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Show: results per page Sort by:  | Another Court of Appeals Invalidates Recess NLRB Appointment
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Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 2013 On Wednesday, May 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a 2-1 decision striking down President Obama's March 2010 "recess appointment" of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"). The case is NLRB v. New Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation...
| | CLS Bank: Is This the "Death of Hundreds of Thousands of Patents"?
John V. Biernacki, Gregory A. Castanias, David M. Maiorana, Douglas S. Weinstein; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 2013 Many software and internet companies have secured patents on their technology to protect their investments. For some companies, such as startups, their software or business method patents may be their only valuable assets. However, in recent years, an unexpected thorn in the side of such patents...
|  | Forum-Selection Clauses: Limitations on Enforceability
Aaron R. Gruber; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 2013 This Commentary discusses the jurisdictional limitations of forum-selection clauses, the inconsistencies with their enforceability, and the potential for the establishment of a standardized procedure to enable companies to evaluate forum-selection clauses with more certainty going forward.
| | New Affordable Care Act Notice to Employees Must Be Provided by October 1, 2013
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Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on May 2013 The Affordable Care Act provides employees who are not offered health coverage by their employers with the option of purchasing health coverage through new health insurance marketplaces (also known as health insurance exchanges) that will operate in every state. Even employees who are offered...
| | Department of Energy Approves Freeport Application to Export LNG to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries
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Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on May 2013 After a nearly two-year freeze on processing applications to export liquefied natural gas ("LNG") to countries that do not have a free trade agreement ("FTA") with the United States, on May 17, 2013, the United States Department of Energy ("DOE") announced that it had...
| | VoIP: Reap the Benefits but Understand the Risks
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Legal Alert/Article May 20, 2013, previously published on May 2013 Many businesses are cancelling their traditional land lines in favor of Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP"), the new technology used for making phone calls over the internet or an internal network. However, while reaping the benefits of (i) cost savings, (ii) data integration, and (iii)...
| | New Legal Developments on the Horizon for Foreign Mining Companies in Zimbabwe
Benjamin T. Jones, Steven L. Smith, Harriet Territt, Baiju S. Vasani; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 20, 2013 In recent weeks, reports have emerged of two proposed legal developments in Zimbabwe that may raise concerns for foreign investors in the country's mining industry.
| | California's New Subcontractor Defense Regime for Non-Residential Projects: Creating Order or Chaos?
Lauren M. Charneski, Daven G. Lowhurst; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 2013 As explained in a recent Commentary (available at http://www.jonesday.com/navigating-treacherous-waters), California's recently enacted and amended anti-indemnity statutes have expanded the bar against one construction participant forcing another to indemnify the first participant for its own...
| | Hong Kong Strengthens Its Personal Data Privacy Laws and Imposes Criminal Penalties on Direct Marketing
Anita Leung, Mauricio F. Paez; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 2013 In 2012 Hong Kong introduced the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance (the "Amendments" ) to, amongst other things, strengthen restrictions on the use of personal data for direct marketing purposes. The Amendments modify Hong Kong’s 1997 Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance...
| | Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents
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Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2013, previously published on May 2013 The Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents offers a proceeding for challenging the validity of patents granted for methods and apparatuses for performing data processing or other operations used in the practice, administration, or management of a financial product or service....
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