Finally, no project sponsor or lender reacts well to legal uncertainty, and at present, there is likely no other jurisdiction in the United States or its territories with more legal uncertainty than Puerto Rico. [read post]

In the United States (US), as for most developed countries,[6] trade policy and IP standards have consistently been linked, a pattern which can (at least partially) be traced back to extensive lobbying by senior management at US-based technology and pharmaceutical firms.[7] For example, since at least the 1980s, Pfizer Inc. has been involved in mobilizing other US firms and stakeholders to lobby US policymakers on the issue of international IP protection. [read post]

Today in the United States it is also Memorial Day, a day in which we remember those soldiers who have died in service to our country. [read post]