International

Revised European Commission Guidelines For “The Dawn Raid”

They include broad interpretation of authority to inspect and take copies of virtually anything.

Japanese Acquisition Activity At All-Time High

An M&A trend that popular opinion often reviled in the ’80s hardly gets noticed.

Companies Alarmed As Europe Mulls New Data Privacy Law

It’s likely to influence the direction of privacy laws and thus business models worldwide.

China Far Ahead of Europe and the U.S. in Apparel Trade Marks

The category “Clothing, Footwear, Headgear” was dominated by China, with 69 percent compared to…

Dawn Raid, Antitrust Charges, Decade of Litigation

After nearly 10 years of litigation, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment for the defendants in […]

Obama Administration Relaxing Export Controls

Congressional approval is needed for some but not all the changes, and some legislators remain concerned that exports with potential […]

Competition, Cartels and Canada

Antitrust agencies in the U.S. and Canada have programs designed to encourage cartel participants to alert authorities about the existence […]

Challenges of Asian Language E-Discovery

As e-discovery reaches into Asia, global companies face unfamiliar challenges. The so-called CJK languages (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) are difficult […]

Canada’s New Appetite for Antitrust Litigation

Commissioner of Competition v CCS Corporation, decided in May 2012, was only the sixth litigated merger in Canada’s history. In […]

Tax-Advantaged Transfer Pricing for Intellectual Property

The IRS has 160 pages of transfer pricing regulations. They can appear intimidating, but they can also offer a powerful […]

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