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Thomas I. Elkind; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 29, 2013 In a recent decision, Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that zip codes are “personal identification information” and that a merchant asking for that information during a credit card transaction violates a Massachusetts statute [G.L.c. 93,...
| | SEC Issues “Alert” on the Custody Rule
Michael G. Dana, Peter D. Fetzer, Terry D. Nelson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 On March 4, 2013, the SEC released a risk alert in connection with Rule 206(4)-2, also known as the “Custody Rule,” issued under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Several of the issues outlined by the SEC specifically target advisers to pooled investment vehicles, such as advisers to...
| | Recent Newsworthy Remarks by the SEC
Michael G. Dana, Peter D. Fetzer, Terry D. Nelson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 During recent public appearances, spokespersons for the SEC’s Division of Investment Management’s Risk and Examinations Group (REG) provided additional insight as to what the REG will be looking for when it conducts examinations of registered investment advisers.
| | Protections When Supplying to a Troubled Customer
Mark A. Aiello, Adam J. Wienner; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 25, 2013 Automotive sales in North America continue to climb, and many suppliers are prospering. However, there are some companies who are struggling and who may face bankruptcy. We have seen companies such as A123 Systems and certain subsidiaries of Revstone Industries recently file for protection under...
| | Handling Complaints of Harassment Made Against Non-Employees
Archana R. Acharya; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 25, 2013 As we have previously noted, employers often wonder what to do when an employee makes a harassment complaint, but the alleged harasser is not another employee. The employer cannot simply do nothing, but it also generally does not have the ability to discipline the alleged harasser as it would in...
| | Australia’s April 12 Deadline for Raising the Bar
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 26, 2013 Now that we have made it past the March 16, 2013 effective date of the first-inventor-to-file provisions of the America Invents Act, it is time to turn our attention to Australia, and the April 15, 2013 effective date of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act.
| | ICANN Opens Trademark Clearinghouse as Part of Imminent Domain Name Expansion
Dayna M. Frenkel, Richard J. McKenna; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 25, 2013 With the launch of possibly hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on the horizon, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will open on March 26, 2013 the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), in which brand owners can record their trademarks. The TMCH is a centralized...
| | Federal Circuit to Reconsider De Novo Review of Claim Construction
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 25, 2013, previously published on March 21, 2013 In a nonprecedential order issued March 15, 2013, the Federal Circuit granted rehearing en banc in Lighting Ballast Control, LLC v. Philips Electronics North America Corp., to consider the following questions:
| | Copyright and Patent Implications of Supreme Court’s First Sale Doctrine Ruling
Andrew S. Baluch, Andrew Baum, Tara E. Langvardt; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 25, 2013, previously published on March 22, 2013 In a 6-3 decision issued on March 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the first sale doctrine, which allows the owner of a “lawfully made” copy of a copyrighted work to freely sell it, also applies to the resale of copies lawfully made abroad. The decision in rtsaeng v. John...
| | Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of International Trade Secret Dispute
Jason P. Britt; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 25, 2013, previously published on March 21, 2013 Even as the Obama administration is announcing an effort to crack down on international trade secret theft, the Fifth Circuit has released a ruling reminding companies just how difficult it can be to go to court on their own behalf to protect trade secrets from misappropriation taking place...
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