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PTAB/USPTO Update - January 2024

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On January 4, the USPTO announced the appointment of new leaders for the agency’s policy and communications teams. Sharon Israel will serve as the Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, and Jack...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.29.2021 | Top Story: Markets Look to Regain Footing After Omicron-Driven Black Friday Crash

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Uncertainty surrounding the emergence of the Omicron Variant in South Africa (and elsewhere since) drove markets to a dismal Black Friday performance, as hastily issued travel bans and fears of new lockdowns overwhelmed Wall...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.16.2021 | Top Story: WTO Names First Woman, First African as Org President

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After more than half a year without a leader, the WTO is poised to welcome its “first woman and first African” to the role in the form of Nigerian economist and former finance minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.7.2020 | Top Story: November Hiring Well Below Expectations as Employment Recovery Stalls

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Friday’s jobs report was not only 200,000 jobs below projections for November, but it marked the fifth straight month of a diminished pace of hiring in the United States and brought urgency to facing the reality that there...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (October 26, 2020)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Nissan Becomes Most Recent Target of CFPB Ire: Auto Finance Company Enters into $4 Million Consent Order for Alleged Unlawful...

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On October 13, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) announced that it entered into a consent order (the “Order”) with Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“Nissan”) to resolve allegations that the auto...more

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Twitter Dinged On Political Advertising | California’s Mini-CFPB | Hospital System Settles Data Breach

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Antitrust- FTC Orders Divestment of Gas Stations to Avoid Harming Competition in Local Markets- •The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an order requiring energy company Arko Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.28.2020 | Top Story: In Major Policy Shift, Fed Embraces Inflation to Keep Rates Low

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In hotly anticipated comments on Thursday—and yes, such a designation applies to a speech on monetary policy—Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell “announced a major shift in how the central bank guides the economy, signaling it...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.15.2020 | Top Story: Reopening-Related COVID Surge Pauses Recent Market Rally

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Rising infection rates around the U.S. and the globe are worrying markets, as fear of a second wave of cases linked with the reopening of the economy freaks out traders....more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.21.2020 | Top Story: Podcaster Joe Rogan Signs Spotify Deal Worth $100M

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Podcasting megastar (and, for me, “News Radio” jack-of-all-trades) Joe Rogan has signed a multiyear deal to bring his “Joe Rogan Experience” show to Spotify, an agreement that “could be worth more than $100 million based on...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.15.2020 | Top Story: US Unemployment Claims Top 36 Million in 2 Months, Poorest Americans Hit Hardest

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This week’s addition of another 3 million to the jobless roll brings the two-month unemployment claim total to 36.5 million and highlights the “rolling shock” nature of the pandemic’s economic fallout—even as some businesses...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.13.2020 | Top Story: Britain Investigates Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and Barclays CEO Staley

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UK regulators are probing ties between disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Barclays CEO Jes Staley. The bank’s board is so far standing 100% with Staley, who has expressed “regret” over his relationship with Epstein....more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Antitrust Update

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Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Fall 2019

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our fall edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2019. The circuit courts were busy with class actions in the third quarter. Appellate judges were able...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.16.2020 | Top Story: US and China Make Phase One Official While Trade Questions Linger

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Well, Phase One is official, thanks to a White House signing yesterday that included Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. With that act comes our first substantive look at the deal that’s been thus-far shrouded in secrecy. Some...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.13.2020 | Top Story: Labor Dept. Issues Stricter Joint Employer Test in New Rules

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Sunday’s release of a long-awaited Labor Department final rule on joint employment spells trouble for workers hoping to “sue large companies for wrongdoing by contractors or franchisees.” The rule reverses Obama-era policies...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.9.2020 | Top Story: “Highlights” from Carlos Ghosn’s Accusatory Press Conference

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A recap of Carlos Ghosn’s big media moment on Wednesday, which was short on the escape details everyone wanted to hear and long on accusations against other execs at Nissan and Japan’s justice system....more

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Carlos Ghosn, Former CEO of Nissan & Renault, Escapes from House Arrest in Japan

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Carlos Ghosn, the renowned former CEO of Nissan & Renault, who brokered the Japanese & French carmarkers’ alliance with Mitsubishi, brazenly escaped from house arrest in Tokyo, Japan on December 30, 2019, and finally wound up...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.7.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Ban of “Deepfakes”

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Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.6.2020 | Top Story: Oil Futures Jump as Concerns Deepen Over Mideast Volatility

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Oil jumped for a second straight day, with futures near $70/barrel as fallout from the U.S.’s drone-strike assassination of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani continues to raise “the prospect of disruptions in the world’s most important...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.16.2019 | Top Story: Aramco Seeks Valuation of $1.7B, Well below Original Goal

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Saudi Aramco’s slow trickle of IPO-related information continued this weekend, including its goal of setting overall company market value at a staggering $1.7 trillion. The figure, though massive, is still well short of the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.13.2019 | Top Story: Buffeted by Changing Consumer Demands, Dean Foods Declares Bankruptcy

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Dean Foods, the largest milk company in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy protection, a “fresh setback to a U.S. dairy industry struggling against declining U.S. milk consumption and rising competition.”  Industry experts...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.25.2019 | Top Story: ECB Holds Rates Steady as Draghi Departs

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Mario Draghi presided over his final ECB meeting yesterday, with the central bank deciding to hold rates steady and let current stimulus measures play out for the time being. His departure (and the arrival of former IMF chief...more

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Taxpayer permitted to correct fatal mistake by retroactively making consolidated election for Ohio commercial activity tax and...

The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals recently allowed a taxpayer to retroactively elect to be taxed as a consolidated taxpayer for Ohio commercial activity tax, even after an audit had commenced. Nissan North America, Inc. v....more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.8.2019 | Top Story: US blacklists 28 Chinese Tech Firms Even While Trade Talks Resume

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The US has blacklisted 28 Chinese companies—mostly in the tech sector—over China’s “campaign targeting Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in the autonomous region of Xingjiang,” a move that’s drawn both...more

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