Intellectual Property
Patent Valuations Before M&A Deals
Intellectual property is an increasingly important factor in mergers and acquisitions, and in today’s economy there are bargains in the market.
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July/August 2009
Washington’s New Investigations Climate
E-Discovery
Employ a Reasonable Method, Know Its Limits
For a brief period, with the advent of electronically stored information, or “ESI,” it seemed that discovery might get simpler and cheaper.
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Governance
Raise the Bar on Board Membership
Given recent turbulence in the world economy, experience should be a key factor when choosing corporate directors.
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Human Resources
Should Your 401(k) Plan Include an Annuity Option?
More 401 (k) plan sponsors are now considering annuity products, in part because of the hit that the plans have taken in the last year.
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Diversity
The Future is in Partnerships
The author says that a down economy is not a signal to pull back on diversity efforts. Instead, she urges intensifying those efforts, for solid demographic reasons.
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M&A Foments Litigation
When a target is being acquired principally for its intellectual property, litigation often concerns exclusivity of those assets.
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The Future of Poison Pills
Shareholder rights plans called “poison pills” have become recognized as a legal and effective way of deterring coercive takeover tactics and centralizing power in the board of directors in the event of a hostile takeover.
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What Can Be Done to Accelerate Issuance of Your Patents
The backlog of patent applications pending in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is long and getting longer.
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New Options For Renewable Energy Financing
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has created financial opportunities in the renewable energy sector for utilities, municipalities and private equity funds.
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Strategic Management of E-Discovery in the Global Marketplace
As business has become more globalized, so has litigation. As a result, discovery frequently involves the exchange of documents created in multiple languages.
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Insights From an M&A Monitor
The financial crisis has created a good climate for M&A according to the authors, but it also has given rise to heightened concern for systemic risk and overall skepticism of business.
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Data Breaches Have Bred a Patchwork of State Laws
The first state law addressing data breaches was passed in California in 2002. Since then a patchwork of laws has evolved in 41 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
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What To Consider in an International Intellectual Property Purchase
Economic trends have made purchase of intellectual property an increasingly important business strategy.
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