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Aviation Advisory April 14, 2016 OFAC General License Facilitates Negotiations With Iran for Commercial Passenger Aircraft Since we last spoke of “Implementation Day” established on January 16 under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (see “Implementation Day” Brings Openings for Commercial Aircraft Sales With Iran advisory from January 22), the state...

When Movie Research Leads to Contract or Copyright Claims By David Halberstadter This article was originally published by Law360 on April 15, 2016. Given the staggering number of motion pictures and television productions that are based on or loosely inspired by true events, perhaps it is not all that surprising that real people who are depicted in such works — or who merely believe...

Trademarks and Trademark Litigation Advisory May 5, 2016 A Hail Mary to the U.S. Supreme Court? Owner of REDSKINS Marks Petitions for Hearing on Constitutionality of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act Pro-Football, Inc., the owner of multiple U.S. service mark registrations for REDSKINS, REDSKINETTES, and WASHINGTON REDSKINS, took the somewhat unusual step last week of petitioning the U.S. Supreme...

INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS US: TRADE MARKS Cautions on related party uses of marks Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP New York Karen Artz Ash and Bret J Danow I n April 2016, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued a precedential decision in Noble House Home Furnishings, LLC v Floorco Enterprises, LLC. This decision is a good reminder about the advisability of memorialising a grant of rights...

May 13, 2016 Volume XI, Issue 19 SEC/CORPORATE SEC Approves PCAOB Rules Requiring Disclosure of Audit Participants On May 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the proposed new rules and related amendments to auditing standards (Rules). As reported in the January 8 edition of Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) adopted and...

Consumer Finance Litigation Advisory May 16, 2016 CFPB Issues Proposed Rule to Restrict the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses and Class Action Waivers If implemented, the Proposed Rule will result in an increase in class action lawsuits against consumer finance companies that currently include class action waivers in their contracts. On May 5, in one of its most impactful moves since its...

March 15, 2016 Practice Groups: Class Action Litigation Defense Cyber Law and Cybersecurity Consumer Financial Services Government Enforcement For more news and developments related to consumer financial services, litigation, and enforcement, please visit our Consumer Financial Services Watch blog and subscribe to receive updates. Proactive Protection of Consumers or Premature Penalty?...

A Guide to Doing Business in Poland K&L Gates has been named to Law360’s Global 20 for five consecutive years for being involved in the “largest, significant and groundbreaking international and cross-border matters over the past year.” TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.............................................................. 4 INTELLECTUAL...

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Brexit (But Were Afraid To Ask) © Copyright 2016 by K&L Gates LLP. All rights reserved. WHAT? klgates.com * WHAT IS BREXIT?  A new, ultra-healthy, high fibre breakfast cereal?  A British Rail train’s emergency evacuation door?  Something else more interesting? klgates.com * WHAT IS BREXIT? The...

09 February 2016 Practice Groups: FinTech; Government Enforcement; Consumer Financial Services; Emerging Growth and Venture Capital; Privacy, Data Protection and Information Management; Marketplace Lending Certain Compliance Risks in Marketplace/Peer-toPeer/Online Lending By: Anthony R.G. Nolan, Joseph A. Valenti, and Christopher H. Bell The tragic terrorist shootings in San Bernardino on...

Energy The European Commission Approves an Energy Security Package Emphasizing Infrastructure Development and LNG Imports Energy, Infrastructure and Resources By Ignasi Guardans, Steven C. Sparling, David L. Wochner, Alessandro Di Mario, Michael L. O’Neill European Regulatory/UK Regulatory On 16 February 2016, the European Commission published a Sustainable Energy Security package...

March 2016 Practice Group(s): Government Enforcement Global Government Solutions The European Union Referendum: Could your Business be a Campaigner? By Piers Coleman and Charlotte Wright Understanding constraints on spending and reporting requirements during the EU referendum campaign The date for the much-anticipated European Union referendum has now been set for 23 June 2016 1. You may be...

08 March 2016 Practice Groups: Government Enforcement; Securities Enforcement; FinTech; Cyber Law and Cybersecurity; Consumer Financial Services A New Cyber Regulator on the Beat: The CFPB Issues its First Cybersecurity Order and Fine By: Ted Kornobis On March 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) instituted its first data security enforcement action, in...

29 March 2016 Practice Group(s): IP Procurement and Portfolio Management Patent Office Litigation IP Litigation Quality, Quantity and Comments: USPTO’s New Patent Quality Metrics By Kacy L. Dicke, Margaux L. Nair, Aaron J. Morrow, and Robert M. Barrett On Friday March 25, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office introduced its new patent quality metrics and requested comments from...

April 7, 2016 Practice Groups: Financial Institutions and Services Litigation Consumer Financial Services Commercial Disputes Payment Systems Government Enforcement Global Government Solutions DON’T LOOK A GIFT CARD IN THE MOUTH: BEWARE OF LIABILITY UNDER THE ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS ACT U.S. Consumer Financial Services and Financial Institutions and Services Litigation Alert By...

08 April 2016 Practice Groups: Corporate/M&A; Cyber Law and Cybersecurity; European Regulatory / UK Regulatory; Global Government Solutions; Government Enforcement; Privacy, Data Protection and Information Management; Are Your Company’s Legal, Due-Diligence, De-risking, or Compliance Obligations Impacted by the “Panama Papers”? By: Mark A. Rush, Michael D....

12 April 2016 Practice Group(s): Antitrust, Competition & Trade Regulation Activist Funds Should Heed the Latest Enforcement of the HSR Act Antitrust, Competition & Trade Regulation Client Alert By Brian K. McCalmon and Kenneth S. Knox The limits on an investor’s ability to acquire stock under the “investment-only” exemption to the HSR...

April 2016 Practice Groups: Corporate and Transactional Investment Management Tax Early Stage Investment Tax Incentives Bill Introduced As an update to our Legal Insight of December 2015 'New Tax Incentives for Early Stage Investment', on 16 March 2016 the Turnbull Government introduced legislation providing significant tax incentives to promote local and foreign investment in...