Subject: Skadden Insights: Global IP Strategies/Troubling Signs for Class Action Defendants/IRS Large Business Initiatives/New Partners Named
From: "Skadden, Arps et al." <[email-masked]>
To: "Biden, R. Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 May 2014 17:40:00 -0400

Skadden Insights 
 
 4.30.14 / Click on a headline below to read more: 

 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
 
IP and Global Business Strategies: Observations
From the High-Tech Sector
Encouraged by a combination of factors, particularly pressure on public companies to create value and increased convergence within the industry, strategic uses of intellectual property increasingly are top of mind among U.S., European and Asian companies in high-technology, Internet and other IP-rich sectors. Making IP a key focus of a global business strategy presents some challenges, but the potential benefits may position companies to take advantage of competitive opportunities. 
 
LITIGATION 
 
US Courts of Appeal Are Less Receptive to Reviewing Class Certification Rulings
Skadden recently conducted a study on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform regarding acceptance rates for Rule 23(f) petitions appealing class certification rulings in federal courts. The study has confirmed what practitioners have suspected: Obtaining interlocutory appeal of class certification rulings is getting harder, particularly in certain circuits. 
 
TAX 
 
IRS Large Business and International Division Increasingly Looks to Chief Counsel's Office
to Advance Initiatives 
Tasked with administering tax law to companies and individuals with assets greater than $10 million, the IRS Large Business and International Division has sought to better leverage its limited resources through new initiatives focused on financial institutions, high-wealth individuals, corporate whistleblowers and tax shelter abuse. To help execute its projects, the LB&I increasingly has relied on the expertise of the attorneys in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. Companies and individuals subject to LB&I regulations need to better understand both how these initiatives may affect their tax decisions and the role that the Chief Counsel’s office plays in LB&I examinations. 

 
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