March 30, 2017

SILICON VALLEY—Former Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) judges Peter Chen and Scott Kamholz have joined Covington’s Patent Office Trials Practice. Mr. Chen and Dr. Kamholz are the only former PTAB judges to enter private practice who have overseen Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) trial proceedings from institution through final decision. Peter ...

March 30, 2017, Law360

Andrea Reister, Peter Chen, and Scott Kamholz are quoted in a Law360 article regarding the recent additions to the firm’s Patent Office Trials Practice Group. According to Reister, “We are thrilled to add Peter and Scott to our team as we expect the demand for Patent Office trials to continue to grow in the coming years. Their experience in the high-tech and ...

March 29, 2017, The Wall Street Journal

Ian Hargreaves is quoted in The Wall Street Journal’s “Morning Risk Report” regarding the UK Ministry of Justice’s consultation on whether to create new legislation to cover failure to prevent economic crime. According to Hargreaves, “To be required to introduce further systems and controls covering a wide ranging area of economic or financial crime, in addition ...

March 29, 2017, CNBC

Sebastian Vos discusses the Brexit negotiation process in this interview with CNBC. 

March 29, 2017, Commercial Dispute Resolution

Ian Hargreaves is quoted in a Commercial Dispute Resolution article regarding the UK Serious Fraud Office’s deferred prosecution agreement with Tesco PLC for false accounting practices. According to Hargreaves, the FCA compensation scheme is of particular interest. “Although we are not privy to the details of the compensation package offered to shareholders and ...

March 29, 2017, Global Competition Review

Elaine Whiteford was a panelist at GCR Live Cartels and is quoted by Global Competition Review in an article regarding ways in which EU member state judges could avoid provisions in the EU’s Damages Directive. Whiteford said European Commission and EU member state enforcers’ decisions being binding on courts is a phrase that “trips very easily off the tongue – ...

March 28, 2017, mLex

Deborah Garza is quoted in an mLex article regarding the appointment of Makan Delrahim to head the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. Commenting on Delrahim’s interest in the nexus between intellectual property and antitrust law, Garza predicts there may be a “rebalancing” related to intellectual property rights and antitrust with Delrahim and FTC acting ...

March 28, 2017, Law360

Ian Hargreaves is quoted in a Law360 article regarding the UK Serious Fraud Office’s $161 million deferred prosecution agreement with Tesco PLC for skewing the prices of its shares and bonds with false accounting. “The arrangement with the [Financial Conduct Authority] is of particular interest,” says Hargreaves. “Although we are not privy to the details of the ...

March 27, 2017, Law360

Deborah Garza is quoted in a Law360 article regarding the appointment of Makan Delrahim to head the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. Given President Trump’s comments on the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner, there is some concern about caving to White House pressure. However, according to Garza, it wouldn't be the first time the division had ...