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Mergers & Acquisitions

August 26, 2010 | Helene Jaffe and Steven Newborn
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice jointly issued Horizontal Merger Guidelines, which replace the 1992 version. Weil attorneys provide an overview of the major changes and important modifications in the 2010 Guidelines.

Private Funds

August 10, 2010 | Jeffrey Tabak , David Wohl, Joseph Basile, Kristen Buppert and Joseph Bernardi, Jr.
Lawyers from Weil's Corporate Department summarize the impact of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation on private equity and hedge funds and their respective advisers.

Employment Law

August 10, 2010 | Allan Dinkoff
Appearing in the July 26, 2010 New York Law Journal, Allan Dinkoff of the Weil’s Employment Litigation practice group discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s Stolt-Nielsen decision involving class action arbitrations and the standard of review of arbitration awards.

Intellectual Property

August 2, 2010 | Michael Epstein, Charan Sandhu, William Gutowitz, and Tony Wang
Appearing in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Weil lawyers discuss the nature and alternate structures of joint ventures, collaborations, and alliances; issues to consider prior to formation of these structures; and techniques for protecting intellectual property contributed to a JV, collaboration, or alliance, both in the US and abroad.

Financial Regulatory Reform

July 21, 2010 | Financial Regulatory Reform Working Group
Weil's Financial Regulatory Reform Working Group has developed an Overview to highlight the major provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

Patent Litigation

July 12, 2010 | Amber Rovner and Tarra Zynda
Members of Weil’s Patent Litigation group discuss the recent Supreme Court decision Bilski v. Kappos, which affirms the rejection of Bilski's claims, invoking the pre-Federal Circuit precedent excluding "abstract ideas" from patentable subject matter.

E-Discovery

June 28, 2010 | David J. Lender and Eric C. Lyttle
The recently passed Federal Rule of Evidence 502 limits the consequences of inadvertent disclosures of attorney-client communications and attorney work product. Weil attorneys David Lender and Eric Lyttle discuss issues in the application of Rule 502, focusing on the "reasonableness" standard for evaluating a litigant's efforts to preserve the privilege.

White Collar

June 23, 2010 | Thomas C. Frongillo and Steven A. Tyrrell
Attorneys from Weil's White Collar Defense & Investigations group discuss significant changes to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, recently approved by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The alterations, which address the requirements for establishing “effective compliance programs,” affect both organizations facing criminal prosecution and those wishing to avoid it in the future.

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