• Employment & Labour - Norway

  New legislation regarding retirement benefits

  New legislation regarding national insurance retirement pensions has been enacted and will come into force in 2011. The reform provides more flexibility and offers a number of new options for drawing retirement pensions. The most significant changes are the options to (i) claim pension benefits from the age of 62, and (ii) combine earned income with a retirement pension without reducing the amount of pension received.

• Intellectual Property - Hungary

  Metropolitan Appeal Court rules on limitations of prior use

  The Metropolitan Appeal Court recently sought to resolve a complex trademark dispute in a simple way, adopting a narrow and literal interpretation of the Trademark Law on prior use as a basis for opposition and cancellation. The lesson from the decision is clear: brand owners cannot rely on use alone, as registration gives clear priority.

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• $3.5 billion acquisition

  General Motors Corporation Andrews Kurth LLP - Mark S Solomon, Melinda Brunger, Jeff Dodd, Quentin Faust, Christopher Fenelon, Mark Harris, Thomas Popplewell, Lance Schuler, Sharon Ward
  AmeriCredit Corpoation Hunton & Williams LLP - Gregory J Schmitt, Douglas M Berman, Steven Leshin, Scott Austin, Jeffry Blair, Alan Amarcuis
  Leucadia National Corporation Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP - Andrea Bernstein
  The Special Committee of the Board of AmeriCredit Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Robert Dockery
  Morgan Stanley
  JP Morgan Securities Inc

• $3.2 billion merger

  Biovail Corporation Cravath Swaine & Moore - Erik R Tavzel, George E Zobitz, Michael L Schler, Eric W Hilfers, Karin DeMasi; Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP - David J Toswell, Stacy Mclean, Shlomi Feiner, Brian A Facey, Julie A Soloway, John M Tuzyk; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP - Alison S Ressler
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP - Stephen F Arcano, Jeffrey Brill, Robert Copen, David Rievman; Ogilvy Renault LLP - Gino Martel, Niko Veilleux, Miguel F Manzano, Denis Gascon, Derek Chiasson, Brian R Daley, George Maughan

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