions
Quentin Collin Faust, Dudley W. Murrey; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2012, previously published on April 5, 2012 As the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspects audits conducted by the registered independent accounting firms it regulates, it continues to see numerous audit failures relating to the accounting for, and disclosure of, related party and significant unusual transactions. To...
| | Congress Passes the JOBS Act to Ease IPO Process for “Emerging Growth Companies” and Enhance Capital Formation
Alan Bickerstaff, William J. Cooper, Jeff C. Dodd, Edward (Ted) A. Gilman; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 29, 2012, previously published on March 28, 2012 On March 27, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), as previously amended by the U.S. Senate. The bill has been sent to the President for his signature. The President is expected to sign the bill into law as the White House has publicly...
| | Patent-Eligible Subject Matter in Business Method Patents
Jeff C. Dodd, Gregory L. Porter; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2012 While noting that Section 101 of the Patent Act broadly made various inventions and discoveries eligible for patents, the Supreme Court in Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S. Ct. 3218 (2010) also noted that its precedents provided "three specific exceptions to § 101's broad patent-eligibility...
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