by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The U.S. government controls exports for many reasons, but primarily to keep military and other sensitive technology out of the hands of the country’s adversaries. For this reason, the U.S. government wants insight into, and oversight of, all exports from the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on patent eligible subject matter in Alice Corp. Pty Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, U.S., No. 13-298, 6/19/14. In a unanimous decision, the Court held that claims directed to implementations of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
A recently-enacted amendment to Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Act (“Act”) will bring welcome changes for employers. On June 6, 2014, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act 14-128, which changes 1) the method for determining if an...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
In the first case under the “Pay-to-Play” rules adopted in 2010, the SEC sent a strong message to investment advisers that violations of these rules would be treated seriously. The SEC Settlement On June 20, 2014, the SEC announced that it had brought and...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) provides, among other things, that both the sender of a text message advertisement that violates the TPCA and the person on whose “behalf” the text message is sent can be liable for...
