Money Services Business (MSB) Requirements and Registration
Although few businesses intend to get into the sector of offering financial and money services to their customers, it easier than you may think to find yourself under the regulation of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”). The definition of a Money Services Business (“MSB”) is rather broad, and encompasses a number of consumer-facing offerings that many businesses are likely interested in offering. But along with these service offerings come some strict regulations, and no shortage o
Intellectual Property law update: Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC - th
IP law update: In 2011, the method for challenging the validity of patents was transformed with the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”). Called Inter Partes Review (“IPR”), it allows the Patent and Trademark Office to essentially take second looks at previously granted patents. This new approach hoped to reduce the amount of cases going to federal court while making the whole procedure faster and less costly with specialist judges at the PTO taking over the job traditiona
