Update: Filing Date Approaches for Fiscal Year 2015 H-1B Cap Cases
Category: Legal Update, NewsEmployers may submit cap-subject H-1B petitions again on April 1, 2014, for the fiscal year (FY) 2015 H-1B program.
“Donning and Doffing” Protective Gear Not Compensable Time for Union-Represented Employees
Category: Legal Update, NewsSupreme Court affirms time spent changing clothes is not compensable.
Jeffrey Post Joins Gulf Coast National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Faculty
Category: NewsNITA selected Jeffrey to join the faculty of NITA Gulf Coast Regional Trial Advocacy Training Program.
Medicare Providers and Suppliers Should Continue to Appeal Improper Denials, Despite Two Year Delay in Appeal Processing
Category: Legal Update, NewsThe already long wait for a “day in court” is now even longer.
Square Peg Meet Round Hole – Do Design Defects Breach a Warranty Against Defects in Material or Workmanship?
Category: Legal Update, NewsRead and find out what the Eighth Circuit Court decided.
Patent Exhaustion of Method Claims – Clarifying the Rights of the Patent Owner
Category: Legal Update, NewsThe Federal Circuit recently made an important clarification to the doctrine of patent exhaustion.
Observations on the Current Corporate Governance Environment
Category: Legal Update, NewsCorporate governance remains a key topic for corporations and their boards of directors.
AIA’s Elimination of Best Mode Requirement – Open Door for Patent AND Trade Secret?
Category: Legal Update, NewsIs it now possible to get a patent on the broad strokes of an invention while at the same time creating potentially never-ending trade secret protection on the cleverest aspects of the invention? No, but this may change.
Mexico Update – Maquiladoras – Tax Reform/Presidential Decree
Category: Legal Update, NewsOn December 26, 2013, the president of Mexico published a decree granting tax incentives to the maquiladora industry. Read more for a summary of important aspects of the decree.
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (II): New Developments
Category: Legal Update, NewsIt has been just over three months since the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (the Shanghai FTZ) was officially opened on September 29, 2013. This article will examine the most important developments.