August 10, 2011 at 11:45AM-1:00PM @ K&L Gates, 630 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 On August 10, Rimon’s Yaacov Silberman will present a CLE class to members and guests of the Palo Alto Bar Association on the legal ethics of cloud computing. This seminar explores the legal ethics of relying on cloud technologies for interfacing with…

Tysons Corner, VA – August 3, 2011 – Rimon P.C., an international corporate law firm, announced today that Phillip Quatrini will launch a Rimon office in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and will join the firm’s start-up and technology practice groups. For more than 15 years, Quatrini practiced with the Washington, D.C. office of Bryan Cave, where…

When Dodd-Frank was signed into law on July 21, 2010, it was the just the beginning of a very long process.  The Act came in at over 2,000 pages, but left the majority of the work – roughly 400 rules or studies – to 30 different federal agencies. Only 49 of the mandated rules have…

This blog originally appeared on the Wiliam Galkin’s Law Blog. It’s no secret that piracy of music and movies over the Internet is rampant and costs industry billions of dollars annually. Most people involved in this activity are not hardened criminals, and if asked, will probably admit that it is a technical violation of the law,…

A business is defined by what it sells. A fairly obvious proposition, one would think. Well, then, what is it that law firms sell? The obvious answer should be solutions to legal problems. But, too many law firms are not in the business of selling those services, they are oddly in the business of selling…

July 16 has Arrived… And the world hasn’t ended. More importantly, the financial sector hasn’t gone into a state of meltdown.  While we will continue to watch as rules are debated, agency heads speak before Congress, and press releases are circulated, it is important to note that the implications of Dodd-Frank’s July 16 deadline had…

On May 12, 2011, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy introduced the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PROTECT IP Act) to the Senate Judiciary Committee.  The bill is a revised version of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), which was unsuccessful a year ago. The…

Japan’s Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (FIEL) Japan’s corollary to Title VII of Dodd-Frank is the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (FIEL), which went into effect in 2008.  While the laws are similar, they are by no means identical. The Japanese law remains silent on topics that Dodd-Frank addresses thoroughly. Most notable among these topics…

Swaps Experts Say Market Will Grow; Others Differ in Opinion As the swaps market braces for Dodd-Frank impact, firms and investors differ on the anticipated changes in the newly regulated market. Citigroup, Inc. recently released a white paper predicting that interest rate and credit default swaps will grow more than 10% by 2013 as trading…

ISDA Calls for Coordination Amongst Global Regulators The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) recently announced their position that Global regulators need to first coordinate new rules for trade repositories before drafting more complex derivatives rules. The ISDA feels that G20 agreed upon reforms must be enacted prior to other rules so that there is…