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Bingham IP Co-Leader Discusses Supreme Court’s Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in In re Bilski did not provide a bright-line test on whether a business method is patentable, but the ruling should provide some comfort to owners of those types of patents. Scott Bluni, co-leader of Bingham’s Intellectual Property Group, discusses the ruling and the impact it may have on business-method patents in a variety of industries..
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Bingham has expanded its recognized Energy and Project Finance Group, adding Joel Moser, former co-chair of Fulbright & Jaworski’s Global Infrastructure Group, as a partner in its New York office. A leader in the emerging infrastructure investment industry, Moser focuses his practice on infrastructure investment, finance and public private partnerships. He has helped develop investment strategies for new asset classes and first-time market participants in the United States and around the world..
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The Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform bill would effect a complete overhaul of key aspects of U.S. financial regulation, covering areas that include systemic risk, banking, broker-dealers, private fund managers, derivatives and asset-backed securities. Bingham lawyers have prepared a summary of the bill, which recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and faces an expected mid-July vote in the Senate..
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Bingham has launched a German practice, expanding its market-leading financial restructuring and financial services practices to continental Europe. The German practice will be headed by German-qualified partner Jan D. Bayer (pictured), who joins Bingham from Broich Bezzenberger, a leading independent German law firm where he was a partner focusing on debt and equity special situations and financial restructuring. Bayer will be responsible for building Bingham’s German team and formally opening an office in Frankfurt later this year..
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Bingham has expanded its leading Investment Management Group to Hong Kong with the addition of Anne-Marie Godfrey as partner. “Anne-Marie will add significant value to our U.S. fund clients with ties to Asia,” said Roger Joseph, head of Bingham’s Investment Management Group and co-leader of the Financial Services Area. “Her arrival underscores the critical role Asia plays in Bingham’s growth strategy in advising clients on global and complex issues.”.