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Show: results per page Sort by:  | En Banc Federal Circuit Affirms That Computer-Implemented Escrow Method Is Not Patent Eligible, But Splits On Applicable Test: Majority Holds That Claims to Escrow Method Are Not Patentable; Equally Divided Court Affirms District Court Holding That Computer System Programmed to Carry Out Method Also Is Not Patent Eligible
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Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 14, 2013 The patentability of computer-implemented business methods recently has been called into question by a number of decisions regarding the nature of patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Last Friday, the en banc Federal Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in CLS...
| | Basel III Capital Framework: Basel Committee Publishes Consultative Document Proposing Changes to the Capital Treatment of Purchased Credit Protection
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Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2013, previously published on May 14, 2013 The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) recently published a consultative document (the “Proposal”) which seeks to amend Basel II’s treatment of credit protection purchased. In particular, the Basel Committee is proposing to require banking...
| | Federal Reserve Board Governor Tarullo Outlines Potential Regulatory Initiatives
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Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2013, previously published on May 10, 2013 On May 3, 2013, Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo delivered a speech outlining potential regulatory initiatives before the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. In this speech, entitled “Evaluating Progress in Regulatory Reforms to Promote Financial...
| | Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Transactions: SEC Publishes Proposed Rules Regarding Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Transactions
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Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed rules and interpretive guidance regarding the application of the U.S. regulatory regime to cross-border security-based swap (“SBS”) transactions, and the impact of cross-border SBS transactions on the...
| | Royalty Rates for Standard-Essential Patents: District Court Determines “RAND” Royalty Rate for Motorola Patents Using a Modified Georgia-Pacific Analysis Looking to Comparable Standard-Essential Patent Pool License Agreements
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Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 Many patents that are essential to a technological standard — so-called “standard-essential patents” — are subject to a commitment that they be licensed on “reasonable and non-discriminatory” (“RAND”) terms. Last week, in the first decision of its...
| | Basel Intraday Liquidity Framework: Basel Committee Publishes Final Document on Monitoring Tools for Intraday Liquidity Management
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Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”), in consultation with the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems, recently published a final document concerning supervisory monitoring tools for intraday liquidity management (the “Intraday Liquidity...
| | Dodd-Frank Stress Tests: Federal Banking Agencies Propose Company-Run Stress Test Data Reporting Templates and Related Documentation for Financial Institutions with Over $10 Billion but Less Than $50 Billion in Assets
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Legal Alert/Article April 22, 2013, previously published on April 19, 2013 The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”), the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”, and together with the FRB and the OCC, the “Agencies”) recently issued...
| | VAT Cases On Deal Fees and Grouping: BAA Is Denied £6.7m Deduction for Deal Costs; Non-Taxable Persons May Join VAT Groups
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Legal Alert/Article April 22, 2013, previously published on April 18, 2013 BAA has been defeated in the English Court of Appeal in its attempt to recover £6.7m of value added tax incurred on deal costs during a successful takeover bid. The case is significant for UK-based financial buyers: it shows how important it is to plan for VAT recovery early and to make sure there...
| | President Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals: Proposals Relating to Domestic Business Taxation
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Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2013, previously published on April 16, 2013 On April 10, 2013, the Obama Administration (the “Administration”) released the General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals (commonly known as the “Green Book”). Although the Green Book does not include proposed statutory language,...
| | President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals: Proposals Relating to International Taxation
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Legal Alert/Article April 17, 2013, previously published on April 15, 2013 On April 10, 2013, the Obama Administration (the “Administration”) released the General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals (commonly known as the “Green Book”). Although the Green Book does not include proposed statutory language,...
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