Monthly Archives: August 2011

Doing Business in China: A Legal Reading List

China Business Updates: here’s a roundup of recent commentary and analysis on doing business in the world’s second largest economy, as written by leading lawyers and law firms on JD Supra» Intellectual Property Trademark Protection Strategies In China (McDermott Will & Emery): “Companies doing business in China frequently ask: ‘How do we develop an effective… Read more »

Final Whistleblower Rules Effective August 12: Dodd-Frank Update

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules implementing the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act take effect on August 12, 2011. For your peparation, here’s a reference list of pertinent whistleblower updates and commentary from law firms covering Dodd-Frank and related topics on JD Supra: Final Whistleblower Provisions Take Effect August 12th Is Your Company… Read more »

Myriad Genetics Ruling That DNA Is Patent-Eligible

We’re seeing significant interest in the Myriad Genetics case, Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, following the July 29, 2011, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling that isolated DNA are patent-eligible subject matter. We’ll continue to update this reading list as additional commentary and analysis comes in: A Non-infringing… Read more »

FBAR: Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Reporting Extensions

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the Internal Revenue Service have recently issued several extensions to the reporting requirements of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (“FBAR”). For your reference, here’s a roundup of FBAR-related commentary and analysis from lawyers and law firms publishing their work on JD Supra: FBAR Filing Deadline for Extensions for Certain… Read more »