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May 6, 2016 New York Court of Appeals Rejects Sales Effectiveness Metric On May 3, 2016, the New York Court of Appeals (New York's highest court) issued its decision in Beck Chevrolet Co., Inc. v. General Motors LLC. The Court ruled that the “sales effectiveness” metric that General Motors LLC (“GM”) uses to evaluate its dealers’ sales...
Two steps forward, one step back The proposed amendments to China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law by Qing Lyu, Jiaming Zhang and Adrian Emch* On 25 February 2016, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council – China’s “cabinet” – published a draft (the Draft) of the proposed amendments to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) and...
China’s New Law on Foreign NGOs: will my organization need to pay (more) taxes in China? Can a tax exempt non-profit or non-governmental organization ("NGO") formed outside China be subject to taxes in China? Are you taking proper measures to ensure the employees sent from your NGO to China are not subject to personal income tax in China? How will the Foreign NGO Law...
SEC Update June 2, 2016 SEC staff issues important new guidance on use of non-GAAP financial measures On May 17, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued new and revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) on the use of non-GAAP financial measures by public companies. The publication of the updated interpretations followed recent statements by SEC...
state tax notes™ A Foreign Language? Residency Rules With an International Spin by Timothy P. Noonan and Andrew W. Wright Noonan’s Notes is a column by Timothy P. Noonan, a partner in the Buffalo and New York offices of Hodgson Russ LLP. This column was coauthored by Andrew W. Wright, an associate in the firm’s Buffalo office. Timothy P. Noonan In this article,...
Bulletin_January_Web_2016_layout 12/21/15 3:56 PM Page 1 PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Paid Buffalo, NY Permit No. 416 Update Your Directory Listing Champions for Justice pg 12 pg 18 Thank You Arbitrators! pg 6 Bulletin BAR ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY www.eriebar.org VOL. 54 | NO. 5 | JANUARY 2016 New Member Benefit Can Reduce Student Loan Debt President’s Letter KEVIN W....
state tax notes™ Litigating a New York Tax Case, Volume 1: The Audit Process by Timothy P. Noonan and Ariele R. Doolittle Timothy P. Noonan is a partner in the Buffalo and New York offices of Hodgson Russ LLP. This column was coauthored by Ariele R. Doolittle, an associate in the firm’s Albany office who previously served as a clerk in the New York State Division of...
April 2016 - Vol. 3 No. 6 Message From The Chair, STEP Toronto Welcome to Spring 2016 and the April issue of CONNECTION. It has been a while since my last update and some exciting things have and are happening at STEP. Our last program was Post Mortem Planning – Private Corporation Shares and while I was not able to attend, I have had wonderful feedback about the program and the...
Logan International Dividend ADR Portfolio / March 2016 Six Coulter Avenue • Suite 2000 • Suburban Square • Ardmore, PA 19003 • 800.215.1100 • 610.642.7100 (Fax) Logan International Dividend ADR Portfolio: 1st Quarter Review (a) For the first quarter, the Logan International Dividend ADR Portfolio (“Logan International”) composite...
Logan Value Portfolios / March 31, 2016 Six Coulter Avenue • Suite 2000 • Suburban Square • Ardmore, PA 19003 • 800.215.1100 • 610.642.7100 (Fax) Logan Concentrated Value (“LCV”): 1st Quarter Review(a) The first three months of 2016 was a two part story. The first part saw the S&P 500 get off to its worst ever start to a...
Logan GARP / March 2016 Six Coulter Avenue • Suite 2000 • Suburban Square • Ardmore, PA 19003 • 800.215.1100 • 610.642.7100 (Fax) Logan Capital GARP: 1st Quarter 2016 Review & A Look Ahead(a) To borrow a quote from Charles Dickens “it was best of times and it was the worst of times…” as the first quarter of 2016...
The Best of Both Worlds Combining Momentum and Value Strategies Marvin I. Kline, CFA Managing Director, Value Portfolio Manager Deborah G. George Managing Director, Client Service January 2012 There is substantial evidence that both momentum and value strategies have historically generated above-average returns over time1. Importantly, the excess return that these strategies deliver...
Americas Practice Group - An Overview December 2015 © 2015 Haynes and Boone, LLP © 2015 Haynes and Boone, LLP TH 4 ND 82 LARGEST FIRM IN TEXAS LARGEST FIRM IN THE UNITED STATES Texas 100, ALM Legal Intelligence, 2015 NLJ 350, National Law Journal, 2015 © 2015 Haynes and Boone, LLP © 2015 Haynes and Boone, LLP 2 Firm Overview Haynes and Boone, LLP is...
Aviation Law 2016 Introduction Larry B Pascal Haynes and Boone, LLP LATIN LAWYER THE BUSINESS L AW RESOURCE FOR LATIN AMERICA Reference Aviation Law 2016 – Introduction Aviation Law 2016 Introduction Larry B Pascal Haynes and Boone, LLP General economic overview The decline in the price of oil, one of the airline sector’s largest costs, will result in important...
2015 YEAR IN REVIEW – SECURITIES LITIGATION February 2016 © 2016 Haynes and Boone, LLP MEET THE AUTHORS DAN GOLD is Chair of the firm’s Securities KIT ADDLEMAN chairs the firm’s SEC THAD BEHRENS is Chair of the firm’s Class GEORGE W. BRAMBLETT, JR. and Shareholder Litigation group. He also currently serves as Chair of the Securities Section...
ARTICLE CIRCUMSTANCES MANDATING A COMMERCIAL MARKETING NOTICE BY A BIOSIMILAR APPLICANT RIPE FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE HIGH COURT Scott Cunning and Mini Kapoor I. INTRODUCTION Several cases are pending around the country, but no consensus exists on the circumstances that would require a biosimilar applicant to provide a commercial marketing notice under the Biologics Price Competition and...
EMPLOYMENTBASED IMMIGRATION: 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW AND 2016 FORECAST February 2016 © 2016 Haynes and Boone, LLP Clients and Friends, Immigration, particularly employment-based immigration, was a hot topic in the lead up to 2016’s election-year fervor. This Year in Review highlights several key developments, including: The H-1B cap continues to be a challenge for employers...
TECHNOLOGY Best Practices The FTC signals its intent to police big data. BY PIERRE GROSDIDIER “The era of big data has arrived,” asserts a recent Federal Trade Commission report summarizing the results of a public workshop and other research on this developing field.1 “Big data” refers to the burgeoning practice of gathering and analyzing vast...
TECHNOLOGY Authenticating Can cellphone text messages stand up in court? BY PIERRE GROSDIDIER Parties seeking to admit cellphone text messages at trial face two authentication challenges. They must show that the documents they want to admit into evidence are accurate copies of the original text messages, and they must show that the persons to whom they seek to ascribe the messages actually...
MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT NEWSLETTER APRIL 2016 Recent Supreme Court Cert Denial Highlights Need for Passage of Federal Anti-SLAPP Statute Laura Lee Prather IN THE NEWS Laura Prather received the Franklin Jones Best CLE Article Award for her article, which she co-authored with First Court of Appeals Justice Jane Bland, “Bullies Beware: Safeguarding Constitutional...
E&P TOP 10 CASES Energy Bankruptcy Reports and Surveys Summaries from Haynes and Boone, LLP APRIL 2016 | ISSUE 01 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST Oil Patch Bankruptcy Monitor CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST Oilfield Services Bankruptcy Tracker CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST Borrowing Base Redeterminations...
April 25, 2016 The Recent Federal Circuit Decision in Acorda Therapeutics v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals May Not be the Last Word on Jurisdiction in ANDA Cases By Paul Dietze and Mini Kapoor On March 18, 2016, the Federal Circuit held that Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Mylan”), a generic drug manufacturer, was subject to specific jurisdiction in Delaware because of...
HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP OIL PATCH BANKRUPTCY MONITOR May 16, 2016 © 2016 Haynes and Boone, LLP © 2016 Haynes and Boone, LLP Haynes and Boone has tracked 77 North American oil and gas producers that have filed for bankruptcy since the beginning of 2015. These bankruptcies, including Chapter 7, Chapter 11, Chapter 15, and Canadian cases, involve approximately $51.9 billion in...
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION History Revisited The 1925 all-woman court will be reenacted at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting. BY DAVID A. FURLOW AND LYNNE LIBERATO “A ll records were shattered,” proclaimed the Dallas Morning News on January 2, 1925, after Texas Gov. Pat Neff provided a “healthy New Year gift of...
JUDICATURE BOOK REVIEW VOLUME 100 NUMBER 2 75 SUMMER 2016 JUDICATURE Published by the Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies and reprinted with permission. © 2016 Duke University School of Law. All rights reserved. www.law.duke.edu/judicature Thinking Fundamentally about Judicial Review by Michael J. Mazzone Tara Smith asks: “How should courts interpret the...
HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP OIL PATCH BANKRUPTCY MONITOR May 16, 2016 © 2016 Haynes and Boone, LLP © 2016 Haynes and Boone, LLP Haynes and Boone has tracked 77 North American oil and gas producers that have filed for bankruptcy since the beginning of 2015. These bankruptcies, including Chapter 7, Chapter 11, Chapter 15, and Canadian cases, involve approximately $51.9 billion in...
Click to view the latest January 2016 Business Law TODAY BUSINESS LAW TODAY Keeping Current: Supreme Court Again Confirms That Class Action Arbitration Waivers Are Valid By Levi W. Swank, Thomas M. Hefferon, and Joseph F. Yenouskas In DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, No. 14-462 (Dec. 14, 2015), the U.S. Supreme Court faced yet another case involving the arbitration of consumer disputes. The court...
