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

On April 10, WilmerHale was recognized by the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) for its work in the area of immigrant rights. The firm and other honorees were recognized at the IDP's 20th Anniversary Gala in New York City.

2018-04-18T00:00:00-04:002018-04-19T20:00:05Z

President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate WilmerHale Partner Dan Berkovitz to be a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, for the remainder of a five year term that expires April 13, 2023.

2018-04-17T00:00:00-04:002018-04-17T19:54:12Z

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

Paul Architzel, co-chair of WilmerHale's Futures and Derivatives Group, was interviewed by Bloomberg Law regarding the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposed plans for oversight of cryptocurrency technologies.

2018-04-17T00:00:00-04:002018-04-17T19:43:42Z

WilmerHale, one of Boston's premier law firms, held its biennial morning Career Day for Cathedral High School students on April 10. 

2018-04-17T00:00:00-04:002018-04-17T20:32:36Z

Gary Born, chair of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr's International Arbitration Group, will receive the 2018 “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession Award” at a Chambers awards ceremony on April 20 in Madrid. 

2018-04-16T00:00:00-04:002018-04-16T14:48:44Z

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

A blog post by Leila Gaafar, published on the WilmerHale W.I.R.E. UK blog.2018-04-24T00:00:00-04:002018-04-24T18:59:08ZLeila Gaafarhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/leila_gaafar/leila.gaafar@wilmerhale.com

For the ninth time, WilmerHale has been named among the Top Ten Family Friendly Firms by the Yale Law Women at Yale Law School, an organization aimed at helping women progress in the legal field.

2018-04-20T00:00:00-04:002018-04-20T14:30:26Z

Real Estate partner Paul Meyer (Chicago) is mentioned in this article recognizing the 1515 Broadway deal as one of the best deals of 2017.

Mayer Brown announced today that three Intellectual Property partners – Gabriela Kennedy (Hong Kong), Lisa Ferri and Colleen Tracy James (both New York) – have been recognized in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2018 “IP Stars - Top 250 Women in IP,” a list of leading women intellectual property lawyers globally.

Professor Maxi Scherer, London-based special counsel and member of WilmerHale's International Arbitration Group, has received the Global Arbitration Review's award for best lecture or speech for her keynote at the Vienna Arbitration Days. 

2018-04-16T00:00:00-04:002018-04-17T18:15:23Z

Benjamin Powell—a Washington-based partner and co-chair of WilmerHale's cybersecurity, privacy and communications practice—has once again been named by Cybersecurity Docket as one of the 30 best and brightest data breach response lawyers in the world.

2018-04-19T00:00:00-04:002018-04-19T18:31:35Z

Bylined article from London Banking & Finance partner Bernd Bohr on the increasing convergence between traditional real estate finance, leveraged finance and debt capital market products, as expressed in the form of high-yield bond offerings.

This piece was published in the May edition (Volume 12, Number 5) of Institutional Real Estate Europe.

The beginning of 2018 has offered signs of a renewed push to expand development of offshore wind generation along the US Atlantic coast. This client alert was also published by Law360.

2018-04-19T00:00:00-04:002018-04-26T19:46:14ZRaya B. Treiserhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/raya_treiser/raya.treiser@wilmerhale.comH. David Goldhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_gold/david.gold@wilmerhale.comNathaniel B. Custerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/nathaniel_custer/nathaniel.custer@wilmerhale.com