BLT: September 2012

Business & Corporate

Are Hybrids Really More Efficient? A 'Drive-By' Analysis of Alternative Company Structures

This article provides a summary of the so-called "hybrid" business organizations, such as benefit corporations and social purpose corporations, which are intended to provide more flexibility, and a measure of legal protection, to organizations that, want to "do well by doing good." The article then discusses the advantages and disadvantages of hybrid entities.

Business & Corporate

Tupac Lives! What Hologram Authors Should Know About Intellectual Property Law

Jana M. Moser

This article explores the legal implications of holographic performances. In particular, the article discusses a number of intellectual property issues triggered by holographic performances.

Business & Corporate

Patent Litigation After First-Inventor-to-File: How Long Will We Wander in a Wilderness?

Brad D. Pedersen

This article explores the impact of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act on patent litigation. In particular, the article examines the effect of the new First Inventor to File system and the questions it poses for patent litigators.

Business & Corporate

KEEPING CURRENT: SEC Issues First Whistleblower Award

This article reviews a 2012 SEC announcement that it had paid its first award under its whistleblower program enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act. The article provides background on the Dodd-Frank whistleblower program and examines the potential ramifications of the first award.

Business & Corporate

DELAWARE INSIDER: Do Stockholders Have a "Say on Pay" in Delaware? Lessons from Recent Executive Compensation Decisions

Lisa R. Stark

This article summarizes recent Delaware Chancery Court decisions that involved corporate shareholders’ challenges to executive compensation decisions made by disinterested and informed corporate directors. The article concludes that shareholders in Delaware face an uphill battle, but they can always express their opinion through the ballot box.

Business & Corporate

TRAINING FOR TOMORROW: Making Your Client's Life Easier

Mark Kosminskas

This articles, written from the perspective of one who has been both a producer of legal services and a consumer, offers a variety of practical tips for lawyers on how to not “blow it” with clients.

Business & Corporate

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Richard Pound

An interview with Richard Pound, senior tax litigator in the Montreal office of Stikeman Elliott.

Business & Corporate

Inside Business Law

This month’s column highlights the August 2012 Cyberspace Law Newsletter and summarizes 2012 Annual meeting programs by the Cyberspace law Committee on contract formation, internet identity and social networks, and online dispute resolution.