By Art MacCord Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 38 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Please see below for the most recent updates. Extension of the Extended Missing […]
By Justin M. Mann An early focus of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the new leadership of FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has been regenerative medicines, which “hold significant promise for transformative and potentially curative treatments for some of humanity’s most troubling and intractable maladies.” One of the areas of regenerative medicine […]
By Kemal Su Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a high level banker at the Turkish state-controlled Halkbank, was convicted on January 3, 2018 of helping Iran circumvent international sanctions and gain access to billions in restricted petrodollar funds.[1] Throughout the trial, witnesses described a conspiracy to avoid U.S.-imposed Iranian sanctions that was allegedly supported by the highest levels […]
By Amber Nimocks When summoning the confidence to impress a judge or woo a jury, young attorney Lex-Jordan Ibegbu relies on his years as a rapper growing up in Southeast Raleigh, where he spent much of his time writing rhymes and speaking his truth to crowds big and small. “Rapping has given me a certain […]
By Keith A. Wood This is the first of two installments of this article. I. Audit Statistics; What Are Your Chances of Being Audited? The 2016 Internal Revenue Service Data Book (IR-2017-69) contains audit statistics for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. Here are the audit statistics for returns filed for calendar year 2015 […]
By Keith A. Wood This is the first of two installments of this article. Read the second installment here. I. Audit Statistics; What Are Your Chances of Being Audited? The 2016 Internal Revenue Service Data Book (IR-2017-69) contains audit statistics for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. Here are the audit statistics for returns […]
West Legal Ed’s Federal Publications Seminars will host a free one-hour briefing on legislative and policy developments relating to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS reviews proposed foreign investment in U.S. companies for potential national security concerns. U.S. companies that serve the federal government must stay abreast of how the […]
By Jason Walters Welcome to the new YLD Blog! We hope that this Blog will provide insight and information into all the great work that is being accomplished by our volunteer attorneys. We plan to use the YLD Blog to provide substantive practice pointers, tips on well-being, information on YLD events and projects and updates […]
By Fred Moreno Just before the holidays, the N.C. Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Tillett v. Town of Kill Devil Hills (17-433). The case involved a former judge who brought suit under The North Carolina Public Records Act to compel the Town of Kill Devil Hills to produce requested documents. The appellate court […]
Join top business lawyers and international law practitioners in Pinehurst for two days of North Carolina Bar Association CLE and networking. Thursday kicks off at 8 a.m. with a three-hour ethics medley video replay, followed by the 2018 Business Law Institute, planned by the NCBA Business Law Section, in the afternoon. On Friday, the 2018 […]