Leading Tire Resin Maker Sues Chinese Competitor Over Stolen Trade Secrets May 5th, 2011Recent Legal News Suit by U.S.-based SI Group Inc. offers insight into the legal, cultural, and business dynamics of trade secret ownership in the high-growth markets of China. For details, click here. Read More
Poison Pill Defense Survives in Air Products/Airgas Battle February 17th, 2011Recent Legal News Highlights: Air Products withdraws its $5.9B offer for rival Airgas after the Delaware Chancery Court finds the “power to defeat an inadequate hostile tender offer ultimately lies with the board of directors”. Read article. Read More
FTC Increases Threshold for Federal Antitrust Merger Review to $66M January 27th, 2011Recent Legal News Highlights: FTC boosts threshold for merger review under Hart-Scott-Rodino from $63.4M to $66M and revises thresholds for prohibitions on interlocking board memberships under Section 8 of the Clayton Act. For details, click here. Read More
Delaware Court to Reconsider Poison Pill Defense January 19th, 2011Recent Legal News Board of Directors/Governance Highlights: Upcoming decision sets off a crucial question for all corporations: At what point should power and responsibility shift from the board to shareholders in a takeover offer? Read article. Read More
Judge Rules Interior Dept. Can’t Award a Non-Competitive Contract to Microsoft January 18th, 2011Recent Legal News Highlights: Google succeeds in lawsuit over Interior Department’s contract with Microsoft. Read article. Read More
New Damages Trial for SAP in Versata’s $139M IP Case January 10th, 2011Recent Legal News Highlights: Judge sets aside $139M verdict, ordering a new trial in Versata Software’s suit against SAP for infringement of product pricing program patents. Read about it here. Read More
House Turns Down Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technical Transfer Programs December 29th, 2010Recent Legal News Highlights: Despite overwhelming support in the Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives has turned down the re-authorization of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technical Transfer programs. Read more here. Read More
FCC Passes ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules December 21st, 2010Recent Legal News Highlights: The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules aimed at preventing Internet providers from interfering with web traffic. Read article. Read More
Meaningful Results from Chinese Trade Talks? December 15th, 2010Recent Legal News In a letter to U.S. trade representatives, lawmakers push for “meaningful objective commitments and metrics” on IP theft, U.S. software exports, foreign exchange and other issues in the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meetings this week. Read Article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Groupon Accused in Lawsuit of Infringing Four Web Strategy Patents December 7th, 2010Recent Legal News Highlights: The daily coupon website, Groupon, has been sued by Florida company Ewinwin, Inc. claiming the infringement of four patents. Read article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More