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Larry S. Perlman; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 15, 2013, previously published on April 11, 2013 As the industry continues its steady recovery, automakers and suppliers have been running on all cylinders, with some plants operating 6 or 7 three day shifts per week. This increased workload makes it all the more important to have a full complement of employees to cover shifts. However,...
| | Pinpointing Invention Conception Date in a Patent Interference
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 In Dawson v. Dawson, the Federal Circuit considered an unusual case with a question that often arises in interferences: when did the inventor invent the subject matter at issue. While the decision does not break new ground in the law of conception, it highlights the issues that can arise when an...
| | AAO Finds USCIS Impermissibly Redefines Showing of Specialized Knowledge
Roy J. Barquet; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2013, previously published on April 8, 2013 The Administrative Appeals Office of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, otherwise known as the AAO, recently reversed a finding by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) that had denied approval of an L-1B intra-company specialized knowledge employment visa for a five-year,...
| | Asset Acquisition Comes With Unexpected FLSA Pain
John F. Birmingham; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2013, previously published on April 8, 2013 Some bargains are not as they seem. An asset-acquiring Company discovered this the hard way in Teed v. Thomas & Betts Power Solutions. In the case, at an auction, Thomas & Betts purchased the assets of a company in receivership. It knew that a judgment of $500,000 had been entered against...
| | Jordan v. Binns: The Seventh Circuit Grapples With Multiple Levels of Hearsay
Kellen C. Kasper; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 The Seventh Circuit has a gift for lawyers looking to brush up on the Federal Rules of Evidence. It comes wrapped as last week’s decision in Jordan v. Binns, No. 11-2134 (7th Cir. Apr. 4, 2013), where the court examined multiple levels of hearsay. Given its evocation of a law-school exam, it...
| | SEC's Netflix Report Confirms Ability to Use Social Media for Reg. FD Disclosures but Cites Risks
Mark T. Plichta, Patrick G. Quick, Kenneth B. Winer; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2013, previously published on April 5, 2013 In connection with a Facebook post by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, the SEC issued a report of investigation on April 2, 2013 (Netflix Report) indicating that Regulation FD permits a company to announce material information through social media channels like Facebook and Twitter if the company has...
| | Negotiating the Enforcement Maze: A CFPB Civil Investigative Demand
Jennifer M. Keas; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), through its Office of Enforcement, may conduct inquiries of institutions or persons to investigate compliance with the federal consumer financial laws for which it is responsible. The CFPB currently has many such investigations underway....
| | Using Your EMS to Advance Sustainability Objectives
Karen A. Lutz; Foley Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2013, previously published on April 8, 2013 Following the 1992 Rio Summit on the Environment, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems to advance organizational commitment to environmental improvement. Just as the management systems perspective advanced the environmental...
| | USPTO Rules Eliminate Inter Partes Review Dead Zone
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 8, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 On March 25, 2013, the USPTO published final rule changes to “Implement the Technical Corrections to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as to Inter Partes Review.” The rule changes have an effective date of March 25, 2013, and relate to statutory changes with an effective date of...
| | Industry Groups Petition EPA to Reconsider Approval of California's Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Program
Christopher J. Hanson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 8, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 By December 2012, with the approval of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), California was on the fast track to begin mandating the sale of zero-emission vehicles (“ZEVs”). Promulgated regulations require over 1.4 million ZEVs to be sold in California by 2025. Nine...
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