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| 09/02/2010 Commercial and Public Finance Update: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – Impact on Derivatives for End-Users | Download PDF View HTML |
| 09/01/2010 International Trade & Customs Update: OFAC Issues Iran Financial Sanctions Regulations - Final Rule Implements New Statutory Requirements for U.S. Financial Institutions Concerning Iranian Transactions by Non-U.S. Financial Institutions | Download PDF View HTML |
| 09/01/2010 Privacy & Information Security and Labor & Employment Alert: Be Careful Who You 'Friend' – Employers Hiring in Germany and the EU Must Be Cautious When Internet Searching a Candidate | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/30/2010 Competition, Antitrust & White-Collar Crime Update: FTC and DOJ Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines; FTC Also Proposes Amendments to the HSR Rules and Form | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/30/2010 Employee Benefits Update: New Retirement Plan Fee Disclosures – Getting Ahead of the July 16, 2011 Deadline | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/23/2010 Life Sciences Update: FDA Proposes to Clarify and Clearly Define Rules Regarding Medical Device Approval Procedures | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/23/2010 Tax Update: Research Deductions in Spin Offs and Other Drop-Downs of Business Divisions --Section 59(e) and PLR 200812005 and 201033014 | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/18/2010 International Tax Update: International Tax Provisions of Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/17/2010 IPOs as Exit Strategy For Private Equity Funds | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/17/2010 Product Liability & Environmental Update: EPA Proposes New Rule That Will Substantially Increase Data That Chemical Manufacturers Must Report | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/13/2010 International Trade & Customs Update: Recent CIT Decision May Limit Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Remedies Against China and Other Non-Market Economy Countries | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/12/2010 Energy & Tax Update: Billions in Federal Tax Credits and Grants Soon May Be Extended to Support Renewable Energy | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/11/2010 Investment Management Update: SEC Adopts Amendments to Form ADV Part 2 | Download PDF View HTML |
| 08/03/2010 Investment Management Update: SEC Proposes Rescinding Rule 12b-1 and Overhauling of Mutual Fund Distribution Fees | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/30/2010 Competition, Antitrust & White-Collar Crime and Business Litigation Update: Dodd-Frank Act Expands Securities Whistleblower Incentives | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/26/2010 International Trade & Customs Update: Public Companies Using Certain Imported Raw Materials from Africa to Face Burdensome SEC Reporting Mandate | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/22/2010 Executive Compensation Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/21/2010 Investment Management Update: SEC Adopts "Pay-to-Play" Rules for Investment Advisers | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/21/2010 Construction Update: Wrongfully Rejected Bidders May Recover Monetary Damages From a Public Authority | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/20/2010 Leveling the Anti-Corruption Playing Field...Yet There is a Long Way to Go on Enforcement | View HTML |
| 07/19/2010 International Trade & Customs Update: GSP Review Deadline Looms for U.S. Companies Affected by Imports | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/14/2010 Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Update - Health Care Reform: Grandfathered Plan Status | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/02/2010 Employment @lert: New Ohio Law Requires Two Weeks of Military Family Leave for Employers With 50 or More Employees | Download PDF View HTML |
| 07/01/2010 Investment Management Update: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act—Regulation D Impact | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/30/2010 Mass & Toxic Tort Update: EPA Declares Formaldehyde a Human Carcinogen | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/29/2010 Employment @lert: DOL Creates Additional Obligations, Questions Under FMLA | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/25/2010 Competition, Antitrust & White-Collar Crime Update: Supreme Court Limits Reach of "Honest Services" Statute | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/24/2010 Transportation Update: Supreme Court Issues Cargo Liability Decision | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/21/2010 Privacy & Information Security Update: Supreme Court Fails to Clarify Employers' Rights to Access Employees' Communications | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/18/2010 Land Use and Real Estate Litigation Alert: Supreme Court Rules in Florida Zoning Case | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/11/2010 Transportation Update: STB Now Involved in Rail Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/10/2010 Easy Prey: Small Cap Companies Often Neglect Takeover Defenses | View HTML |
| 06/04/2010 Product Liability Update - CMS Announces New Medicare Reporting Option for RREs: Direct Data Entry | Download PDF View HTML |
| 06/02/2010 Privacy & Information Security and Investment Management Update: Compliance Date for Identity Theft Rules Delayed Again | Download PDF View HTML |
| 05/27/2010 Environmental Update: EPA Issues Rule Regulating Larger Sources of CO2 Emissions | Download PDF View HTML |
| 05/27/2010 Tax Update: New Grants and Tax Credits for Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Projects | Download PDF View HTML |
| 05/26/2010 Antitrust, Competition and Distribution Update: Supreme Court Ruling Will Affect Cooperative Ventures in Sports and Other Business Activities | Download PDF View HTML |
| 05/25/2010 Employment @lert - Supreme Court: Employers May Face New Disparate Impact Liability for Old Actions | Download PDF View HTML |
| 05/24/2010 Employment @lert: DOL Issues Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Post Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Unionization | Download PDF View HTML |
| 05/17/2010 Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Update: Health Care Reform: Adult Child Coverage and Related Tax Treatment | Download PDF View HTML |
| 05/12/2010 The Coming Wave of Greenwashing Class Action Lawsuits | Download PDF View HTML |
| 05/10/2010 Privacy in M&A Deals: Two Worlds Collide | View HTML |
| 05/04/2010 Transportation Update: Recent Developments From the FMC | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/22/2010 International Trade & Customs Update: DoD Final Rule Requires Contract/Solicitation Clause Acknowledging Export Control Compliance of Contractors/Subcontractors | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/16/2010 Competition, Antitrust & White-Collar Crime Update: Amendments to Sentencing Guidelines Affect Compliance Programs | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/15/2010 Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Update: Health Care Reform Impacts Grandfathered Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans: Now What? | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/12/2010 Litigation and Employment Law Update: Court Rules Computer Use Policy Insufficient to Defeat Protection for Privileged E-mails Exchanged on Company Computers | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/09/2010 Litigation Update: Supreme Court Holds Federal Rules Trump State Class Action Limitations | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/08/2010 Broadening COPPA In Light Of New Technologies | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/07/2010 Employment @lert: Employers Now Need to Provide Breaks to Breastfeeding Mothers | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/07/2010 Construction and Labor Update: Projects Funded With ARRA Funds Must Include Davis-Bacon Wages | Download PDF View HTML |
| 04/06/2010 Intellectual Property Update - Gene Patents: A Potential Move on Patentability Standards | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/30/2010 Construction Update: Ohio Supreme Court Finds Franklin County Board of Commissioners Abused Discretion in Disqualifying Lowest Bidder | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/26/2010 Real Estate Update: Change in BOMA Standards Affects Calculation of Office Rent | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/25/2010 Investment Management Update: SEC Reviews Use of Derivatives by Investment Companies | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/24/2010 Premises Liability and Employment Update: Ohio Supreme Court Finds Employer Intentional Tort Statute Constitutional | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/23/2010 EU Regulatory Update: Deadlines Loom for EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/23/2010 Investment Management Update: AML Policy Statement on Obtaining and Retaining Beneficial Ownership Information | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/23/2010 Construction Update: New Green Construction Code Published for Public Comment | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/19/2010 Green Products Update: New Green Construction Code Published for Public Comment | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/18/2010 Transportation Update: FMC Orders Investigation of Vessel Capacity and Equipment Availability in U.S. Export and Import Liner Trades | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/18/2010 Employment @lert: New Law Provides Tax Breaks for Employers | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/05/2010 Construction Update: Ohio Supreme Court Issues Significant Ruling on Prevailing-Wage Cases | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/05/2010 Product Liability Update: Recent Changes Affecting Medicare Reporting | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/04/2010 Climate Change Disclosures For Public Companies | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/04/2010 Employment @lert: Ohio Supreme Court Rules on Penalties in Prevailing-Wage Cases | Download PDF View HTML |
| 03/03/2010 Business Litigation Update: Ohio Court Upholds Class Action Waiver in Consumer Arbitration Agreement | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/25/2010 Business Litigation Update: Supreme Court Establishes "Nerve Center" as a Corporation's "Principal Place of Business" for Purposes of Diversity Jurisdiction | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/18/2010 Regulation in the Air | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/17/2010 Alice in Pharmaland: The "Curiouser and Curiouser" Case of Conte v. Wyeth | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/17/2010 U.S. Consumers and Changes in Credit Card Practices | View HTML |
| 02/17/2010 Corporate Law Update: Supreme Court Lifts Ban on Corporate Independent Expenditures | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/16/2010 Privacy & Information Security Update: FCC Seeks Comment on Requiring Written Consent for Prerecorded Telemarketing Calls | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/16/2010 Real Estate Update: Creditors’ Rights Coverage Disappearing? How to Mitigate Risk | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/15/2010 Public Company Update: Changes Continue in SEC Enforcement: New Initiative to Encourage Cooperation by Individuals | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/10/2010 Mass & Toxic Tort Update: EPA Announces New Chemical Action Plans | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/09/2010 Climate Change and Sustainable Business Solutions Update: SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Climate Change Disclosures for Public Companies | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/04/2010 Privacy & Information Security Update: Compliance Deadline Approaches Under New Massachusetts Law | Download PDF View HTML |
| 02/04/2010 The Regulation of Investment Funds - A Fordham Law Symposium February 19, 2010 | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/29/2010 Transportation Update: U.S. Magnesium Wins Small Rate Case | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/28/2010 Investment Management Update: FINRA Releases Guidance on Blogs and Social Networking Web Sites | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/28/2010 Environmental Update: Was Chicken Little Right? Recent Developments in Air Pollution Law | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/27/2010 Tax Update: IRS to Require Disclosure of Uncertain Tax Positions on Business Returns | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/25/2010 Investment Management Update: Enhanced Governance and Risk Oversight Disclosure for Investment Companies | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/21/2010 Green Products Update: More Cops on the Green Beat | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/21/2010 Land Use and Real Estate Litigation Alert: Supreme Court Refuses to Consider Florida Zoning Case | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/21/2010 2010 Thresholds for Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/21/2010 Executive Compensation and Tax Update: IRS Provides New Opportunities to Fix Section 409A Violations | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/20/2010 Transportation Government Mediation Programs as an Effective Tool for Advocates, Part II | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/20/2010 Transportation Update: STB Discontinues Dockets | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/20/2010 Corporate Tax Update: State of Ohio Job Creation and Job Retention Tax Credits | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/20/2010 21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/19/2010 Investment Management Update: SEC Adopts Amended Custody Rules for Investment Advisers | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/12/2010 Climate Change and Sustainable Business Solutions Update: The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference: Was Anything Accomplished? | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/11/2010 Personal & Succession Planning Advisory: The Estate Tax Is Dead! Long Live the Estate Tax! | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/05/2010 Mass & Toxic Tort Update – BPA: How Little Is Too Much? Consumer Reports Joins the Debate | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/05/2010 Investment Management Update: SEC Adopts Rules Regarding Principal Trades with Certain Clients | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/04/2010 Privacy & Information Security Update: European Union Tightens Rules on Internet Tracking | Download PDF View HTML |
| 01/01/2010 Transportation Government Mediation Programs as an Effective Tool for Advocates, Part I | Download PDF View HTML |