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Intellectual Property and Technology: Alert - March 4, 2010

In its March 2, 2010 Reed Elsevier decision, the Supreme Court determined that the registration requirement for filing lawsuits under the Copyright Act does not present a jurisdictional bar – despite the more than 200 lower court opinions holding that it does. This alert explains the history of the case as well as the Court decision. It suggests that the ruling is, in practical terms, extremely narrow – but that it will most likely affect cases that concern mass-scale infringement claims or class action claims, and it may make courts more sympathetic to hearing claims on works with pending applications for copyright registration.

The Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United v. FEC

This alert reviews key aspects of last week's landmark Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC, in which the Court cleared the way for corporations and labor unions to contribute to political campaigns in a more direct way - and permitted those entities to pay for express advocacy as long as the advocacy is not coordinated with any campaign or political party. It also points to underreported aspects of the ruling, and areas of campaign finance rules that will remain the same.

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Do Independent Directors Need IDL Coverage?

May 16, 2005

Shannon A. Graving- Washington
Stephen J. Weiss- Washington

Holland & Knight partner Stephen J. Weiss and associate Shannon A.G. Knotts authored “Do independent directors need IDL coverage?” which was featured in the Second Quarter 2005 issue of Directors & Boards. Click on the link below to view this article.

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