Legal Update: Fall 2012
September 1, 2012
In this issue: Employee Benefits: Forum selection challenged by recent litigation and Department of Labor efforts; Immigration: Sponsoring employees for immigrant visas: A crucial tool for retaining talented foreign national employees; Energy and Bankruptcy: Renewable energy–How to survive the storm clouds?; Energy: Major developments in the oil and gas law with court decision regarding Act 13 of 2012; Employee Benefits: Beyond I Do: the Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex marriage and employee benefits: Intellectual Property: Functionality as a bar to registration: Recent cases before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; Latin America and Immigration: Significant changes in E visa processing in Mexico; Firm News.
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