Publications: Business

Date	Description	Publication	Format
July 2009	Arias v. Superior Court of San Joaquin (Angelo Dairy) California Supreme Court Holds Employee Must Satisfy Class Action Requirements for Claims Against Employer for Labor Violations under UCL, but not Under PAGA	Commercial Litigation Bulletin	HTML
June 2009	Jeremiah Pendleton joins Gordon & Rees' Las Vegas Office	Attorney Announcement	HTML
May 2009	Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. v. Superior Court of Orange County Under California Law, Foreign Companies May Be Served Via U.S. Subsidiary	Commercial Litigation Bulletin	HTML
May 2009	Barry G. Flynn joins Gordon & Rees' Houston offfice	Attorney Announcement	HTML
May 2009	Mark W. Thayer joins Gordon & Rees' Houston offfice	Attorney Announcement	HTML
April 2009	California Supreme Court Holds that Life Insurance Does Not Qualify as a "Service" Subect to the Protections of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act	Commercial Litigation Bulletin	HTML
April 2009	Stephanie J. Synol joins Gordon & Rees' Chicago Office	Attorney Announcement	HTML
March 2009	Mimi Glumac joins Gordon & Rees' Commercial Litigation Practice	Attorney Announcement	HTML
Feb 2009	Yuo-Fong Chang Amato Joins Gordon & Rees' Intellectual Property Practice	Attorney Announcement	HTML
Feb 2009	Andrew B. Clauss joins Gordon & Rees' Denver Office	Attorney Announcement	HTML
Feb 2009	Eric K. Voelk, Ph.D. joins Gordon & Rees' Intellectual Property Practice	Attorney Announcment	HTML
Dec. 2008	Insurer Owes No Fiduciary Duty Solely for Sale of Variable Annuity But May be Vicariously Liable for Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Elder Abuse by Its Agent	Commercial Litigation Bulletin	HTML
Nov. 2008	Unclaimed Settlement Funds From "Claims Made" Class Action Settlements Are to be Distributed to Nonprofits	Commercial Litigation Newlsetter	HTML
Sept. 2008	Commentary on Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, Petitioner v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County, Respondent; Silvaco Data Systems, Real Party in Interest	Intellectual Property Case Update	HTML
Aug 2008	In re Apollo Group, Inc. Securities Litigation United States District Court for the District of Arizona Court in Securities Fraud Class Action Overturns Jury Verdict on Finding That Investors Failed to Prove "Loss Causation" Despite Evidence That Company Misled the Market	Commercial Litigation Update	HTML
July 2008	Securities & Exchange Commission vs. Talbot Ninth Circuit Recognizes Director's Liability for Misappropriation for Confiedential Information in Connection with Securities Trading Where Director Did Not Receive Information from Originating Source	Commercial Litigation Case Update	HTML
June 2008	California Court Of Appeal Reverses Judgment Entered Pursuant to Breach of Stipulation Where Agreed Award For Damages Constituted an Unenforceable Penalty	Commercial Litigation Update	HTML
May 2008	Securities Fraud Action Barred When Plaintiffs Had Inquiry Notice More Than Two Years Before Filing	Securities Litigation Update	HTML
May 2008	California Supreme Court Declines to Impose a Fiduciary Duty and Award Punitive Damages in Connection With a Contractual Dispute	Commercial Litigation Case Update	HTML
April 2008	California Court of Appeal Requires Plaintiff to Show That His Alleged Injury was Caused by the Defendant's Allegedly Wrongful Conduct In Order to Recover Under California's Unfair Competition and False Advertising Laws	Commercial Litigation Bulletin	HTML
Mar 2008	The U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Expand the Role of the Judicary in Reviewing Arbitration Awards Under Federal Law	Commercial Litigation Update	HTML
Mar 2008	Manufacturing Export Goods in China	Intellectual Property Update	HTML
Mar 2008	Richard Grosset v. Eric Wenaas, et al. California Supreme Court Adopts Majority Rule That A Plaintiff In A Derivative Suit Must Maintain Conintuous Stock Ownership Throughout The Pendency Of The Litigation	Securities Exchange Litigation	HTML
Feb 2008	Laurie Axford on the London Agreement to Reduce Translation Costs for Validating Granted European Patents	LexisNexis Expert Commentaries	PDF*
Jan 2008	Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., et. al. Parties Who Have "Aided and Abetted" a Public Corporation's Securities Fraud Violation, but Have Made no Public Misstatements or Violated a Duty to Disclose, Cannot be Directly Liable for Securities Fraud under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.	Securities Litigation Update	HTML
Jan 2008	Copyright Protection for "Useful Articles"	Intellectual Property Article	PDF*
Dec 2007	David Heckadon on the Difference Between US and Canadian Patent Prosecution	LexisNexis Expert Commentaries	PDF*
Oct 2007	Securities Case Before the Supreme Court Could Expand Securities Fraud Liability for Secondary Actors	Commercial Litigation Update	HTML
Oct 2007	Patent Office "Gets Tough" with its New Rules on Claims and Continuation Applications	Intellectual Property Update	HTML
Sept 2007	House Passes Patent Reform Bill	Intellectual Property Update	HTML
July 2007	Commercial Litigation - Case Update	Case Update	HTML
June 2007	Getting Your Patent Quickly Through "Accelerated Examination"	Intellectual Property Update	HTML
June 2007	New Standards for Obviousness? Analysis and Implications of the Supreme Court's Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc.	Intellectual Property Update	HTML
Feb 2007	Recent Trends In Federal Securities Fraud Class Action Litigation	Article	HTML
Dec 2006	Foreign LLCs with California Managing Members Risk Taxation in California	Speaking of Business	HTML
July 2006	"Inquiry Notice" Sufficient to Trigger the Statute of Limitations Under California Securities Law	Securities Litigation Update	HTML
June 2006	Recent California Legislative and Case Law Developments	Business Transactions Update	HTML
May 2006	U.S. Supreme Court Rules Tests For Injunctive Relief In Patent Infringement Must Be Applied on Case-by-Case Basis	Intellectual Property Update	HTML
April 2006	Protecting Your Business With A Buy-Sell Agreement	Business Transactions Update	HTML
Mar 2006	What Is Your Company's Records Retention Policy? What Do You Mean You Don't Have One??	Speaking of Business Newsletter	PDF*
Feb 2006	The Class Action Fairness Act Turns One First Year Is Marked By Battles To Apply and Avoid The Act	Business Litigation Update	HTML
Feb 2006	The "New and Improved" Ordinary Course Of Business Defense - The Most Common Defense to a Bankruptcy Preference Action	Bankruptcy Update	HTML
Dec 2005	Corporate Merger Defeats Shareholder's Derivative Suit	Securities Litigation Update	HTML
Nov 2005	Franchise Agreements Viewed Unconscionable; Decision Allows For Classwide Arbitration	Business Litigation Update	HTML
Oct 2005	Special Issues In Licensing Life Science Technologies	IAM magazine ‘Licensing in the Boardroom 2005’	PDF*
Oct 2005	Doing Business in the Middle East: A Primer for U.S. Companies	Cornell International Law Journal Vol. 38	PDF*
Sept 2005	The California Court of Appeal Provides Guidance Concerning the "Reasonable Particularity" Requirement of Code of Civil Procedure Section 2019.210 And Broadens The Stay of Discovery In A Trade Secret Case.	IP Case Bulletin	HTML
Summer 2005	Have Unfair Competition Claims Become "federalized" after Proposition 64 and the Class Action Fairness Act?	The Journal of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the State Bar of California, Vol. 14, No. 1	PDF*
Nov 2004	Federal Junk Fax Law Prohibits Sending Unsolicited Ads To Fax Machines	Business Litigation Update	PDF*
Sept 2004	Speaking of Business	Newsletter	HTML
June 2004	Safe Harbor Protection For Officer Statements	Business Litigation Update	PDF*
April 2004	When and How to Search Trademarks and How to Interpret Search Results	Article	HTML
Jan-March 2004	New Form 8-K Disclosure Rules Under Sarbanes-Oxley	Business Transactions Newsletter	PDF*
April 2003	The Madrid Protocol: A New Tool For International Trademark Protection	Intellectual Property Newsletter	PDF*
March 2003	U.S. And Mexican Cross-Border Business Transactions: A Primer For Understanding Legal And Cultural Differences - The Bridge For Business	Business Transactions Newsletter	PDF*
July 2002	Ninth Circuit Stricly Enforces Heightened Pleading requirement For Private Securities Litigation Cases	Corporate & Securities Newsletter	PDF*
March 2002	Distinguishing Your Business And Products Through Trademarks	Intellectual Property Newsletter	PDF*
Dec 1995	Foreign Patent Considerations	Article	PDF*
Oct 1995	Requirements for Patentability of Inventions	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	Copyright Protection of Literary Artistic and Software Works	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Disclosure Document Program	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	Establishing U.S. Trademarks and Service Marks	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	Intellectual Property Litigation Basics	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	Prior Art Technology Searches	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	Registering and Protecting Trademarks Overseas	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	Trade Secrets-Establishment and Maintenance	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	U.S. Patent Application Procedures	Article	PDF*
Dec 1994	Utility Design and Plant Patents	Article	PDF*
Nov 1994	Trademark and Service Mark Searches	Article	PDF*
	U.S. Provisional Application Procedures	Article	PDF*