A company’s first public sale of stock; the first offering of an issuer’s equity securities to the public through a registration statement. — Abbr. IPO. [Cases: Securities Regulation 11.11. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 37–38.]
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ponit loco suo (poh-nit loh-ko s[y]oo-oh). [Latin] Puts in his place. • This phrase was formerly used in a power of attorney. — Abbr. po. lo. suo.
A unanimous appellate opinion that succinctly states the decision of the court; an opinion that briefly reports the court’s conclusion, usu. without elaboration because the decision follows a well-established legal principle or does not relate to any point of law. — Also termed memorandum decision; memorandum disposition; (slang) memdispo. [Cases: Courts 103, 107. C.J.S. Courts
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protective order. 1. A court order prohibiting or restricting a party from engaging in conduct (esp. a legal procedure such as discovery) that unduly annoys or burdens the opposing party or a third-party witness. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1271; Pretrial Procedure 41. C.J.S. Discovery §§ 12, 47.] 2. RESTRAINING ORDER(1). emergency protective order. A temporary
International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property. Copyright. A predecessor of the World Intellectual Property Organization. • The bureau was created by combining the Paris Convention’s Secretariat (the International Bureau for the Paris Convention) with the Berne Copyright Convention of 1886. It was supervised by the Swiss government until 1970, when the bureau became
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