J. W. Verret, Assistant Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, has published an interesting article entitled “Uber-Ized Corporate Law: Toward a 21st Century Corporate Governance for Crowdfunding and App-Based Investor Communications,” Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 101, 2016; George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-14.

An Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that communications made during a mediation session are privileged and may not be used by either party in a legal malpractice case absent a statutory exception.

Daria Kim, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Fellow (2012-2013) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law Research Associate (2013-2014), has published “Protecting Trade Secrets Under International Investment Law: What Secrets Investors Should Not Tell States,” John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 15 (2), 2016.

A Texas-based renewable energy company has reportedly lost a North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) claim filed against the Canadian government following arbitral proceedings.