Paris and New York (PRWEB) March 11, 2014 Paris and New York PR Firms Collaborate to Serve Media Clients with International Communications Needs. Paris-based IDENIUM, a public relations firm serving clients in the advertising, entertainment and media industry, announced today a new partnership agreement with New York-based OpenCommunications Omnimedia, a PR and digital content-creation company likewise specialized in the digital advertising and media field. As part of the agreement, OpenCommunications will be the official representative of IDENIUM in the United States...

On March 5, 2014, the United States Supreme Court decided BG Group, PLC v. Republic of Argentina, the first case in which the Court addressed an international investment treaty arbitration (a case between a private investor and a sovereign nation). In a 7-2 decision, the Court reversed a prior decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and reinstated a $185.3 million award against Argentina. The Court held that the D.C. Circuit was not entitled...

In the late 1980s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began publicly suggesting that electronic medical records were within its jurisdiction. A lot has changed in 20+ years. The proliferation of mobile computing platforms and the applications they run has exploded. Health care providers have access to technology that was the stuff of science fiction in 1989, and health care consumers can track their own health status and records with the swipe of a finger. On September 25, 2013, the...

The percentage of loans paying off on their balloon date was 68.8% in February. This was the third straight month in which the rate declined. The payoff rate was 71.3% in January, 76.5% in December, and 81.3% in November. The latter was the highest rate in the last five years. (Trepp began measuring this statistic in August 2008.) The February payoff percentage is the same as the 12-month moving average of 68.8%. This number sums the averages of each...

Pepper Hamilton Attorney, Steven London, will discuss the outlook for venture funding in 2014 in a podcast based on his experience in the marketplace and specifically what he heard at the Summit. Mr. London led Pepper’s charge at the 2013 New England Venture Summit, moderating a couple of panels and meeting with many venture capitalists and companies looking for funding from around the country. The podcast will also cover his number one tip for companies looking for dollars; the best way...

If you are not already running the $194.2 million 909 Third Avenue loan to payoff at first open, you probably should, especially if you're looking at the A-4 class. According to a report in Friday's Commercial Mortgage Alert, Ladder Capital has been tabbed to refinance the loan. According to the article, it will most likely be securitized as a stand-alone, fixed rate deal over the next few weeks. The loan's open period is longer than many: it is slated to mature in April 2015 but can...

On January 1, 2014, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (the New Act) replaced California’s Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act (Beverly-Killea), which was adopted in 1994. The New Act is intended to bring California’s laws more in line with the laws of other states while also clarifying certain issues that existed under Beverly-Killea. Existing and future California LLCs are subject to the New Act. Thus, it is important that operating agreements drafted prior to 2014 be reviewed, and...

Laboratory coats which can change color and warn people of poisonous gases, bandaging materials which show that the patient has an infection and bath gloves which detect chemical additives in bathwater are potential examples of intelligent textiles which can show dangers in different colors, and thus contribute to achieving greater occupational safety. The dyes were researched and produced by Joanneum Research in Weiz, according to a report published by the Austrian Press Agency. Sensor textiles as a warning signal. A sensor...