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Leonard V. Feigel; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 20, 2013 Imagine you have an employee who is out three weeks on a medical leave protected by the FMLA. The employee suffers from a serious mental condition (or some other chronic condition), which has required her to take FMLA protected leaves in the past. The employee is medically released to return to...
| | Crowdfunding Renewable Energy Projects in Early Stages and Growing in the U.S.
Laura J. Neumeister; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 21, 2013 Direct investment in renewable energy projects has been an anticipated financing option among editorialists and bloggers the past year, and seems to finally be gaining traction in the United States.
| | Do You Know the Seven Factors That Comprise "Just Cause"?
David J.B. Froiland; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 20, 2013 The “just cause” standard has long been a cornerstone of traditional labor law (under many collective bargaining agreements, employees generally cannot be discharged except with “just cause”). However, the standard also has important implications outside of unionized...
| | Supreme Court Finds for Monsanto in Seed Harvesting Case
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 In Bowman v. Monsanto Co., the Supreme Court held that the doctrine of patent exhaustion does not give a farmer who has bought patented seeds the right to “reproduce” them through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission. This decision presents a...
| | Updated Security Requirements for CY2012 Toxic Release Inventory Reporting
Karen Lutz; Foley Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 This year, USEPA has made a change in the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting process, merging their reporting/certification systems. As part of this process, they have added several new steps that previously approved Certifying Officials will need to conduct in order to be able to certify...
| | Federal Circuit Issues Fractured Affirmance in CLS Bank v. Alice Corporation
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 In a fractured en banc decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that the claims at issue in CLS Bank v. Alice Corporation are invalid under 35 USC § 101. The multiple opinions reveal the judge’s fundamental differences as to the meaning and role of the...
| | En Banc Decision in CLS Bank: No Clear Resolution for Eligibility of Computer-Related Inventions
George C. Beck, Jeffrey J. Mikrut; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 On May 10, 2013, the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, issued a per curiam decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd., No. 2011-1301, affirming that the asserted method, computer-readable media, and system claims are not directed to eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C....
| | City of Harrisburg Settles With SEC on Rule 10b-5 Violations
Michael G. Bailey, David Y. Bannard, Laura L. Bilas, Heidi H. Jeffery; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 Recently, the SEC settled with the City of Harrisburg (City) over violations of Rule 10b-5 in connection with material misstatements and omissions made by the City in its public statements and financial information, during a multi-year period.
| | Florida Judge Rejects Long-Standing Definition of Express Consent Under Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Michael C. Lueder; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 On May 8, 2013, Florida Judge Robert Scola, Jr. rejected the Federal Communications Commission’s long-standing definition of express consent. In Mais v. Gulf Coast Collection Bureau, plaintiff Mark Mais went to the emergency room at the Westside Regional Hospital in Broward County, Florida...
| | Patent Exhaustion and Self-Replicating Technologies
Antoinette F. Konski; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 Today in Bowman v. Monstanto Co., 569 U.S. -- (2013), a unanimous Supreme Court held that under the doctrine of patent exhaustion,the authorized sale of a patented article only gives the purchaser or any subsequent owner of the patented article the right to use or resell that article. It does not...
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