The New Decade of Doing Business in the United States: Issues Involving Intellectual Property, M&A and White Collar Crime
April 18, 2012
UBIC hosted The New Decade of Doing Business in the United States: Issues Involving Intellectual Property, M&A and White Collar Crime. Foley attorneys presented on the following topics:
- Changes in patent litigation and new strategies for potential and current infringement litigation
- Investigations into allegations of violations of United States intellectual property rights conducted by the US ITC
- Strategies and techniques on the M&A transaction process in the United States
- US Energy policies and laws in connection with the benefits, protections
- The Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, recent trends, and applicable enforcement actions
- US approach to performing internal investigations
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