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Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2013, previously published on April 1, 2013 On April 1, 2013, the USPTO published an “interim final rule” relating to Patent Term Adjustment (PTA), to implement changes to the PTA statute embodied in the AIA Technical Corrections Act. Although the rule changes have an immediate effective date, the USPTO will consider written...
| | Eased Sanctions Present New Opportunities and Risks
Gregory Husisian, Christopher M. Swift; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2013, previously published on April 1, 2013 In last month’s newsletter, we discussed how developments in 2012 had considerably tightened sanctions against Iran, including through the first-ever application of sanctions to separately incorporated subsidiaries of U.S. multinational companies. In this second part of our year-end review,...
| | Conflict Minerals: Key Initial Compliance Steps for Companies
Foley Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2013, previously published on April 1, 2013 The SEC’s conflict minerals reporting rules became effective January 1, 2013, and those rules impose burdens on companies throughout the automotive supply chain, given how prevalent the so-called “conflict minerals” are in automotive applications. We covered the SEC’s...
| | FTC Updates Guidance on Disclosures in Social Media Marketing
Paul Bargren, John E. Turlais; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) updated its guidelines for disclosures in digital media, “.Com Disclosures: How to Make Effective Disclosures in Digital Advertising” (Guide). The Guide, which updates a version originally released in 2000, addresses the expanding...
| | Mutual Funds’ After-Tax Returns Adjusted for Tax on Net Investment Income
Michael G. Dana, Peter D. Fetzer, Terry D. Nelson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 The SEC staff has announced that reported after-tax returns for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds must be adjusted to reflect the 3.8% tax on net investment income that became applicable to some taxpayers on January 1, 2013. This affects fund advertising as well as required disclosures in the...
| | Hedge Fund Managers Subject to SEC Fraud Charges
Michael G. Dana, Peter D. Fetzer, Terry D. Nelson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 Recently, the SEC filed a complaint in federal court in Connecticut charging a pair of hedge fund managers (Messrs. David Bryson and Bart Gutekunst) and their investment advisory firm (New Stream Capital) with lying to the hedge fund’s investors about the fund’s financial condition and...
| | Japan’s Entry into Free Trade Talks Presents Challenges for the Automotive Sector
Christopher M. Swift; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement that Japan will join talks on the Trans-Pacific Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) presents potential challenges for the U.S. automotive sector. Together with Canada and Mexico’s entry in October 2012, the decision could transform...
| | Securities Exchange Act Issues For Exchange-Traded Funds
Michael G. Dana, Peter D. Fetzer, Terry D. Nelson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 Since shares of exchange traded funds (ETF Shares) are continuously offered and are also traded in secondary markets, various issues arise under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Issues also arise under the Securities Exchange Act because most ETF Shares are purchased and redeemed in-kind. We...
| | Provider Reimbursement Review Board Issues Alert 9 and Revised Rules
Jeffrey R. Bates, Donald H. Romano, Chris E. Rossman, Lawrence W. Vernaglia; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 27, 2013 On March 1, 2013, the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB or the Board) issued Alert 9, which notified interested parties that the PRRB has made revisions to its Rules and updated its Model Forms. Medicare providers that file appeals with the PRRB should review the revisions to ensure that...
| | Briefing the Supreme Court in Myriad
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 March 15, 2013 was a big deadline for patent applicants seeking to secure first-to-invent filing dates for U.S. patent applications, but April 15 will be a big day for the biotechnology industry, when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in The Association of Molecular Pathology v. Myriad...
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