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Sanford Schane
21 pages

This article analyzes three court cases claimed to contain "ambiguity" or "ambiguous words."

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Switzerland, United Kingdom
Charlie Serocold, Director, Risk & Compliance Solutions, Thomson Reuters

Here are the top ten considerations for a whistleblower to consider before acting in cases involving the United States Dodd Frank Act.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Gustavo Tamayo, Partner, Juan Sebastian Peredo, Senior Associate, and Andrea Torres, Junior Associate

This Quick Overview provides an overview of the most recent developments in Colombian legislation regarding the emergence of financial services through virtual platforms under the technique known as fintech, especially the regulation on crowdfunding.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Colombia
Audience: New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Vanessa Tollis, Attorney at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

This Quick Overview aims to provide company executives who are not tax professionals with a brief explanation of key tax points relevant to the transfer of patent assets in the United States.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Nathan Beaver, Gary Koch, Antoinette Konski, and Judy Waltz

This Quick Overview addresses how the Precision Medicine Initiative (the "PMI") allows targeted therapies to be deployed that are more likely to be efficacious, less likely to lead to adverse side effects, and, in many circumstances, more cost-effective for both the patient and society at large than current approaches to many different illnesses.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Christian Perez (Associate) of Lloreda Camacho & Co.

This QuickCounsel will provide an overview of the key aspects of pretrial evidence in Colombia, usually utilized whenever a person needs to browse and secure evidence in advance, either to file a civil complaint against another or to defend itself against possible lawsuits derived from known facts.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Colombia
Shahram Safai and Ronnie Dabbasi, Afridi & Angell Legal Consultants

This Quick Overview provides a discussion and definition of a term sheet: the initial key document that sets out the structure of a venture capital transaction within the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Interest Area: Financial Services
Source: Resource Library
Region: United Arab Emirates
Lewis Wiener, Kymberly Kochis and Frank Nolan
4 pages

This article will summarizes the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence, explains the CFPB’s proposal and its legal basis, and outline steps companies can take to address the regulation before and after it goes into effect.
(Editor Note: CFPB enacted the final rule on July 10, 2017. On Oct. 17, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the CFPB's funding mechanism was unconstitutional. On Nov. 14, 2022, the CFPB filed a writ of certiorari with the US Supreme Court requesting review of the decision in the 2022 term.)

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Robert Falk and Gregory O. Olaniran

This QuickCounsel provides tips for getting more value from your outside counsel.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: Resource Library
Region: Global
James A. Prozzi, Philip B. Rosen, Daniel D. Schudroff

This Quick Overview addresses the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) final persuader rule and its impact on employment and labor law.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
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