Mondaq Business Briefing articles from February 2008

Mondaq Business Briefing archives from February 2008

Directors' And Officers' Liability.
February 1, 2008... Previously published in The 2008 Lexpert/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada A number of important developments have taken place in Canada over the past year regarding the potential for directors and officers to incur liability,...

Bombardier: Outsourcing Transactions And Severance Payment Obligations Under The Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000.
February 1, 2008... Previously published in OBA's Labour Relations, Labour Relations Section, vol. 10, no. 2, December 2007. To meet changing business objectives, a business may transfer, sell, lease or outsource a part or all of its operations to another...

Competition Law: Canadian Mega-Mergers.
February 1, 2008... Previously published in The 2008 Lexpert/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada Merger activity in Canada hit a record high in the second quarter of 2007, with announced transactions valued at over $200 billion.1 While many mergers...

Presidential Campaign Web Sites: One-Stop Political Shops.
February 1, 2008... Originally published on Findlaw.com During this Presidential campaign, the candidates keep complaining that their opponents keep putting words in their mouths or distorting their true records and what they actually have said. In past years,...

Potential Liability For Non-Union Employers Under The National Labor Relations Act.
February 1, 2008... The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) applies to all employers affecting commerce and to all of their employees, not just to unionized employers and employees in a union or attempting to organize a union. The prohibitions of the NLRA are a...

Revised Notification Thresholds Under The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
February 1, 2008... Pre-merger notifications filed on or after February 28, 2008, must comply with the new thresholds. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of...

ID Cards: An Update.(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... British citizens will not be forced to obtain identity cards until 2012, over two years later than originally planned, leaked Home Office have shown. ID cards will be issued to foreign nationals from this year, and available to British...

Causation: Recovery By Insurers From Loss Adjusters.
February 1, 2008... A recent case in the Technology and Construction Court provides a warning to insurers who are dealing with a troublesome insured under a household policy, to make sure that reinstatement works covered by the policy are clearly defined. The...

Is That Reference Publicly Accessible? Well, It Depends On The Facts.
February 1, 2008... Reiterating its precedent, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that determining whether a reference constitutes a printed publication-therefore qualifying as prior art-is a fact -intensive inquiry approached on a case-by-case...

A Potpourri Of Patent Perspectives.
February 1, 2008... In a wide-ranging decision rendered in a case that had previously been before the U.S. Court of the Federal Circuit, the Court this time affirmed a pre-KSR jury instruction that a modification is not obvious unless the prior art suggests the...

District Court Improperly Added Limitation Not Supported By The Specification.
February 1, 2008... Addressing the relationship between claim construction and a patent's specification, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the district court erred by improperly adding a limitation not contained in the specification's...

Communications Law Bulletin, January 2008 - Part 1.
February 1, 2008... In this issue: The Month in Brief President Renominates Commissioner Adelstein Forbearance Controversy Continues in Washington Net Neutrality Isn't Dead Yet... FCC Revises Slamming Rules Universal Service Fund...

Communications Law Bulletin, January 2008 - Part 2.
February 1, 2008... Verizon - FairPoint Merger Slowly Obtaining The Necessary Regulatory Approvals One year after Verizon announced that it intended to sell its wireline local exchange operations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to FairPoint...

Checklist For 2008 (Pension Alert).
February 1, 2008... Here is our first issue of the Pension Alert in 2008. This issue contains a list of anticipated changes or developments to watch out for in 2008. Locked-In Rules. Legislative changes to the rules of locked-in accounts were introduced by...

PPF Levy Deadlines Loom Into View.(Pension Protection Fund)
February 1, 2008... It's that time of year again - Christmas is a distant memory, and schemes have only two more months to meet the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) deadlines that are becoming part of the annual pensions calendar. This LawNow is a reminder to schemes...

Section 409A Requires Action On Portfolio Company Executive Arrangements.
February 1, 2008... Article by Marian A. Tse , Scott A. Webster , Adrienne A. Scerbak and Lynda T. Galligan Introduction As described in our October 2004, December 2004, October 2005 and May 2007 Client Alerts, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 added...

Holiday Pay And The Long-Term Sick.
February 1, 2008... Until fairly recently, case law had established that, in effect, workers on long-term sickness absence could still claim statutory annual leave (in terms of the Working Time Regulations ("WTRs")) in a year they had not worked. This contentious...

CSA Publish Revised Rules On Soft Dollar Arrangements.(Canadian Securities Administrators)
February 1, 2008... On January 11, 2008, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a revised version of National Instrument 23-102 Use of Client Brokerage Commissions as Payment for Order Execution Services or Research Services (the Instrument) as...

Securities And Exchange Commission Adopts Amendments To Rules 144 And 145.
February 1, 2008... Executive Summary For the first time since 1997, the SEC has made significant amendments to Rules 144 and 145 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). The goal of the amendments is to increase the liquidity of privately...

Employees On Web 2.0: Risks, Costs And What Employers Can Do.
February 1, 2008... Ottawa, January 24, 2008 – Web 2.0 favourites such as MySpace, Facebook, Wikipedia and web logs (or "blogs") have revolutionized the way people use the Internet. They have also cost companies hundreds of millions of dollars in...

Security Of Payment Adjudication Statistics.(Security of Payment Act 1999)(Building & Construction Industry Security)
February 1, 2008... The Department of Commerce recently released a second set of statistics for adjudications under the Building & Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (the Act) covering the first half of 2006 (1 January 2006 to 30 June 2006). The...

NLRB Rules That Employers Are Not Required To Allow Union Solicitations Through Employer E-Mail Systems.
February 1, 2008... On December 16 the National Labor Relations Board issued its long-awaited decision in Guard Publishing Co., addressing the balance between employee rights to solicit support for unions and an employer's right to control its e-mail system. The...

Employment Law Commentary, January 2008.(National Labor Relations Board Law)
February 1, 2008... In this issue: New Changes To Long-standing National Labor Relations Board Law NLRB Weighs In On Handbook Policies-Is Your Company At Risk? New Changes To Long-Standing National Labor Relations Board Law It is a long-recognized...

Time For One More?
February 1, 2008... Originally published in BLG Marine, Energy and Trade notes, January 2008 The Court of Appeal decision in the "ACHILLEAS" redefines the manner in which damages are calculated following the late redelivery of a chartered vessel. Transfield...

Warm Beer from the Federal Court of Appeal: The Labatt/Lakeport Section 100 Decision.(Competition Act)(Case overview)
February 1, 2008... On January 22, 2008, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed the Commissioner of Competition's appeal of a March 2007 Competition Tribunal order that denied the Commissioner an interim order to delay closing of Labatt's acquisition of...

Energy Industry January 2008 Updates.(Environmental impact statements)
February 3, 2008... Minerals Management Service Issues Environmental Impact Statement On Offshore Alternative Energy Developments Summary: Recently, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Minerals Management Service (MMS), completed a final environmental...

Corporate Monitors - Taking Corporate Cooperation To The Next Level.
February 4, 2008... Article by Susan E. Brune and Richard A. SiberySusan E. Brune and Richard A. Sibery are partners at Ernst & Young In the wake of corporate scandals and high-profile prosecutions, many companies have avoided prosecution or have otherwise...

Legal Privilege Not Enjoyed by In-House Lawyers In Dawn Raids In EU Competition Cases.(European Court of First Instance)
February 4, 2008... In Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd v Commission (2007), the European Court of First Instance (the CFI) reaffirmed the existing EU case law that in dawn raid situations involving investigations by the European Commission and/or...

Party-Appointed Arbitrators: Hired Guns Or Loose Cannons?
February 4, 2008... John Redmond considers the role and responsibilities of party-appointed arbitrators A client from another European jurisdiction recently commented that now that he had appointed an arbitrator in a substantial Uncitral arbitration involving...

Changes To National Instrument 51-101 Standards Of Disclosure For Oil And Gas Activities - What You Should Be Aware Of.
February 4, 2008... Changes to National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities came into force December 28, 2007. For oil and gas issuers that are reporting issuers, these changes will affect this year's annual securities law filings...

FTC Asserts Its Antitrust Authority Over Patent Licensor.(Federal Trade Commission)
February 4, 2008... FTC finds Negotiated Data Solutions liable based on Section 5 of the FTC Act. Invoking its authority under the FTC Act to prevent unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voted 3-2 to...

For Example, Language In Specification Following "e.g." Found To Be An Express Definition, Rather Than An Example.(United States. International Trade Commission)
February 4, 2008... A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a claim construction ruling of the International Trade Commission (ITC), finding one sentence in a patent specification to be an express definition. Sinorgchem Co. v....

Willms & Shier Environmental Law Report - January 2008.(Report)
February 4, 2008... Edited by Barry N. Spiegel Contents Include: Federal Air Pollution Reporting: Industry must complete complex paperwork for federal air regulations. Ontario will be first province to mandate "off-toxics" programs by industry. ...

Pre Merger Control Approval Under The Uruguayan Antitrust Act.(Trade Freedom and Free Competition Preservation Act)
February 4, 2008... 1. Introduction The Uruguayan Government recently enacted law number 18.159 named "Trade Freedom and Free Competition Preservation Act" (Libertad de Comercio y Preservacion de la Libre Competencia) (the "Antitrust Act") which included, for...

Howzat?! Ponting Appeals Unauthorised Website.
February 4, 2008... Australian cricket team captain Ricky Ponting is suing the owner of an unauthorised website that allegedly claimed to be "The Official Ricky Ponting Site" (Website). Background On 24 December 2007, Ricky Ponting filed a claim in the...

FACTA-Based Class Actions: A New Fact of Life For Retailers.(Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act)
February 4, 2008... Since the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) became fully effective in December 2006, federal courts across the country have seen a tremendous spike in class-action lawsuits alleging violations of the statute. With the recent...

Reference Checking In The Financial Services Industry.(Australia. Securities and Investments Commission)(Corporations Act 2001)
February 4, 2008... Key Point Clayton Utz has assisted ASIC and a financial services industry panel to develop a handbook to promote reference checking in the financial services industry. Section 912A(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 sets out a list of...

The Changing Roles And Responsibilities Of Company Boards And Directors.(Australian Securities Exchange Corporate)(Report)
February 4, 2008... Key Point An Australian survey has found that good corporate governance practices can deliver real benefits to a business at a reasonable cost. The Changing Roles and Responsibilities of Company Boards and Directors is a report...

Compliance With Continuous Disclosure Obligations.(Corporations Act 2001)
February 4, 2008... Key Point An effective continuous disclosure compliance program is essential if a company and its directors are to avoid breaching the Corporations Act 2001. Complying with continuous disclosure obligations is vital for every...

ASIC v Citigroup - The Compliance Implications.(Australian Securities and Investments Commission)(Case overview)
February 4, 2008... Key Point An effective compliance program is important in the prevention of insider trading. In ASIC v Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd (No 4) [2007] FCA 963, the Federal Court of Australia expressed two key principles: ...

Conciseness In Product Disclosure Statements.
February 4, 2008... Context When you place a bet on a horse in a horse race, you know that you might lose your money. When your horse finishes nowhere, you might be disappointed, but you go into it with your eyes open and accept that there was always a risk that...

Default Charges & Unfair (Credit) Relationships: Debt Sales.
February 4, 2008... On the sale by a lender of distressed consumer debt, the debt sale documentation should take account of: the recoverability of charges made by the debt seller for the consumer's failure to comply with the credit agreement; and the risk...

ASIC News - December - January 2008.(Australian Securities and Investments Commission)(Financial report)
February 4, 2008... Reduced Form Lodging Requirements For Some Companies (24 December) ASIC has announced a reduction in form lodging requirements for certain foreign-controlled small proprietary companies. Previously, these companies were required to lodge a...

Other News.(Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC))(Financial report)
February 4, 2008... AUSTRAC Launches Tools For Industry As Important Deadline Arrives (19 December) Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus has launched a number of tools developed by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to assist reporting...

Insurance Update - Gadens Establishes Favourable Precedent For Respondents And Their Insurers Regarding Personal Injuries Proceedings Act Claims.
February 4, 2008... gadens lawyers assisted the respondent and its insurer to successfully defeat a claimant's application for leave to commence proceedings in a personal injury claim in Zinns v Luca Paccioli Pty Ltd (now known as Plantation Rise Pty Ltd) & Anor...

Gadens NMS Website Upgraded.(National Mortgage Services)(Website overview)(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... gadens lawyers has substantially revamped their National Mortgage Services website. The new cleaner look allows for easier navigation and will display more detailed comments on specific stages of the transaction. The site found at...

Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill.
February 4, 2008... The Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill was tabled in Parliament yesterday (Tuesday 4 December 2007)10:25 04/02/2008. The Bill unexpectedly legislates for a 10-year moratorium on new thermal electricity...

Arbitration Clauses.
February 4, 2008... Originally published in BLG Marine, Energy and Trade notes, January 2008 The House of Lords in Premium Nafta Products and Ors v Fili Shipping Ltd and Ors (2007) ("Premium Nafta") recently upheld the separability of arbitration clauses from...

Insurers: Putting On The Squeeze.
February 4, 2008... Originally published in BLG Marine, Energy and Trade notes, January 2008 International contracts often provide for claims to be resolved by London arbitration. There may, however, be advantages to a claimant if the claim is brought in...

Amendment To The Family Medical Leave Act Provides New Leave Rights For The Families Of Servicemembers.
February 4, 2008... On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008. Among other things, H.R. 4986 significantly amends the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to extend coverage to employees to...

The Place Of Generics In A Product Patent Regime.
February 4, 2008... The product patent regime in India fulfilled a long standing need of the pioneer drug makers across the world wanting to market their drugs in India but at the same time forced the generic drug makers to stop their activities. Generic drugs...

Role Of Geographical Indications In The Field Of Traditional Knowledge.
February 4, 2008... Geographical Indications are recognized intellectual property tool for protecting the link or relationship between product quality and the geographic region of its origin. This connection between the product and the geographic origin is the...

Proposed Rule Amending Regulations Governing Supplemental Applications Proposing Labeling Changes For Approved Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices.
February 4, 2008... Originally published January 18, 2008 Kenneth S. Geller, Herbert L. Zarov, David M. Gossett and Andrew E. Tauber Keywords: FDA, CBE regulations, labeling, regulatory amendments, supplemental CBE, sponsors approved drugs, biologics,...

European Commission Presents Far-Reaching New Climate Change Package.
February 4, 2008... Originally published January 23, 2008 Keywords: European Commission, climate change, renewable energy, Emissions Trading System, ETS, renewables, biofuels, carbon capture, storage, CCS On January 23, 2008, the European Commission...

President Bush Expands The Protections Of The FMLA: What Does This Mean For Employers And When?
February 4, 2008... On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ("NDAA") (H.R. 4986). Section 585 of the NDAA amends the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA") to provide two new...

Narrow Claim Construction "Charged" By Specification And Prosecution History.
February 5, 2008... In a case designated by the Court as nonprecedential, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a broad claim construction arrived at by the district court, noting that claim differentiation "cannot serve to give a patent scope...

Different Goods/Services Save eBay's Day.
February 5, 2008... The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in affirming a summary judgment of non-infringement, has clarified that a federally registered mark cannot prevail against a party that used the same mark on good or services different from those...

Diligence Helps Combat Fiscal Fraud.
February 5, 2008... Law requires ID of clients, but be sure to be precise James Smith, Jim Smith and Jimmy Smith are all born on Aug. 27, 1962, and they are all engineers, but only one has been tried and found guilty of drug trafficking. How can advisors and...

The Color Of Sweet Is Yellow: Likelihood Of Confusion Is The Single Most Important Trade Dress Infringement Factor.
February 5, 2008... Addressing the issue of trade dress infringement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's decision denying a preliminary injunction against the sale of artificial sweetener in...

A Summary Of The Labor Contract Law Of The People's Republic Of China.
February 5, 2008... Thirteen years ago, the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China ("Labor Law") was released, which is a fundamental law to govern employment relationships between employers and employees in China. The Labor Law has indeed played a very...

Rights To Acquire The Freehold For Commercial Tenants?
February 5, 2008... In a recent House of Lords decision, the court has left open the possibility of tenants of certain commercial premises acquiring the freehold of those premises under rights commonly exercised by residential tenants. Under the Leasehold...

Emissions Trading Tax Issues.
February 5, 2008... On 20 September 2007, the government published the framework of a proposed emissions trading scheme in New Zealand (the Scheme). Three days later Inland Revenue released a paper entitled "Emissions Trading Tax Issues", which sets out an initial...

Intellectual Property News.
February 5, 2008... Trade Marks Australia Federal Court Finds Against Mayne Industries Pty Ltd The Federal Court has found against Mayne Industries Pty Ltd ('Mayne') in their trade mark dispute with Advanced Engineering Group Pty Ltd ('Advanced...

Payments Do Not Qualify As Performance-Based Compensation Under 162(m) Where Payments Are Permitted Under A Severance Arrangement.(United States. Internal Revenue Service)
February 5, 2008... The Internal Revenue Service published a private letter ruling on January 28, 2008 (PLR 200804004) holding that amounts paid to a recipient under an incentive compensation plan intended to qualify as performancebased compensation under Section...

Changes Required For Payment Of SEC Filing Fees.(United States. Securities and Exchange Commission)
February 5, 2008... Effective February 4, 2008, U.S. Bank, N.A. will be taking over as the SEC's lockbox financial agent from Mellon Bank, N.A. All required SEC filing fees for Securities Act registration statements, proxy statements, and tender offer and going...

Fdi Screening - National Security Exception Act.(United States. National Security Council)
February 5, 2008... With a view to curb security threats caused by inflow of FDI in various sectors, the National Security Council (NSC) has decided to promulgate an umbrella legislation known as National Security Exception Act (NSEA) aimed at imposing checks on...

The Decline Of English Libel Trials?
February 5, 2008... Reading libel Judgments from the English courts provides information about developments in the law but does much less in terms of informing of trends and approaches being used by legal practitioners in the field. Court Judgments also state...

The Private Enforcement Of Competition Law.(European Union. European Commission)
February 5, 2008... Civil Actions To Recover Damages For Breach Of UK And EC Competition Law Are Set To Rise Significantly In The Next Few Years Competition disputes usually blow up unexpectedly and often as a result of a change of policy or strategies of a...

The Green Paper - China Renewable Energy Bulletin.
February 5, 2008... Welcome to the third edition of the China Green Paper. In this edition we follow the main features and changes in legislation across China in the renewable and clean energy sector. Anticipating the new Energy Law China's Office of the...

Significant New Expansions Of The Federal Family And Medical Leave Act.(Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
February 5, 2008... All employers subject to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") should be aware of the new amendments to the FMLA, which have created significant new leave entitlements for the families of certain military servicemembers. These...

Alert - Submissions Invited On The Greenhouse And Energy Reporting Regulations Policy.(Australia. National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007)
February 5, 2008... The Australian Government has released a Policy Paper outlining its likely approach to the greenhouse and energy reporting regulations to be made under the National Greenhouse Energy and Reporting Act 2007 (NGER Act). Submissions are...

Combat Your New Air Compliance Challenges With Compliance Audits.(United States. Environmental Protection Agency)(Environmental Defense (New York, New York))(Sierra Club)
February 5, 2008... As you are probably aware, companies that emit volatile organic compounds ("VOCs") in southeast Texas - especially those with frequent upsets and toxics releases - will likely face much stricter scrutiny in the near future. Significant...

Scottish & Newcastle v Raguz - Landlords Beware!(United Kingdom. Landlord and Tenant Act 1985)
February 5, 2008... The Court of Appeal in Scottish & Newcastle v Raguz has confirmed that there are restrictions on a landlord's right of recourse against former tenants or guarantors. Section 17 Landlord & Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 Section 17 provides...

Welcome Tax Relief For Entrepreneurs?
February 5, 2008... Alastair Darling recently announced the introduction of a new capital gains tax (CGT) entrepreneurs' relief from 6 April 2008. The Chancellor had been under considerable pressure to rethink the radical changes to the CGT regime that he...

An Employer's Obligations Concerning Election Days.
February 6, 2008... As the Tennessee Presidential Primary draws near (Feb. 5, 2008), employers may be wondering about their obligations to allow employees to take time off to vote. In certain circumstances, Tennessee law allows paid time off for voting. Tennessee...

Public Works Projects In Tennessee: The Distinction Between Statutory And Common Law Bonds.
February 6, 2008... Recognizing that the lien laws protecting suppliers of labor, services and material do not apply to public works projects, the Tennessee General Assembly has enacted statutes providing that no public works contract in excess of $100,000 may be...

House Agreement Reached On Stimulus Package.(United States. Congress. House)
February 6, 2008... The Bush Administration and House leaders Democrat Nancy Pelosi and Republican John Boehner reached an agreement on January 24, 2008 regarding a stimulus package. This stimulus package includes tax relief targeted at both businesses and...

Federal Trade Commission Takes Jurisdiction Of Intellectual Property Practices Without Charging Antitrust Violation.
February 6, 2008... On January 23, 2008, the Federal Trade Commission announced a stipulated settlement with Negotiated Data Solutions LLC (N-Data) curtailing N-Data's efforts to license its patents relating to Ethernet, an almost universally used computer...

New Canadian Take-Over Bid Rules Effective February 1, 2008.(Ontario. Securities Commission)
February 6, 2008... Effective February 1, 2008, a new infrastructure to govern take-over bids and issuer bids is now in place across Canada. While substantively the same, the new regime is structured differently in Ontario as compared to all other Canadian...

Money Services Firm Pays in Excess of $20 Million for Anti-Money Laundering Program Deficiency.
February 6, 2008... Developments of Note Goodwin Procter to Host Webinar: "The Rise of ERISA Litigation and its Impact on Collective Trusts" - 2/7/2008 at Noon (Eastern Standard Time) Money Services Firm Pays in Excess of $20 Million for Anti-Money...

Section 409A Deadline Ahead: Current Action Required.
February 6, 2008... Originally published January 24, 2008 Keywords: Section 409A, Internal Revenue Code, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, bonus arrangements, fringe benefit arrangements, expense reimbursement arrangements. Section 409A of the...

Foreign Fame Is Not Enough To Justify Trademark Protection In New York.
February 6, 2008... The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit certified two questions to New York's highest court regarding New York common law claims for unfair competition based on goodwill. In responding, the New York Court of Appeals concluded...

Trademark Owner's Choice Of Statutory Damages May Bar Recovery Of Attorneys' Fees.
February 6, 2008... Slashing a trademark owner's award from $120,000 to $20,000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that a plaintiff's election to receive statutory damages for trademark counterfeiting under the Lanham Act, in lieu of actual...

Distributor/Reseller Marketing: A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery Inside An Enigma.
February 6, 2008... Distributor/Reseller Marketing Over the last 50 years, changes in distribution occurred at a snail's pace. However, over the past five years, and more significantly in the next five years, changes in distribution will be fast and numerous....