Jones Day Talks

Depuis une quinzaine d’années, des centaines de collectivités locales françaises avaient contracté des emprunts à taux structuré indexé notamment sur des parités de devises ou des écarts de parités de devises afin d’optimiser leur conditions d’emprunt. A partir de 2010, la crise des dettes souveraines a provoqué une baisse très significative du cours de l’euro par rapport au franc suisse notamment et de nombreuses collectivités locales ont alors fait face au renchérissement des taux et des conditions de sortie de ces prêts. Frédéric Gros, associé du cabinet Jones Day, nous en dit plus sur ces emprunts structurés et sur les contentieux initiés par les collectivités locales contre les banques.  During the last decade, hundreds of French cities agreed to enter into loan agreements at a structured rate tied to the foreign exchange market in order to improve their borrowing conditions. Since 2010 , the sovereign debt crisis led to an unexpected fall of the euro versus the Swiss franc, and many French local a

In a Supreme Court matter argued on behalf of software developer SAS Institute Inc., Jones Day successfully challenged part of how the U.S. Patent Office's Patent Trial and Appeals Board conducts its inter partes review proceedings. But that's just half the story. Jones Day partners Greg Castanias, Dave Cochran, and John Marlott explain why the Supreme Court's decision has significant implications for cases involving government agency overreach. 

A recent Fifth Circuit decision is good news for health care providers struggling with the Medicare appeals process, but the agency's limited reimbursements for telemedicine services continue to frustrate providers. Jones Day's Ann Hollenbeck and Courtney Carrell explain.

In Europa wird es demnächst neue Regeln für Schutzmassnahmen für Whistleblower in Unternehmen geben, die Betrug, Steuerhinterziehung, Verletzungen von Arbeitsschutzvorschriften und ähnliche Missstände melden. Ein von der EU-Kommission veröffentlichter Richtlinienentwurf soll Whistleblower vor Vergeltungsmaßnahmen schützen und gleichzeitig spezifische Meldewege und Reaktionspflichten für Arbeitgeber einführen. Die Jones Day Partner Karin Holloch und Markus Kappenhagensprechen über die Neuerungen, die die Whistleblower-Richtlinie für deutsche Unternehmen mit sich bringen wird, wie sie sich auf das deutsche Arbeitsrecht auswirken wird, sowie über die Berichts- und Compliance-Anforderungen der Richtlinie. 

In Europe, corporate whistleblowers—those employees who report fraud activities, tax evasion, security breaches, and similar offenses—have new protections on the way. A draft Directive published by the EU Commission shields whistleblowers from retaliation, while also implementing specific reporting channels and response requirements for employers. Jones Day Düsseldorf partners Karin Holloch and Markus Kappenhagen talk about the changes the whistleblower Directive will bring to German companies, how it will affect German employment law, and the Directive's reporting and compliance requirements. 

The "monkey selfie" matter raises intriguing questions regarding the current state of U.S. copyright laws. Courts have ruled that a non-human can’t be granted copyright protection, but then what are the implications for works created via artificial intelligence? Jones Day partners Meredith Wilkes and Emily Tait discuss the aftermath of Naruto v. Slater and explain how companies can guard and protect their creative work.

Jones Day's Ann Hollenbeck and Courtney Carrell discuss an unexpected False Claims Act action as a private equity firm faces FCA liability. They also discuss the implications to consider when Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare apps transport health care patients.

When does inspiration turn into copyright infringement? The line is getting blurrier. Jones Day's Meredith Wilkes, Anna Raimer, and Aryane Garansi explain how the Ninth Circuit's decision—on "narrow grounds"—in the Blurred Lines appeal left key questions unanswered.

Autonomous vehicles, and their artificial intelligence-driven operating systems, raise ethical questions not usually associated with a technological advancement. This means complex considerations─sometimes with life-or-death implications─must be addressed by in-house counsel at the organizations developing self-driving cars. Jones Day partner Paul Rafferty identifies these concerns, discusses how they are addressed by current law and professional guidelines, and explains how affected companies and their legal staffs can learn more.

In the first in a series of Jones Day Talks Health Care & Life Sciences podcasts, Jones Day's Ann Hollenbeck and Courtney Carrell discuss vertical mergers, False Claims Act developments, an advisory opinion concerning gainsharing, and updates on association health plans. 

Kerri Ruttenberg, a Jones Day partner and the best-selling author of Images with Impact: Design and Use of Winning Trial Visuals, covers practical tips for creating effective images, talks about why it's important to ask "what's the point?," and describes how the "Understand/Believe/Remember" strategy can be key to influencing juries and other audiences.

While the potential efficiencies and cost savings of an employee telemedicine program are intriguing, a number of legal and logistical issues should be addressed prior to a program's implementation. Jones Day's Alexis Gilroy, Todd Kelly, and Courtney Carrell discuss the concerns facing plan administrators, insurers, and health care providers. 

The global trend toward digital transformation is changing the health care industry's administrative, delivery, and payment models in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago. Jones Day's Alexis Gilroy, Todd Kelly, and Courtney Carrell discuss recent developments in digital health care and their predictions for the sector in 2018.

Jones Day partner Bob Kantner discusses privacy and data security matters, consumer protections, liability concerns, intellectual property rights, and other legal issues for U.S. and multinational companies competing in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence sector.

Craig Waldman, Head of Jones Day's West Coast Antitrust Practice, talks about antitrust law in the tech sector and how innovation, competition, R&D, and similar factors can affect business practices for organizations developing, acquiring, and implementing new and emerging technology.

The race to bring a self-driving car to your garage has attracted a surprisingly crowded field, as countries and jurisdictions around the world prepare for a technology that experts say could permanently transform private transportation as we know it. Jones Day partner Paul Rafferty talks about the opportunities awaiting and challenges confronting participants in this game-changing new industry sector.

Romelia Flores, IBM Master Inventor, and Dave Copps, CEO of Cyxtera's Brainspace division, join Jones Day partner Bob Kantner to talk about the current state of artificial intelligence and explain what's coming next for this rapidly advancing technology.

Jones Day partners Steve Obie and Mark Rasmussen talk with Blockchain technology authorities Cody Marx Bailey of XRAM Capital and David Fisher of Integra Ledger. They discuss Blockchain applications and share their predictions for the coming year.