Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP RSS http://www.choate.com en-us Fri, 15 May 2009 20:30:55 UTC Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 UTC Point & Clique 5 Joesph Zwicker has been appointed Co-Chair of ABA's White Collar and Corporate Investigations Subcommittee http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=490 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=490 COBRA subsidy law extended for a second time http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=499 What you need to know:

The most recent changes to COBRA subsidy law include a new eligibility extension date – the end of March – and new reduction in hours eligibility.

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Employers need to issue notices in accordance with these changes and make sure they are in compliance with the new requirements. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=499 Canada to open door to foreign investment by eliminating Section 116 tax clearance requirements for certain stock sales by non-residents http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=498 What you need to know:

US venture capital and private equity funds should soon be able to sell stock of most Canadian companies in which they invest without the cumbersome and costly Section 116 tax clearance procedures now required.

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Funds should reevaluate the attractiveness of investing in Canada. Funds that have invested in Canada through an offshore intermediary company should consider liquidating the intermediary. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=498 Antitrust exemption likely to be repealed for health insurers http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=496 What you need to know:

Health insurers are poised to face broadened application of antitrust laws as a result of the House’s vote to repeal their portion of the McCarran-Ferguson Act. Other insurance companies may soon face a similar repeal.

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Insurers should review their dealings with competitors to assess whether they may be targets for antitrust lawsuits. Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=496 RiskMetrics replaces Corporate Governance Quotient with Governance Risk Indicators for 2010 proxy season http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=495 What you need to know:

A new rating system that breaks companies’ corporate governance scores down into separate categories will be implemented beginning in March.

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Companies will need to consider the implications of this new assessment, since it may highlight deficiencies in individual categories, and should verify RiskMetrics’ data as soon as they receive notification of their ratings from RiskMetrics. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=495 Charles Cheever Quoted in InvestmentNews http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=491 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=491 Sandy Taylor Quoted in Boston Business Journal http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=489 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=489 Douglas Gooding, John Ventola and William McMahon on Credit Bidding in Finance Law360 http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=493 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=493 Daniel Winston in Intellectual Property Law360 http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=492 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=492 Michael Mullins and Jessica Foster in Insurance Law360 http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=486 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=486 New Hampshire follows other states in enacting its own WARN statute http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=485 What you need to know:

New Hampshire recently enacted its own Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which covers more employers and more layoffs than its federal counterpart and has stiffer penalties for non-compliance.

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NH employers with 75 or more employees should familiarize themselves with the NH WARN Act notice requirements and ensure that they are in compliance if they need to order a plant closing or mass layoff. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=485 John Meltaus and Larry Naughton co-write article on US acquisitions http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=494 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=494 John Lanza on cloud computing in the Boston Business Journal http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=483 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=483 Michael Gass, Charlotte Kim and Emily Twiss on credit rating agencies in Law360 http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=480 Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=480 Federal Circuit imposes per article penalty for false marking and counsels careful consideration before marking http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=479 What you need to know:

A recent court decision broke from existing case law to increase significantly the potential penalties for false marking by patentees.

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Patent litigants and patent owners are advised to reevaluate marked articles and be aware of the potential for increased litigation and larger damage awards. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=479 Get your patent term back: PTO will reconsider if you file their form http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=478 What you need to know:

The Patent and Trademark Office has announced that they will reconsider the Patent Term Adjustment of recently issued patents in light of Wyeth v. Kappos.

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Patent holders should contact their attorneys if they have patents issued within the last six months in order to assess whether those patents may have longer life available. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=478 Choate is ranked in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2010 World IP Survey http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=481 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=481 Choate Investment Advisors has been named a FIVE STAR Wealth Manager by Boston Magazine http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=482 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=482 Arkansas Senator introduces “The Nanotechnology Safety Act of 2010" http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=487 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=487 Christopher McKenna Named Partner http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=484 Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.choate.com/news.php?NewsID=484