August 10, 2013 (San Francisco, CA) – Rimon, PC is pleased to announce it was selected as the 2013 California Business Transactions Law Firm of the Year in the Global Law Experts Practice Area Awards. The firm was selected for this honor by an awards panel that evaluated more than 35,000 responses from companies, in-house…

(Seattle, Washington) July 17, 2013 — CardXX, Inc. (Symbol CXCQ) has sued Dynamics Inc. and other Defendants for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for Seattle. The lawsuit, filed earlier this month, alleges that Defendants infringe several claims from two of CardXX’s patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,012,809 and 8,324,021) covering advanced smart card technology…

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published its final rules eliminating the prohibition against “general solicitation”. It created a new section to Rule 506, Rule 506(c) which provides that an exemption from the registration requirements is available even if an issuer uses general solicitation so long as all “purchasers” are “accredited investors”. The SEC has…

(Palo Alto) July 2, 2013 – Rimon, P.C. welcomes a new trust and estates group, headed by Scott Ross, who has nearly two decades of experience handling highly-complex trust and estates issues, to its Palo Alto office. The group joins Rimon from Beck Ross Bismonte Finley LLP, where Mr. Ross was a name partner. Mr. Ross’s group specializes…

Robin Powers provides guidance in Markets Media‘s June 21st article entitled “The Cost of Central Clearing”. Robin states, “The buy side have made it through the first deadline, i.e., the beginning of central clearing, but as products become more clearable there will be additional networking, technology and operations requirements. The most challenging aspect is the different regulatory…

Wade Savoy’s article titled “Supreme Court Frees Retailers to Import Goods Without Permission of Copyright Owners” is featured in Chain Store Age. In particular, Wade discusses the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that copyright owners cannot stop the importation of goods lawfully made and sold in foreign markets, freeing retailers to import lower-cost goods without facing expensive copyright…

(San Diego) June 5, 2013 – Rimon, P.C. has added international transactions attorney Juan E. Zúñiga, who has worked on cross-border deals throughout Latin America and in over 60 countries, as a partner in the firm’s new San Diego office. Mr. Zúñiga is joined by his associate, Angela Gonzales. In five years, Rimon has broadened its…

The United States Senate has passed a bill that will require remote retailers (including those in foreign countries) to collect sales and use taxes across the United States.[1]  The bill has the “strong support” of the White House, as well as the backing of the states, America’s largest retailers and a variety of trade organizations. …

The American Bar Association Journal extensively quotes Rimon Partner John Isaza on the legal need for law firms to set an up-to-date records retention schedule. That schedule needs to: Define what your organization calls a record. Apply a robust records retention policy only to what your organization deems to be a record. Set a time…

Palo Alto, CA (February 1, 2012) Expanding its team of top attorneys representing emerging growth companies in the tech sector, Rimon, P.C. has added noted corporate attorney and entrepreneur Frank Vargas as a partner in its Palo Alto office. Mr. Vargas joins Rimon from the firm Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, where he served…