Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

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Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in nine offices across the globe: Atlanta and Augusta, GA; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC; New York, NY; Washington, DC; Stockholm, Sweden and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kilpatrick Stockton's delivery of innovative business solutions provides results-oriented counsel for corporations, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. Collaboration among Kilpatrick Stockton's corporate, tax, employment and employee benefit attorneys provides knowledgeable and proactive guidance for companies at every stage of the business life cycle.

Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Federal State and Local Taxation, Real Estate, Capital Markets, Environmental, Corporate, Financial Restructuring, Securities, Banking Commercial, Antitrust, Labor, Employment, Bankruptcy, Construction, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Professional Malpractice, Products Liability and Negligence Law, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Entrepreneurial Development, State Lobbying and Political Compliance, Personal Injury.

Challenge to Legality of Gene Patents May Proceed
Charles W. Calkins, Jennifer Giordano-Coltart, Leslie T. Grab, Jamie L. Greene, November 20, 2009
Gene related patents have been a cornerstone of the biotechnology industry for the past thirty years. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted thousands of patents related to human genes and their use in the detection of human diseases. The Association for Molecular...

Department Of Homeland Security Revokes Its Rule on "No-Match Letters"
James H. Coil, David C. Lindsay, Louis W. Doherty, October 13, 2009
After two years of controversy and litigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on October 7, 2009 that it is rescinding a 2007 rule addressing so-called "no-match letters" from the federal government that call the employment eligibility of certain employees into...

FTC Adopts Amended Guides Governing Endorsements and Testimonials
Barry M. Benjamin, Tywanda Harris Lord, Virginia S. Taylor, Laura C. Miller, October 13, 2009
Nearly thirty years after the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") last updated its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, the FTC announced on October 5, 2009, that it has approved final revisions to the Guides, which address endorsements by consumers,...

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