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Jennifer Bojorquez, Krystle Gomez, Matthew C. So; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 22, 2013 In January 2014, the existing limited liability company act in California (the Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act) will be repealed and superseded by the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, popularly known as RULLCA. RULLCA was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown...
| | Integrity, Not Just Ethics Programs
W. Brinkley Dickerson, David W. Ghegan, David I. Meyers; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2013, previously published on May 21, 2013 Clients routinely ask us to help them develop or improve compliance programs. The impetus can be varied - common reasons include a comment from a director, recognition that a program is a bit stale, or recent adverse publicity regarding a high-profile FCPA case that may have alarmed management....
| | FERC Directs MISO and MISO Transmission Owners to Revise Formula Rate Protocols
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 20, 2013 On May 16, 2013, FERC issued an order on an investigation (“Investigation Order”) that will require revisions to the formula rate protocols of the Midcontinent (previously Midwest) Independent System Operator, Inc. (“MISO”) and its Transmission Owners (“TOs”). ...
| | FERC Issues Final Rule Regarding Reliability Standards for Geomagnetic Disturbances
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 20, 2013 On May 16, 2013, the Commission issued Order No. 779, “Reliability Standards for Geomagnetic Disturbances,” directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) to submit for approval reliability standards that address the impact of Geomagnetic Disturbances...
| | Supreme Court Nips Patent Exhaustion Doctrine in the Bud
James Moore Bollinger, Heather Morehouse Ettinger, Daniel A. Ladow, Phoenix S. Pak; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 In Bowman v. Monsanto Co., the Supreme Court ruled unanimously for Monsanto, holding that the patent exhaustion doctrine does not limit a patentee’s right to exclude others from reproducing their patented seeds after an authorized sale. The ruling preserves a critical patent right and limits...
| | FCC Ruling: Companies Can Be Held Vicariously Liable Under the TCPA for Actions Taken by Third-Party Vendors
David N. Anthony, Virginia Bell Flynn, John C. Lynch, Jason E. Manning, Alan D. Wingfield; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 The law is clear that if a company makes a call for telemarketing or solicitation purposes then it can be subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). An open question has been whether that same company, which hires an outside third-party vendor to make these calls on the...
| | Federal Circuit Continues to Struggle with Patent Eligible Subject Matter Disputes
James Moore Bollinger, Timothy P. Heaton, Daniel A. Ladow; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 14, 2013 In CLS Bank Int’l et al v. Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd (Slip Op. Fed. Cir. May 10, 2013), the full Federal Circuit issued perhaps its most divided resolution on the controversial patent eligibility issue. The potential impact of this ruling should not be underestimated. As Judge Moore opined in...
| | FERC Denies Merchant Transmission Provider’s Contract Complaint
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 On May 8, 2013, FERC denied Linden VFT, LLC’s (“Linden”) complaint against two power marketers, Brookfield Energy Marketing, L.P. (“Brookfield”) and Cargill Power Markets, LLC (“Cargill”), for failure to pay pass-through charges related to PJM...
| | Bankruptcy Court Approves Repayment of Aircraft Debt Without Payment of Make-Whole Premium
Hollace Topol Cohen, Michael A. Karpen, Michael "Mike" A. Leichtling, Shawn D. Rafferty, Carolyn Peterson Richter; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 The recent decision of the bankruptcy court presiding over the chapter 11 proceedings of AMR Corporation (“AMR”) and its affiliated debtors (the “Debtors”) provides guidance on the impact that the filing of a chapter 11 case may have on the enforceability of a make-whole...
| | D.C. Circuit Rejects Union Rights Poster Rule
Richard Gerakitis, Michael D. Kaufman, Gary D. Knopf, Evan H. Pontz; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2013, previously published on May 8, 2013 Yesterday, a court of appeals sitting in Washington D.C. vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s (the Board) rule requiring employers to post union rights posters.
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