Nantero Inc., a nanotechnology company developing next generation memory using carbon nanotubes, announced that it has expanded product development with a wide range of new and existing customers. 

2018-05-08T00:00:00-04:002018-05-08T19:49:34Z

Soft Robotics Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company that designs and manufactures robotic grippers capable of manipulating a wide variety of items without the help of computer vision, has announced the closing of a $20M fundraising round. 

2018-05-08T00:00:00-04:002018-05-08T18:44:05Z

Summaries of and links to recent precedential and informative opinions.

2018-05-07T00:00:00-04:002018-05-14T16:44:37Z

WilmerHale has been named to the shortlist of law firms being considered for The American Lawyer's 2018 Transatlantic Legal Awards for Antitrust Team of the Year and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year. 

2018-05-07T00:00:00-04:002018-05-08T15:52:06Z

Negotiations to reshape the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) among the United States, Canada and Mexico have recently intensified as various factors—upcoming elections in Mexico in July and in the United States in November; the prospects of a trade showdown between the United States and China—have the three nations pushing to reach an agreement in principle in the coming weeks (although talks are presently on hold until May 7).

2018-05-03T00:00:00-04:002018-05-03T19:52:01ZRachael D. Kenthttps://www.wilmerhale.com/rachael_kent/rachael.kent@wilmerhale.comNaboth van den Broekhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/naboth_vandenbroek/naboth.vandenbroek@wilmerhale.comRachel Jacobsonhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/rachel_jacobson/rachel.jacobson@wilmerhale.comDanielle Morrishttps://www.wilmerhale.com/danielle_morris/danielle.morris@wilmerhale.comNathaniel B. Custerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/nathaniel_custer/nathaniel.custer@wilmerhale.com

Casa Systems, Inc.—a provider of software-centric solutions for next-generation distributed and virtualized architectures in cable operator, fixed telecom and wireless networks—announced the pricing of its follow-on public offering of 7,350,000 shares of common stock. 

2018-05-03T00:00:00-04:002018-05-07T14:08:13Z

Chambers and Partners announced its rankings for the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, with WilmerHale listed among the nation's best in 50 practice area categories. Chambers also ranked 95 WilmerHale lawyers as leaders in their respective fields.

2018-05-03T00:00:00-04:002018-05-03T17:04:17Z

WilmerHale has been shortlisted for the 2018 Chambers USA Awards for international trade, privacy and data security, and securities and financial services regulation. 

2018-05-02T00:00:00-04:002018-05-02T17:52:57Z

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) is producing a series of “Perspectives” throughout 2018 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the formal inauguration of “The City of London Chamber of Arbitration,” which evolved into the LCIA.

2018-05-02T00:00:00-04:002018-05-02T19:12:16Z

The International Financial Law Review has named WilmerHale to its shortlist of nominees for its 2018 Deals of the Year Award.2018-05-02T00:00:00-04:002018-05-03T14:31:36Z

Timothy Silva and Seth Davis summarize the main points of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations 2018 examination priorities in this article published in the May issue of The Investment Lawyer.

2018-05-01T00:00:00-04:002018-05-01T17:35:48ZTimothy F. Silvahttps://www.wilmerhale.com/timothy_silva/timothy.silva@wilmerhale.comSeth Davishttps://www.wilmerhale.com/seth_davis/seth.davis@wilmerhale.com

In the case of initial coin offerings (ICOs), the law is laid down by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Over the past few months, this agency has been ramping up its warnings about ICOs that fail to comply with US securities laws. Read this article published by Bloomberg Law's Securities Regulation & Law Report, written by Jennifer Zepralka and Glenn Luinenburg.

2018-05-01T00:00:00-04:002018-05-02T20:32:15ZGlenn Luinenburghttps://www.wilmerhale.com/glenn_luinenburg/glenn.luinenburg@wilmerhale.comJennifer A. Zepralkahttps://www.wilmerhale.com/jennifer_zepralka/jennifer.zepralka@wilmerhale.com

On April 20, Caroline Coates and Todd Willis represented the firm at Maya Angelou Public Charter School's Partners and Funders Appreciation Breakfast in Washington DC. The event celebrated community partners who support the school's focus on academic achievement, social and emotional support, and career and college preparation for area students.

2018-04-30T00:00:00-04:002018-04-30T19:47:44Z

On April 24, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settled enforcement proceeding against Altaba Inc. (formerly known as Yahoo! Inc.) arising out of data breaches suffered by Yahoo in 2014, 2015 and 2016. 2018-04-27T00:00:00-04:002018-04-27T19:05:21ZMeredith B. Crosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/meredith_cross/meredith.cross@wilmerhale.comDaniel F. Schuberthttps://www.wilmerhale.com/daniel_schubert/daniel.schubert@wilmerhale.comBenjamin A. Powellhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/benjamin_powell/benjamin.powell@wilmerhale.comAlexander H. Charaphttps://www.wilmerhale.com/alexander_charap/alexander.charap@wilmerhale.com

On Thursday, April 26, the UK Government announced that it had ratified the UPC Agreement.  For the UPC and the EU unitary patent to commence, at least thirteen countries, including the UK, France and Germany, must have ratified the UPC Agreement. 

2018-04-27T00:00:00-04:002018-04-27T14:31:05ZTrevor Cookhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/trevor_cook/trevor.cook@wilmerhale.comMatthew Shade, PhDhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/matthew_shade/matthew.shade@wilmerhale.comAnthony Trentonhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/anthony_trenton/anthony.trenton@wilmerhale.comJustin Watts, PhDhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/justin_watts/justin.watts@wilmerhale.com

China has issued a new regulation which imposes potentially severe restrictions on the export of scientific data while at the same time calling for wider access to such data within the country.

2018-04-26T00:00:00-04:002018-04-27T13:50:07ZLester Rosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/lester_ross/lester.ross@wilmerhale.comKenneth Zhouhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/kenneth_zhou/kenneth.zhou@wilmerhale.comTao Xuhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/tao_xu/tao.xu@wilmerhale.com

Infrastructure needs are significant across the country, but it would be hard to find any locality or region where the needs are higher than in Indian Country. In recent years, both Congress and the Administration have taken steps to increase available funding for infrastructure servicing tribes. 

2018-04-26T00:00:00-04:002018-04-26T18:32:45ZMichael Connorhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/michael_connor/michael.connor@wilmerhale.com Raya B. Treiserhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/raya_treiser/raya.treiser@wilmerhale.com

In this Law360 article, David Rundle analyzes the Financial Conduct Authority's performance since its creation five years ago, and identifies some principal challenges it may face over the next five years.

2018-04-25T00:00:00-04:002018-04-25T19:17:38ZDavid Rundlehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_rundle/david.rundle@wilmerhale.com

A blog post by David Rundle, published on the WilmerHale W.I.R.E. UK blog.

2018-04-25T00:00:00-04:002018-04-25T14:58:16ZDavid Rundlehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_rundle/david.rundle@wilmerhale.com

The Supreme Court today decided two important cases involving patent rights and inter partes review at the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Both cases affirm the importance of Post-Grant Proceedings as a part of an Intellectual Property strategy and may portend changes to the processes at the PTO.

2018-04-24T00:00:00-04:002018-04-25T22:03:27ZDonald R. Steinberghttps://www.wilmerhale.com/don_steinberg/don.steinberg@wilmerhale.comDavid L. Cavanaughhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/David_Cavanaugh/david.cavanaugh@wilmerhale.comWilliam C. Kinderhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/will_kinder/will.kinder@wilmerhale.comDavid Yinhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_yin/david.yin@wilmerhale.com