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Fees
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PTABWatch
Patent Office Proposes to Increase AIA Trial Fees
In the October 3, 2016, Federal Register, the Patent Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking to adjust various fees the Office charges for its services, including 18% to 56%…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
IOSCO Publishes Good Practice Guidelines on Fees and Expenses of Collective Investment Schemes
By Neil Robson, David A. Brennand
On August 25, the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a final report (Report) on good practices for fees and expenses of collective investment schemes (CISs).…
Real Estate Legal Update
That Sinking Feeling
By Jamie Garside, Shelly Hayes
Structuring the ownership of mixed use buildings requires care both initially and then during the management of the building. In a recent case, an investor in the residential parts of…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC Settles With Adviser That Allegedly Overcharged Management Fees and Misled Investors
By Richard D. Marshall, Sarah R. Adams
On January 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had settled with Equinox Fund Management LLC (Equinox). The SEC order found that Equinox, with respect to its managed…
The Capital Commitment
SEC Staff Announces 2016 OCIE Examination Priorities
By Timothy W. Mungovan, William D. Dalsen
On January 11, 2016, the staff of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its annual announcement on examination priorities in…
Legal Profession Blog
If I Had the Money…
An attorney who had accepted a fee just prior to imposition of a 181-day suspension got 60 days added to the sanction by the Kentucky Supreme Court.The attorney was retained…
ContractsProf Blog
Guest Comment on Telephone Fees Assessed Inmates
We received the following great comment from Professor Neil Sobol of Texas A&M. Instead of simply letting it sit in the Comments field, I thought I would post it directly…
Banking, Finance and Securities
The PRA Rulebook: Fees – CP40/15
The PRA has published Consultation Paper 40/15: The PRA Rulebook: Fees (CP40/15). In CP40/15 the PRA sets out proposals to redraft the FEES module of its Handbook to conform to…
Death Care Compliance Law
Preneed Trust Shortages: Investment Management Fees
By Bill Stalter
One strength of the state association master trust is that it can provide the ‘critical mass’ required for economies of scale to reduce trust management costs. As the state master…
Keeping It Real Estate
It’s no holiday for service charges
The Supreme Court has upheld the general rule that irrespective of how imprudent a term in a lease may be, the courts will be very reluctant to reject it, because…