 | Client Alert: US Adopts Significant Changes to Consumer Product Safety Laws
15 August 2008 - President Bush has signed legislation significantly overhauling the laws governing the safety of consumer products sold in the United States. The legislation substantially increases funding and staffing for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which is charged with administering and enforcing the new requirements. Read >>
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| Second Circuit Holds That Primary Securities Fraud Violations Require Deception Attributable to the Defendant
24 July 2008 - In a recent decision addressing the meaning of deception under the federal securities laws, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the acquittal of David Finnerty, a former specialist on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange who had been charged with criminal securities fraud (United States v. Finnerty). Read >>
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| Construction & Engineering: Legal Update
July 2008 - The key theme for this issue is insurance. The courts have very helpfully provided a number of recent decisions that we feature in the first part of this Update, together with a leading article by Tom Duncan on project insurance. The remainder of the construction landscape has not been neglected and elsewhere in the Update the reports and articles range from a review of the ICC Model Turnkey Contract for Major Projects to a round-up of EU (and other) procurement decisions, not to mention a guide to the UK Site Waste Management Plans (for those who are not already fully up to speed with the new regime). Read >>
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| Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Legal Update
June 2008 - Practice & Procedure; Tort; EU; Arbitration; Legislation; News Read >>
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 | Legal Times Quotes Mayer Brown Partner Andy Pincus On Supreme Court Patent Case
9 June 2008 - The Legal Times today quoted Mayer Brown partner Andy Pincus in an article discussing the Supreme Court's decision in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., which-in a unanimous opinion reversing the Federal Circuit-held that the doctrine of patent exhaustion applies to method patents. Pincus filed an amicus brief supporting petitioners on behalf of Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Co., Cisco Systems, Inc., and eBay Inc. Read >>
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| Client Alert: Free Labeling and Specimen Collection Services Could Violate Anti-Kickback Statute
16 May 2008 - On May 2, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued an Advisory Opinion through its Chief Counsel regarding an unnamed laboratory's proposal to provide labeling of test tubes and specimen collection containers at no cost to dialysis facilities located in the United States. Read >>
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| Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Legal Update
May 2008 - Practice and Procedure; Contracts; Arbitration; Insolvency Read >>
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 | Mayer Brown represents iPCS, Horizon and Bright in suit filed against Sprint
13 May 2008 - Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, has been retained to represent iPCS Wireless, Inc., Horizon Personal Communications, Inc., and Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC (the "Affiliates"), in a suit filed yesterday in the Circuit Court of Cook County against Sprint Nextel and certain related entities ("Sprint"). Read >>
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| Mayer Brown wins appeal in the National Adjudicatory Council
8 May 2008 - Attorneys from Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, successfully appealed a permanent bar against Citigroup/Smith Barney registered representative Carl Trevisan by a hearing panel of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Read >>
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| Anthony M. Alexis, former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Joins Mayer Brown's Litigation Group as Partner
28 April 2008 - Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Anthony M. Alexis, 48, has joined the firm's litigation group as partner in the Washington, D.C. office. His practice will focus on white collar defense and compliance. Read >>
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| Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Legal Update
April 2008 - Practice and Procedure; Arbitration; Damages; Torts; Professional Negligence; Conflict of Laws/Jurisdiction Read >>
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| Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Legal Update
March 2008 - Practice and Procedure; Contract; Company; Consultations; Legislation; Reports; News Read >>
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