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On Monday, June 25, 2012, Barack Ferrazzano filed an amicus brief in the federal district court for the Central District of Illinois on behalf of the Illinois Bankers Association (the "IBA") in the highly controversial I ...

Contact: Jeremiah J. Burke, jburke@coblentzlaw.com; Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP (San Francisco, California, USA) Protecting your trademark against counterfeiters just got a boost from a federal appeals court dec ...

Contact: Elizabeth Forster, Maria Kotsopoulos; Blaney McMurtry LLP (Toronto, Canada) Headlines include: Thinking of Hiring a Live-In Nanny? Here's What You Need to Know; Bill 55 Receives Royal Assent; Ame ...

Contact: Dave Kight; Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP, (Missouri, USA) Reviewing Restrictive Agreements It can be difficult to review a restrictive employment agreement for enforceability. Typically, when hiring an ...

By: Brydon M. DeWitt; Williams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA) In a 5 to 4 decision issued this morning, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is con ...

By: Amos Elberg; Berger Singerman LLP (Miami, Florida, USA) The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion on a case involving allegations of securities fraud by a broker-dealer.  The ...