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The SEC Remains Focused On Pension Funds And Pay-To-Play
On May 9, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") charged former Detroit mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, former city treasurer Jeffrey W. Beasley, MayfieldGentry Realty Advisors, LLC ("MGRA") a registered investment adviser, and Mayfield the CEO and majority owner of MGRA, in connection with allegations that they were involved in a secret exchange of lavish gifts to peddle influence over Detroit’s public pension funds’ investment process.
United States Litigation
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Venable LLP
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Supreme Court's Cornell Decision Sets Low Pleading Bar For ERISA Claims
In a decision poised to change the landscape of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") litigation, on April 17, 2025, the Supreme Court held in Cunningham et al. v. Cornell University et al. that a claimant alleging that a fiduciary engaged in an interested-party transaction under Section 406 of ERISA is not required to plead that statutory exemptions are inapplicable.
United States Employment
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A&O Shearman
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Defining Words Appearing In Construction Of A Claim Term, Not The Claim Term Itself, Also Requires Following The Intrinsic Evidence
In Advanced Fiber Technologies (AFT) Trust v. J&L Fiber Services, Inc., No. 11-1243 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2012), the Federal Circuit revised the district court’s construction of a term appearing only in the court’s construction of a claim term, and therefore vacated SJ of noninfringement.
United States IP
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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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