Outsourcing Law & Business Journal™ – October 2011
October 21, 2011 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
OUTSOURCING LAW & BUSINESS JOURNAL™ : Strategies and rules for adding value and improving legal and regulation compliance through business process management techniques in strategic alliances, joint ventures, shared services and cost-effective, durable and flexible sourcing of services. www.outsourcing-law.com. Visit our blog at http://blog.outsourcing-law.com. Insights by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. Editor. www.biercekenerson.com. Vol. 11, No. 8, […]
Impact of “America Invents” Patent Law on Global Sourcing
October 20, 2011 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
On September 16, 2011, President Barack Obama signed the Leahy-Smith “America Invents Act,” H.R. 1249, 112th Cong., 1st Sess. The first major patent reform since 1952, this law restructures the processes for obtaining and maintaining the validity of U.S. patents. Given the troubles with certain business method patents, particularly those used in software for financial […]
Federalizing Data Security Breach Rules
October 20, 2011 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
Virtually all U.S. states have adopted “data security breach notification” laws to alert individuals and local governmental officials of possible identity theft. In California, victims of such breaches can sue for damages. On September 22, 2011, Senator Richard Blumenthal (Democrat, Connecticut) introduced a draft federal law on data protection: Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability […]