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PDF Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for May 16, 2013
May 2013
Donna M. Attanasio, Daniel A. Hagan, Earle H. O'Donnell

Attached is a comprehensive summary of the Administrative, Electric, Miscellaneous, Gas, Hydro and Certificate matters on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's meeting agenda for May 16, 2013, pursuant to the agenda as issued on May 9, 2013. Please note that the Commission can add or delete agenda items prior to the meeting.
PDF CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. Further Muddies §101 Patent Eligibility
May 2013, White & Case Technology Newsflash
Kevin X. McGann, Warren S. Heit, John Padro

On May 10, 2013, the Federal Circuit issued deeply divided opinions on the standards to be applied to determine patent eligibility of software and business method patents, further opening the door to challenges of such patents under 35 U.S.C. § 101. CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp., No. 2011-1301 (Fed. Cir. May 10, 2013). In a short per curiam opinion, the Court reversed the earlier panel opinion and affirmed by a majority that the method and computer-readable media claims are not directed to patent-eligible subject matter under § 101 and affirmed, by an equally divided Court, that corresponding systems claims were likewise not directed to patent-eligible subject matter.
PDF International Dismissal Toolkit: Individual Employment Terminations and Reductions-in-Force Outside the United States
May 2013
Donald C. Dowling, Jr.

Firing an employee in the United States can be a challenge. Group firings—reductionsin-force—can be an even bigger challenge. And from the point of view of a multinational headquartered in the United States, overseas individual dismissals and "collective redundancies" can be an intractable challenge.
PDF EU Customs Practice Group: April 2013
May 15, 2013
Fabienne Vermeeren, Sara Nordin, Charlotte Van Haute

Welcome to the April 2013 edition of our newsletter on Customs Developments in the EU.
Technology Newsflash
UPDATED: May 2013, White & Case Technology Newsflash
Colin J. Diamond, Daren M. Orzechowski, Bijal V. Vakil

The Technology Newsflash contains articles and timely updates on the latest technology, outsourcing and privacy legal issues and trends affecting businesses today.


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