By Stan Gibson and Greg Cordrey Download the PDF: Can Your DNA Be Patented? The Supreme Court Draws A Delicate Balance This article was originally published in the Orange County Business Journal. In Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., the Supreme Court held that a naturally occurring, isolated segment of DNA is a product […]
Reproduced with permission from Corporate Accountability Report, 11 CARE 667, 06/24/2013. Copyright © 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com Download a PDF of this article: Corporate Governance: a Primer on Board Member Evaluation By Bill Capps The heightened focus on corporate governance by regulators, stock exchanges, and investors over the past decade […]
Jim Butler, Seth Weissman and Ben Reznik’s article, “Opportunities Moving from Distressed Properties to More Normalized Real Estate,” was published in the Summer 2013 issue of the Real Estate Finance Journal. The article discusses the results of JMBM’s 2013 Real Estate Survey.
Cathy Holmes and Victor Shum’s article titled, “EB-5 financing for hotel development: Use of stabilized hotel revenues for determining job creation from new hotel development,” was published by Jim Butler’s Hotel Law Blog, and was picked up by Hotel Online.
Brad Cohen co-wrote the article in the Los Angeles Lawyer magazine titled “How the Health Care Act Affects the Taxation of Loan-Out Corporations.”
An article by Vince Farhat titled “New False Claims Theory Could Increase Exposure,” was published by the Daily Journal.
Jim Butler’s article, “Meet the Money® 2013 — Mood of the Hotel Industry and Conference Presentations” was published on the Hotel Law Blog, and picked up by Hotel Online and Hospitality Net.
Victor Shum and Cathy Holmes’ article, “EB-5 Alert: California Moves to Make EB-5 Financing More Competitive in the State — Changes Rules on TEA Designation” was published by Jim Butler’s Hotel Law Blog and picked up by Hotel Online.
Jim Butler’s blog article, “The LIIC Top 10: Annual Survey of Lodging Investment Trends and Challenges,” was picked up by Hospitality Net and Hotel Online.
Executive Summary The Obama Administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 on April 10, which included several proposals affecting estate planning. These are described in the Treasury Department’s General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals (commonly referred to as “the Greenbook”). Noticeable by its absence was the perennial proposal to […]