Legal Alert: SST Governing Board Considers "Best Practices" Matrix and Marketplace Fairness Implementation; SLAC Contemplates Digital Goods Sourcing
May 17, 2013
Legal Alert: Monsanto Ruling Protects Innovators of Self-Replicating Biotechnology
May 14, 2013
Legal Alert: At Last: Final Regulations Issued Under Section 336(e)
May 13, 2013
Legal Alert: MTC Explores Transfer Pricing Audits, Shelves Pass-Through Entity Project
May 13, 2013
Legal Alert: DOL Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Lifetime Income Estimates in Plan Participant Statements
May 8, 2013
Legal Alert: FATCA NFFE Rules Subject Non-U.S. P&C Insurers and Reinsurers to Burdensome Reporting Requirements
May 3, 2013
Legal Alert: President's 2014 Budget Includes Employee Benefits Proposals
May 1, 2013
Legal Alert: IRS Clarifies "Binding Written Contract" Definition in Renewable Energy Tax Credit Begun Construction Guidance
April 29, 2013
Legal Alert: Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner: MTC's Financial Institution Apportionment Effort
April 25, 2013
Legal Alert: IRS Pressures Build: Budgetary Constraints, the Aging IRS Workforce and Changes in IRS Focus
April 25, 2013
Legal Alert: Proposed Legislation Would Sweep Certain Offshore Corporations into the U.S. Tax Net and Subject Their Worldwide Income to U.S. Tax
April 25, 2013
Legal Alert: Out With the Old, in With the New – CIP Version 5 on the Horizon
April 23, 2013
NAIC Report: 2013 Spring National Meeting
April 22, 2013
Legal Alert: Nearly at the Buzzer, CFTC Affords End-Users Relief from Dodd-Frank Reporting Requirements
April 19, 2013
Legal Alert: Senate Finance Committee Hears Testimony on Proposal to Limit Access to Death Master File
April 19, 2013
Legal Alert: Court Rejects Retroactivity of Dodd–Frank's Whistleblower Remedies
April 18, 2013
Legal Alert: Have You "Begun Construction"? IRS Issues Guidance for Renewable Energy Tax Credits
April 16, 2013
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Dodges Offer of Judgment Mootness Question; Holds that Moot Claim Ends FLSA Collective Action
April 16, 2013
Legal Alert: Administration Proposes To Limit Access to Death Master File
April 15, 2013
Legal Alert: New Budget Proposals Once Again Target Insurance Companies
April 15, 2013
Legal Alert: Constitutional Challenge to Kentucky's Death Master File Statute Rejected
April 4, 2013
Legal Alert: A Trend Emerging? District Court Disallows $1 Billion of Deductions
April 3, 2013
Legal Alert: A Royal Opportunity: Amendments to New York’s Royalty Expense Add-back Statute Leave the Income Exclusion Intact for Prior Years
March 29, 2013
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Fails to Clarify Standard of Evidence for Class Damages
March 29, 2013
Legal Alert: A Little Rule With Big Implications: USPTO Implements New Fee Schedule Including a 75% Reduction in Patent Fees for Applicants Qualifying for "Micro Entity" Status
March 28, 2013
Legal Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse and the New gTLDs
March 28, 2013
Legal Alert: Retained Asset Account Litigation—Summary Judgment Entered for MetLife
March 20, 2013
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds That Damages Stipulation Cannot Bind Class and Defeat Federal Jurisdiction
March 20, 2013
Legal Alert: Georgia Court of Appeals Upholds Lien, but the Lien May Have Limited Value
March 13, 2013
Legal Alert: IRS Proposes Rules on Health Insurer Fee
March 13, 2013
Legal Alert: IRS Rules on Account-Opening Bonuses in IRAs and 529 Plans
March 13, 2013
Summary of Selected Sessions From “The SEC Speaks in 2013”
March 12, 2013
Legal Alert: Renewable Fuel Standard Costs Increase 1400% in Two Months: Corn-Ethanol RINs Cross $1.00 per Gallon Threshold
March 11, 2013
Legal Alert: Update from the MTC's Winter Committee Meetings: MTC Audit Committee Discusses Audit Selection Process
March 8, 2013
Legal Alert: Update from the MTC's Winter Committee Meetings: Sales Tax "Associate" Nexus, Class Actions/False Claims Act, and Pass-through Tax Projects
March 7, 2013
Legal Alert: Illinois Director of Insurance Restricts Offshoring of Utilization Review Functions and Third Party Administrators
March 6, 2013
Legal Alert: Update from the MTC's Winter Committee Meetings: Transfer Pricing and Financial Institution Apportionment
March 6, 2013
Legal Alert: Sequestration to Cause CREB Payments to Be Reduced by 8.7%
March 5, 2013
Legal Alert: Arbitration and Class Action Waiver Issues Again Before the Supreme Court
February 28, 2013
Legal Alert: No Longer a Reserved Issue: IRS Concludes that the Statutory Reserve Cap Includes Deficiency Reserves
February 28, 2013
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Decides Materiality Need Not Be Demonstrated for Class Certification
February 27, 2013
Legal Alert: DOL Resolves Important ERISA Issues About Cleared Swap Transactions
February 14, 2013
Legal Alert: New Regulation Under Cybersecurity Executive Order
February 13, 2013
Legal Alert: Better Luck Next Time? Trial Judge Rejects RICO Claim Against Innovatio IP Ventures, Wireless Hot Spot NPE
February 7, 2013
Legal Alert: Federal Court Finds That SEC Attorneys’ Interview Notes and Memories Are Not Protected by the Work Product Doctrine
February 7, 2013
Legal Alert: Cost of Insurance Litigation – Recent Rulings Diverge on the Scope of Insurer Discretion to Set Rates
February 6, 2013
Legal Alert: ISDA Accepting Comments on Draft Dodd-Frank "Protocol 2.0"
February 5, 2013
Legal Alert: One Shade of GRA: Proposed Regulations Foreshadow the End of the GRA Directive and Provide That "Available Upon Request" Is a "Willful Failure"
February 5, 2013
Legal Alert: Court Rejects Safe Harbor Defenses for Futures Customers
February 1, 2013
Legal Alert: EPA Issues Amendments to the Renewable Fuel Standard to Address RIN Fraud
January 31, 2013
Legal Alert: 2013 Outlook for Insurance Regulation
January 30, 2013
Legal Alert: Pulp and Circumstance – Pennsylvania Supreme Court Characterizes Gain as Business Income
January 30, 2013
Legal Alert: Camping on "The Street": A First Step in the Reform of the Taxation of Financial Instruments and Products
January 29, 2013
Legal Alert: The CPO and CTA Regulatory Regimes: What Operators of and Advisers to Commodity Pools Should Expect in 2013
January 17, 2013
Legal Alert: Employers Should Use Revised FCRA Disclosure for Employees and Job Applicants
January 15, 2013
Legal Alert: The 2012 Tax Litigation Year in Review: Important Events
January 15, 2013
Legal Alert: The Fix Is In: IRS Updates Retirement Plan Correction Programs
January 8, 2013
Legal Alert: 2012 in Review: ERISA Individual Prohibited Transaction Exemptions
January 7, 2013
Legal Alert: The Cliff-Hanger (Chapter One) is Over: Highlights of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
January 7, 2013
Legal Alert: A New Design Patent International Filing Treaty
January 4, 2013
Legal Alert: 2012-2013 Regulatory Agendas for Employee Benefits Published by DOL and Treasury
January 3, 2013
Legal Alert: Fiscal Cliff Bill Provides Boost to Renewable and Alternative Energy Tax Credits and Incentives
January 3, 2013
Legal Alert: Insurance Safe Harbor Affords Little Certainty for Non-US Insurers
January 3, 2013
Legal Alert: CFTC Announces Beginning of Real-Time Reporting and Swap Dealer Registration Requirements and Releases List of Provisionally Registered Swap Dealers
January 2, 2013
Legal Alert: New Reliability Compliance Opportunities in 2013
January 2, 2013
Legal Alert: CFTC Extends Compliance Dates for Dodd-Frank Requirements Necessitating Amendments to Existing Trade Documentation
December 21, 2012
Legal Alert: California Court Finds in Favor of Microsoft, Upholds Costs of Performance
December 19, 2012
Legal Alert: FINRA Reverses Course and Issues Guidance Changing Its Interpretation Regarding the Key Issues of "Potential Investors" and Non-Security Recommendations
December 19, 2012
Legal Alert: Court Dismisses Chamber of Commerce and ICI Lawsuit Over Amendments to CFTC Rule 4.5
December 14, 2012
Legal Alert: DOL Proposes Expansion and Refinement of ERISA Abandoned Plan Program
November 12, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Relief from CPO Registration to Funds of Funds, BDCs and Family Offices; NFA Issues Guidance on the Annual Affirmation Requirement
December 7, 2012
NAIC Report: 2012 Fall National Meeting
December 6, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues No-Action Relief from Commodity Pool Operator Registration Requirements for Business Development Companies
December 5, 2012
Legal Alert: Many But Not All Retirement Savings Arrangements Unaffected by Proposed Net Investment Income Tax Regulations
December 4, 2012
Legal Alert: EPA’s New Final Rule on Logging Roads: Not So Final?
December 3, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues First Set of Mandatory Clearing Determinations and Time-Limited No-Action Relief
November 30, 2012
Legal Alert: U.S. Treasury Secretary Exempts FX Swaps and FX Forwards From Key Dodd-Frank Requirements
November 19, 2012
Legal Alert: State Insurance Department Responses to Superstorm Sandy
November 9, 2012
Legal Alert: Ohio Court Holds No Insurer Duty to Search Death Master File
November 8, 2012
Legal Alert: EPA to Hold Second Round of Meetings Over Amendments to the Renewable Fuel Standard to Address RIN Fraud
October 29, 2012
Legal Alert: Federal Courts Bars Extraterritorial Application of Dodd-Frank’s Anti-Retaliation Provision to Whistleblowers Employed Abroad
October 23, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Affords Relief and Guidance in Light of Final Swap Definition’s Effective Date
October 19, 2012
Legal Alert: Section 1603 Renewable Energy Treasury Grant Program Update: IRS and OIG Audits and Sequestration Haircuts
October 17, 2012
Legal Alert: Prudential Regulators Re-Open Comment Period for Proposed Capital and Margin Requirements
October 15, 2012
Legal Alert: Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Right to Appeal Denial of Arbitration Motion
October 11, 2012
Legal Alert: Federal Courts Split on Whether Dodd-Frank’s Bar on Arbitration of Whistleblower Retaliation Claims Under Sarbanes-Oxley Is Retroactive
October 9, 2012
Legal Alert: A Close Shave: California Court of Appeal Rules on Multistate Compact Election
October 3, 2012
Legal Alert: Ninth Circuit Rules That DOJ Tax Division Head Does Not Have to Attend Routine Settlement Conference
October 2, 2012
Legal Alert: A Storm Cloud on the Horizon: Unclaimed Property Auditors Targeting Middle-Tier Insurance Companies
September 28, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC’s Position Limits Rule Vacated
September 28, 2012
Legal Alert: FERC Launches New Cybersecurity Office
September 21, 2012
Legal Alert: The Sixth Circuit Splits From the Federal Circuit and Rules That Severance Payments Are Not Taxable as FICA Wages
September 20, 2012
Legal Alert: Much Ado About Nothing: The Tax Court Declines To Rule in Cigna Corp.
September 17, 2012
Legal Alert: DOL Settles Debarment Proceeding Against Contractor for Violations of Wage and Benefit Laws While Employee Class Action Remains Pending Against Contractor
September 14, 2012
Legal Alert: Ninth Circuit Applies ERISA Fiduciary Privilege Exception to Insurer
September 13, 2012
Legal Alert: Rules on 90-Day Waiting Period Limit and Identifying Full-Time Employees Released
September 12, 2012
Legal Alert: The House Financial Services Committee Reviews the Future of TRIA
September 12, 2012
Legal Alert: SEC Expands Disclosure Requirements for Energy Exploration Companies (Oil, Gas and Minerals)
August 30, 2012
Legal Alert: The Changing Nature of IDOT Recordation Tax Collection in Maryland
August 28, 2012
Legal Alert: Court Holds Wellness Program Does Not Violate ADA
August 22, 2012
Legal Alert: A New FATCA Derivative: ISDA Publishes Protocol Designed To Address the Implications of FATCA on Derivatives Transactions
August 21, 2012
NAIC Report: 2012 Summer National Meeting
August 20, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Responds to Questions Regarding CPO and CTA Registration and Compliance
August 16, 2012
Legal Alert: Discounting of Capital Credits of Deceased Members Upheld in North Carolina
August 15, 2012
Legal Alert: Two New Patronage Capital Cases Hit Alabama Coops
August 14, 2012
Legal Alert: Publication of “Swap” Definition Triggers Dodd-Frank Derivatives Reform Compliance Dates
August 13, 2012
Legal Alert: “Safe Harbor” Provisions of Hatch-Waxman Offer Protection for Certain Post-Approval Activities
August 10, 2012
Legal Alert: Bringing Certainty to an Uncertain Tax Position: IRS LB&I Directive Addresses Partial Worthlessness Deductions Claimed by Insurance Companies
August 2, 2012
Legal Alert: Operators of, and Advisers to, New Private Funds Have Until December 31 2012, to Register with the CFTC
August 2, 2012
Legal Alert: DOL Withdraws FAQ 30 for its ERISA Participant Disclosure Regulation
July 31, 2012
Legal Alert: FATCA G-5 Model Intergovernmental Information Sharing Agreements Released, with Substantial Benefits for Insurance Company FFIs (Including Reduced Due Diligence Burdens)
July 31, 2012
Legal Alert: Federal Entities Face Monetary Penalties for Reliability Standards Violations
July 24, 2012
Legal Alert: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Marketing of Credit Card Add-On Products to be Deceptive
July 23, 2012
Noteworthy Now: Sutherland Insurance Regulatory Mid-Year Review
July 20, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Pre-Publication Copy of Final Product Definitions
July 13, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Finally Issue Product Definitions
July 11, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Finalizes the End-User Exception from Mandatory Clearing and Proposes to Extend It to Certain Cooperatives
July 11, 2012
Legal Alert: Changes in IRS Nonbank Trustee Program
July 10, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Adopts Second Amended July 14 Exemptive Relief Order Pertaining to the Effective Date for Swap Regulation
July 6, 2012
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Invalidates a Tax Regulation Because Treasury Did Not Provide a Reasoned Explanation as Required by State Farm
July 5, 2012
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Declines to Return Health Reform to its Pre-Existing Condition
July 3, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Guidance on the Extraterritorial Application of the Dodd-Frank Act's Swaps Requirements
July 2, 2012
Legal Alert: Congress Considering Legislation to Increase BDC and SBIC Access to Capital
July 2, 2012
Legal Alert: SEC Announces Date to Consider Conflict Minerals Rule Adoption
July 2, 2012
Legal Alert: Federal Insurance Office Requests Comments on the Global Reinsurance Market
June 29, 2012
Legal Alert: NFA Guidance on Transitioning From an Exemption From CPO Registration Under CFTC Rule 4.13(a)(4) to Registration or an Alternative Exemption
June 29, 2012
Legal Alert: SEC Proposes Compliance Schedule for Final Dodd-Frank Rules
June 26, 2012
Legal Alert: Generator of Fraudulent Renewable Fuel Credits Found Guilty in Federal Court
June 25, 2012
Legal Alert: IRS Large Business and International (LB&I) Division Realigned
June 14, 2012
Legal Alert: New York State Senate Passes Domestic Excess Lines Bill
June 12, 2012
Legal Alert: The House Always Wins: Treasury and the IRS Offer a Loaded Deck of Regulations Addressing Global Reshufflings
June 12, 2012
Legal Alert: State and Local Government Contractors in Georgia Face False Claims Act Liability Formerly Seen Only on Federal Jobs
May 30, 2012
DOL Issues Three Advisory Opinions on Whether MEP, 403(b) Arrangements Constitute ERISA Plans
May 29, 2012
Legal Alert: MTC Meeting Summary: Uniformity Proposals Progress; UDITPA/Compact Amendments and Model Sales and Use Tax Notice and Reporting on Hold
May 14, 2012
Legal Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Extended Six-Year Statute of Limitations Is Not Triggered by an Overstatement of Basis
May 14, 2012
Legal Alert: EEOC Issues Updated Enforcement Guidance that Opposes Employer Use of Blanket Criminal Record Exclusions When Making Employment Decisions
May 11, 2012
Legal Alert: The New York Department of Financial Services Announces Emergency Promulgation of Insurance Regulation 200 on Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits
May 18, 2012
Legal Alert: DOL Releases FAQs on Retirement Plan Fee Disclosures
May 10, 2012
Legal Alert: The CFTC’s Final Entity Rules and Their Implications for Hedge Funds and Other Private Funds
May 10, 2012
Legal Alert: ITC Questionnaires Issued in Antidumping Investigation of Large Power Transformers From Korea
May 7, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Adopts Final Rule to Treat Commodity Options as Swaps; Provides Exemption for Physical Options
May 3, 2012
Legal Alert: Transfer Pricing Assessment Invalidated by DC ALJ
May 2, 2012
Legal Alert: EPA Issues Notice of Violation of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) to Green Diesel, LLC for Generating 60 Million Invalid RINs Worth $84 Million
April 30, 2012
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Affirmance Benefits Patent Applicants: Allows Introduction of New Evidence on Appeal
April 23, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Define “Swap Dealer” and “Major Swap Participant”
April 19, 2012
Legal Alert: Where’s the “Beef”? Sublicensing Qualifies for Virginia Addback Exception
April 18, 2012
Legal Alert: A Secret No More: Final Treasury Regulations Amend the Controlled Group Deferred Loss “Supersecret Rule”
April 17, 2012
Legal Alert: FSOC Finalizes Rule for Designation of Insurance Company and Other Nonbank “Systemically Important Financial Institutions”
April 17, 2012
Legal Alert: You Can’t Spell “Subchapter C” Without E&P: Proposed Treasury Regulations Clarify the Rules Concerning the Allocation of Earnings and Profits in Tax-Free Transfers
April 17, 2012
Legal Alert: Impact of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act) on Broker-Dealers
April 13, 2012
Legal Alert: Summary of Selected Programs from SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society's 2012 Annual Seminar
April 10, 2012
Legal Alert: The NAIC Releases Draft ORSA Model Act for Public Comment
April 10, 2012
Legal Alert: Agencies Issue FAQs on SBC Requirements
April 9, 2012
Legal Alert: JOBS Act to Make it Less Burdensome to Raise Capital in Securities Offerings
April 6, 2012
Legal Alert: Georgia Creates New Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank Charter
April 4, 2012
Legal Alert: Colorado’s Use Tax Reporting Regime Declared Unconstitutional
April 3, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Finalizes Dodd-Frank Rulemaking on Customer Clearing Documentation, Timing for Acceptance of Clearing, and Clearing Member Risk Management
April 2, 2012
Legal Alert: Single Sales Factor Election May Create Exposure to Large Corporate Understatement Penalty in California
March 28, 2012
Client Alert: A Spotlight on Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) and Their Role in the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
March 27, 2012
Legal Alert: Patentability of Personalized Medicine Under Attack by Unanimous Supreme Court
March 27, 2012
Legal Alert: South Carolina Court Places Dual Burden on Department of Revenue in Alternative Apportionment Cases
March 22, 2012
Legal Alert: EPA Issues Enforcement Policy on Use of 2010 and 2011 Biomass-Based Diesel Renewable Fuel Credits
March 20, 2012
Legal Alert: Proposed Changes to the Georgia Land Conservation Tax Credit Act (O.C.G.A. § 48-7-29.12)
March 20, 2012
Legal Alert: Annual Sutherland FINRA Sanctions Survey Shows a 51% Jump in Fines in 2011
March 16, 2012
Legal Alert: A Decision to Phone Home About: SDNY Decertifies FLSA Opt-In Class of Call Center Reps
March 15, 2012
Legal Alert: Virginia Continues to Take a Stance on Non-Compete Agreements
March 14, 2012
Legal Alert: New PPACA FAQs Propose Coordinated Rules for Identifying Full-Time Employees
March 8, 2012
Legal Alert: U.S. Tax Court Issues Opinion in Tigers Eye Regarding Golsen Rule and TEFRA Proceedings
March 7, 2012
Legal Alert: Final Rules for Summary of Benefits and Coverage for Health Plans
March 5, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Rules to Increase Oversight of Funds That Invest in Commodity Interests
February 29, 2012
Legal Alert: Summary Judgment Rulings in ERISA Retained Asset Account Cases
February 23, 2012
Legal Alert: 2011-2012 Regulatory Agendas for Employee Benefits Published by Treasury and DOL
February 21, 2012
Legal Alert: First Circuit Ruling Limits Whistleblower Protection Under Section 1514A(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to Employees of Public Companies
February 21, 2012
Legal Alert: FinCEN Extends Due Date for Certain FBAR Filers
February 17, 2012
Legal Alert: Parties Agree to Dismiss Fair Housing Act “Disparate Impact” Case Pending Before the Supreme Court
February 16, 2012
Legal Alert: DOL Finalizes ERISA Disclosure Requirements for Retirement Plan Service Providers
February 13, 2012
Legal Alert: Regulatory Watch List for 2012: Issues Anticipated to Impact the Commodity ETF Industry
February 10, 2012
Legal Alert: Regulatory Watch List for 2012: The Shifting Landscape for Hedge Funds and Other Private Funds
February 8, 2012
Legal Alert: Tenth Circuit Says Customer Is "Stuck Between a Rock and a Pile of Sewage": Tying Suit Against City Moves Forward After U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal
February 7, 2012
Legal Alert: New Tax Guidance on Use of Annuities in Retirement Plans
February 6, 2012
Legal Alert: Second Circuit Holds Class Action Waiver Unenforceable Where Individual Arbitration Would be Prohibitively Expensive
February 3, 2012
Legal Alert: EPA Issues Notice of Violation of the Renewable Fuel Standard for Generation of 48 Million Fraudulent RINs Worth Approximately $62 Million
February 2, 2012
Legal Alert: Let's Be Reasonable: Recent Federal Circuit Actions Follow Trend Toward E-Discovery Reform
February 1, 2012
Legal Alert: Act Clarifying Jurisdiction and Venue in Federal Court Now in Effect
January 31, 2012
Legal Alert: NERC Proposes Modified Definition of Bulk Electric System
January 31, 2012
Legal Alert: Getting Specific: IRS Issues Guidance on Withholding for Specified Notional Principal Contracts Under Section 871(m), Delays Statutory Effective Date
January 27, 2012
Legal Alert: Michigan Court Holds Borrower’s Breach of SPE Requirement in Non-Recourse Carve-Out Provision of CMBS Loan Document Results in Full Recourse Liability for Borrower and Guarantor
January 23, 2012
Legal Alert: Ninth Circuit Ruling that Rainwater Runoff from Logging Roads Is a Point Source Discharge Requiring NPDES Permitting Is Under Fire: Relief May Be on the Way
January 20, 2012
Legal Alert: New NLRB Ruling Curbs Arbitration Agreements, Raises Tensions with Supreme Court Precedent
January 19, 2012
Legal Alert: U.S. Court of Appeals Holds New Jersey’s Retroactive Escheatment of Gift Card Abandoned Funds Unconstitutional and its Priority Rules Preempted by Federal Law
January 18, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Holds First Open Meeting of 2012 and Finalizes Key Rulemakings Under the Dodd-Frank Act
January 13, 2012
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Rings in New Year with Another Ruling in Favor of Arbitration
January 12, 2012
Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Industries IP Update
January 2012
Client Alert: ISS Establishes Policy on Below-NAV Proposals for BDCs
January 6, 2012
Legal Alert: 2011 in Review: ERISA Individual Prohibited Transaction Exemptions
January 5, 2012
Legal Alert: IRS Extends and Expands Relief, Seeks Comments on Puerto Rico Plans and Group Trusts
January 4, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Extends Effective Date for Swap Regulation and Finalizes Certain Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
December 22, 2011
Legal Alert: House Subcommittee Approves Bill to Prevent the Federal Insurance Office and Office of Financial Research from Collecting Data Directly from Insurance Companies
December 22, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Provides Temporary Relief for IRA Cross-Collateralization Agreements
December 14, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Attempts to Strike Balance Between Protection of Customer Funds and Flexibility for FCMs and DCOs Investing Customer Funds
December 13, 2011
Legal Alert: ISDA and SIFMA Attack Position Limits in First Challenge to CFTC Rulemaking Under the Dodd-Frank Act
December 7, 2011
Legal Alert: Proposed New Enforcement Procedures and Reporting for MEWAs
December 7, 2011
Legal Alert: DOL Opines on Prohibited Transaction Relief for Indemnities for Futures Trading Accounts
November 30, 2011
Legal Alert: Illustration Disclosures Lead to Dismissal of Universal Life Insurance Class Action
November 29, 2011
Legal Alert: Agencies Delay Summary of Benefits and Coverage Requirements, Issue FAQs on Mental Health Parity
November 21, 2011
Legal Alert: Federal Agencies Unveil Financial Aid Disclosure Form for Colleges and Universities
November 16, 2011
Legal Alert: Supreme Court to Hear Appeal on Constitutionality of Health Reform Law
November 16, 2011
Legal Alert: MF Global Update: MF Global Proceedings Test Multiple Insolvency Statutes
November 15, 2011
Legal Alert: Supreme Court to Decide Fair Housing Act “Disparate Impact” Case with Broader Fair Lending Implications
November 10, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Releases Advance Draft of Proposed Regulations on Governmental Plans
November 9, 2011
Legal Alert: Can PE Firms Use Chapter 11 to Credit Bid Away Landlords and Unsecured Debt?
November 8, 2011
Legal Alert: Proposed Section 892 Regulations Provide Relief From the “All or Nothing” Rule and Permit SWF Limited Partners to Avoid Commercial Activity Attribution
November 8, 2011
Legal Alert: EPA Issues Notices of Violation of the RFS to Twenty-Four Parties
November 7, 2011
Legal Alert: Two Classes of Annuity Providers Do Not Violate § 403(b) Universal Availability Requirement
November 3, 2011
Legal Alert: ERISA Participant Disclosure Will Not Violate SEC Advertising Rules
November 2, 2011
Legal Alert: DOL Updates ERISA PTE Procedures
October 31, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes to Extend July 14 Temporary Exemptive Relief Order
October 28, 2011
Legal Alert: DOL Releases Final PPA Participant Advice Regulation
October 26, 2011
Legal Alert: Who Is Listening? The SEC Emphasizes Importance of Cybersecurity Disclosure
October 26, 2011
Legal Alert: FSOC Proposal Further Clarifies Which Nonbank Financial Companies Could Be Designated “Systemically Important Financial Institutions”
October 17, 2011
Legal Alert: SEC Seeks Input on Investment Company Act Exclusion for Mortgage REITs and Other Mortgage-Related Pools
October 17, 2011
Legal Alert: What Does Proxy Access Mean Today?
October 17, 2011
Legal Alert: A Runaway Train? Citing Secret Stolen by Chinese Competitor, ITC Derails Import of Railway Wheels, and Federal Circuit Affirms
October 14, 2011
Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Industries IP Update
October 2011
Legal Alert: New Worker Classification Procedures Affect IRS/DOL Compliance and Enforcement Efforts
September 26, 2011
Legal Alert: DOL Releases Interim Guidance on Electronic Disclosure to Participants of Fee and Expense Information
September 20, 2011
CFTC Proposes Rules To Phase In Compliance with Dodd-Frank’s New Derivatives Requirements and Releases Tentative Rulemaking Schedule
September 19, 2011
Financial Services Patent Holding Company Update
September 19, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Pulls the Plug on Efforts to Tax Employer-Provided Cellphones
September 19, 2011
Legal Alert: First-to-File or First-to-Invent? New Patent Reform Act Changes the Game
September 13, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Issues Final Regulations on Penalties for Reportable Transactions
September 13, 2011
Legal Alert: Georgia Courts Reaffirm Exclusivity of Appraisal Remedy for Dissatisfied Shareholders in Corporate Mergers
September 12, 2011
Legal Alert: 2011-2012 Regulatory Agendas for Employee Benefits Published by Treasury and DOL
September 6, 2011
Legal Alert: XXX Domains: Prevention is Better than the Cure
September 6, 2011
Legal Alert: Regulators Consider Whether Stable Value Contracts Should Be Subject to Regulation as Swaps under the Dodd-Frank Act and Solicit Public Comment
August 30, 2011
Legal Alert: Be Ready to Pounce on a Texas Margins Tax Challenge
August 26, 2011
Legal Alert: New Rules for Summaries of Health Benefits and Coverage
August 23, 2011
Legal Alert: Guidance on Purchasing Health Coverage in an Insurance Exchange
August 19, 2011
Legal Alert: The Top 10 Ways Unclaimed Property Audits Differ From Insurance Market Conduct Exams
August 18, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Issues Interim Guidance on the Federal Income Tax Treatment of Annuity and Life Insurance Contracts with a Long-Term Care Insurance Feature
August 16, 2011
Legal Alert: 11th Circuit Rules PPACA Mandate is Unconstitutional – Supreme Court Review Likely
August 15, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC To Subject Agricultural Swaps to the Same Regulatory Regime as Other Swaps, Creates a Whistleblower Program and Sets Rules and Registration Requirements for Swap Data Repositories
August 15, 2011
Legal Alert: “SRLY? You Can’t Be Serious.” “I Am Serious...and Don’t Call Me SRLY.” The IRS Issues Helpful Guidance on the Application of the SRLY Register Rules to Dual Consolidated Losses
August 11, 2011
Legal Alert: Outsourcing: India Adopts New Privacy and Security Rules for Personal Information
August 9, 2011
Legal Alert: Tax Injunction Act Does Not Bar a Levy Imposed on a Single Entity
August 9, 2011
Legal Alert: New Jersey Supreme Court Holds Throwout Rule Is Facially Constitutional, But Unconstitutionally Applied
August 8, 2011
Legal Alert: New Guidelines for Women's Preventive Health Care
August 4, 2011
Legal Alert: Isolated DNA Molecules Are Patentable Chemical Entities, and Patent-Eligible Diagnostic Methods Must Include Transformational Steps
August 2, 2011
Legal Alert: Blowing Your Own Whistle: Trumpeting Your Whistleblower Policies in Response to the SEC's New Whistleblower Program
July 28, 2011
Legal Alert: Assignment of the Times: New Tax Rules Respond to Concerns Regarding Assignment of Derivative Contracts Required by Dodd-Frank
July 25, 2011
Legal Alert: Court Has Approved DOJ Antitrust Settlement with Visa and MasterCard
July 25, 2011
Legal Alert: FERC Adopts Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Reforms
July 22, 2011
Legal Alert: SEC Revamps Investment Adviser Regulatory Scheme as Mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act
July 22, 2011
Legal Alert: LB&I Internal Directive Limits Application of the Economic Substance Doctrine and Related Penalties, but Raises Concerns about Transparency and Consistency of Process
July 21, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Final Order to Provide Temporary Relief from Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act Slated to Become Effective on July 16, 2011 and Releases Agenda for Upcoming Meetings
July 15, 2011
Legal Alert: It’s Just a Phase: The “Phased Implementation” of FATCA Under Notice 2011-53
July 18, 2011
Legal Alert: DOL Further Defers Compliance Dates for New Disclosures
July 15, 2011
Legal Alert: Applying Costs of Performance to Apportion Service Income: Massachusetts and Oregon Courts Reach Differing Conclusions
July 8, 2011
Legal Alert: DOL Opines on Scope of PTE 86-128
July 7, 2011
Legal Alert: Outsourcing: Service Organization Control (SOC 2 and SOC 3) Reports on Controls Relevant to Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality or Privacy
July 5, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Modifies Guidance on Partial Exchanges of Annuity Contracts
June 30, 2011
Legal Alert: SEC Proposes Business Conduct Standards for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants
June 30, 2011
Legal Alert: Changes to PPACA Claims and External Review Rules Include More Transition Relief
June 29, 2011
Legal Alert: CFPB: Important Comment Period on Nonbank Regulation
June 28, 2011
Legal Alert: Prudential Regulators Extend Public Comment Deadline for Capital and Margin Proposed Rules
June 23, 2011
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Limits Federal Courts’ Ability to Enjoin Relitigation of Class Certification in State Courts
June 24, 2011
Legal Alert: SEC Adopts Extensive Changes to Investment Adviser Regulatory Scheme as Mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act
June 23, 2011
Legal Alert: Shredding Before Suing? Think Twice (Update)
June 22, 2011
Legal Alert: Last Minute FBAR Extensions for “Signature Authority Only” Filers – Making Sense of the Announcements
June 21, 2011
Legal Alert: ICANN Formally Adopts New Generic Top-Level Domain Name Program, Postpones Application Period
June 20, 2011
Legal Alert: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes: Supreme Court Reshapes Class Action Certification
June 20, 2011
Legal Alert: Wireless Network Patent Owner Accusing Electricity Coops of Infringement
June 20, 2011
Legal Alert: Generators Required to Comply with Transmission Reliability Requirements
June 17, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Temporary Relief from Certain Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act Slated to Become Effective on July 16, 2011
June 14, 2011
Legal Alert: New Generic Top-Level Domain Name Application Procedures Are in the Home Stretch
June 14, 2011
Legal Alert: NAIC Releases Draft White Paper On Corporate Governance; At Odds With Existing Bodies of U.S. Law
June 10, 2011
Legal Alert: Some Surprises Among the Courts Selected for Patent Pilot Program
June 10, 2011
Legal Alert: DOL Opines on QPAM Issue in Stable Value Context
June 9, 2011
Legal Alert: FinCEN Extends FBAR Filing Deadline for Certain Officers and Employees – Does This Portend Changes?
June 3, 2011
Legal Alert: Shredding Before Suing? Think Twice (Update)
June 2, 2011
Legal Alert: Induced Patent Infringement Requires Proof of Knowledge that the Induced Acts Infringe
June 1, 2011
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Tightens Inequitable Conduct Standards: What Does This Mean for Patent Practice in the Future?
May 27, 2011
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Tightens Inequitable Conduct Standards: What Does This Mean for Patent Practice in the Future?
May 27, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Rules that Annuity Payouts with Automatic Increases Are Not “Substantially Equal Periodic Payments”
May 24, 2011
Legal Alert: Review of Transmission Incentive Policies May Prompt Narrower Scope and Fewer Benefits
May 24, 2011
Legal Alert: The Impact of AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion on Financial Services Companies: Inclusion of Arbitration Clauses in Customer Contracts and the Impact of Dodd-Frank
May 24, 2011
Legal Alert: FSOC Proposed Rulemaking on Fed Supervision of Nonbank Financial Companies: Congress Questions Transparency
May 23, 2011
Legal Alert: Outsourcing: SAS 70 Superseded for Service Provider Control Reporting By SSAE 16
May 19, 2011
Legal Alert: Unpaid Insurance Benefits Issues Continue to Intensify
May 11, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Extends Most, But Not All, Proposed Rule Comment Periods; Lawmakers Propose Extension of Title VII’s Deadline
May 6, 2011
Legal Alert: No Sale! MTC Proposes to Limit Receipts Included in the Sales Factor
May 5, 2011
Legal Alert: Tenth Circuit Rules That Title Insurers Did Not Violate Antitrust Laws Even If They Allegedly Conspired to Bribe the State Superintendent of Insurance
May 3, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Key Rulemakings that Complete the “Mosaic” of Proposed Rules to Implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
April 28, 2011
Legal Alert: U.S. Treasury Secretary Proposes to Exempt FX Swaps and FX Forwards from Dodd-Frank’s “Swap” Definition
April 29, 2011
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds That the Federal Arbitration Act Preempts State Law Limitations on Arbitration Agreements
April 28, 2011
Legal Alert: New York Department of Financial Services to Have Authority Beyond Legacy Regulators; New Legal Risks Emerge for Insurers
April 27, 2011
Legal Alert: Electric Cooperatives Face Increased Reporting Requirements
April 25, 2011
Legal Alert: The Secret Is Out! Proposed Treasury Regulations Shed New Light on the Controlled Group Deferred Loss “Supersecret Rule,” Including Its Application to CFCs
April 25, 2011
Legal Alert: BATSA Up: Congress Once Again Considers Nexus Legislation
April 22, 2011
Legal Alert: New Dependent Claims in Reissue Are Permissible Under In re Yasuhito Tanaka
April 21, 2011
Legal Alert: Sierra Club Wins Challenge to RUS Approvals of Coop Plant Expansion
April 20, 2011
Legal Alert: Georgia General Assembly Enacts Modern Evidence Code
April 18, 2011
Legal Alert: Repeal of Expanded Form 1099 Reporting Requirements Signed into Law
April 18, 2011
Legal Alert: SEC Grants Accelerated Approval to FINRA’s Proposed Overhaul of its Discovery Guide
April 18, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Seek Public Input on the Timetable for Effective Dates of Final Rules to Implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
April 15, 2011
Legal Alert: Summary of Selected Programs from SIFMA Compliance & Legal Division’s 2011 Annual Seminar
April 15, 2011
Legal Alert: Shades of Gray: District of Columbia Combined Reporting Unveiled
April 14, 2011
Legal Alert: Proposed Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps Could Significantly Increase the Costs Associated with Over-the-Counter Swap Transactions and May Apply to Some End-Users
April 13, 2011
Legal Alert: Spring Is in the Air, and So Is FATCA! Notice 2011-34 Offers Another Dose of Much-Anticipated Guidance
April 12, 2011
Legal Alert: FINRA Delays Implementation of New Suitability Rules Until July 2012
April 11, 2011
Legal Alert: PJM Moves to Rein in Demand Response “Double Counting”
April 11, 2011
Legal Alert: FERC Proposes Rule to Prohibit Affiliates From Coordinating Bidding in Open Seasons; Settles Allegations of Affiliate Bidding Schemes
April 8, 2011
Legal Alert: The Latest Guidance on Health Reform: Reporting the Cost of Coverage to Employees and More FAQs on Grandfathered Plans
April 8, 2011
Legal Alert: Impending Federal Government Shutdown: Steps to Take Now at SEC
April 7, 2011
Legal Alert: Motion to Dismiss ERISA Retained Asset Account Claims Denied
April 6, 2011
Legal Alert: FDIC Seeks to Flex Muscles Notwithstanding Large Investigative Backlog
April 5, 2011
Legal Alert: Patents on Computerized Settlement of Foreign Exchange Transactions Invalid Under Bilski
March 31, 2011
Legal Alert: FERC Affirms Approach to Definition of Bulk Electric System
March 22, 2011
Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Industries IP Update
March 2011
Legal Alert: FERC Provides Guidance on Reliability Penalties
March 21, 2011
Legal Alert: Chairman Gensler Outlines Timeline for Finalizing and Implementing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Dodd-Frank Rulemakings
March 18, 2011
Legal Alert: Comments Sought on Proposed Interpretive Order on Disruptive Practices Due May 17
March 18, 2011
Legal Alert: Insurance Regulators Heighten Focus on Life Insurer’s Separate Accounts
March 17, 2011
Legal Alert: Sutherland SEC/FINRA Litigation Study Shows It Sometimes Pays to Take on Regulators
March 17, 2011
Financial Services Patent Holding Company Update
March 15, 2011
Legal Alert: FDIC Sanctions World’s Foremost Bank
March 14, 2011
Legal Alert: Federal Fair Debt Collection Liability for Violation of State Licensing Laws
March 11, 2011
Legal Alert: The Multistate Tax Commission Takes Action on Proposal to Tax Pass-Through Entities Owned by Affiliates Not Subject to Corporate Income Tax
March 11, 2011
Legal Alert: U.S. District Court Retroactively Applies Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Restriction to Bar Arbitration Provision in Employment Agreement
March 11, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Rules on Additional Wrap Programs Paid for Outside of IRAs
March 10, 2011
Legal Alert: Second Circuit Holds Class Action Waiver Unenforceable in American Express Arbitration Agreement Despite the Supreme Court’s Recent Decision in Stolt-Nielsen
March 10, 2011
Legal Alert: New Patronage Capital Case Hits North Carolina Coop
March 9, 2011
Legal Alert: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Structure, Mission and Limitation of Authority Prior to the Appointment of a Director
March 8, 2011
Legal Alert: FSOC Proposed Rulemaking on Fed Supervision of Nonbank Financial Companies: Critics Submit Comments and Ask Who is Speaking on Behalf of the Insurance Industry
March 7, 2011
Legal Alert: Many Happy (Consolidated) Returns or ‘Til “DIT” Do Us Part? Final Treasury Regulations Address Intercompany Items of Gain on Member Stock
March 4, 2011
Legal Alert: Resetting the FBAR: Foreign Financial Account Reporting Regulations are Finalized With Significant, But Not Always Helpful, Clarifications
March 4, 2011
Legal Alert: The Multistate Tax Commission Considers Changes to Its Model Financial Institution Apportionment Rule
March 3, 2011
Legal Alert: Annual Sutherland FINRA Study Shows Enforcement Actions on the Rise
March 1, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Rules on 403(b) Plan Terminations
March 1, 2011
Legal Alert: The Written Description Requirement Revisited, Giving Caution to Biotech Patent Owners
February 28, 2011
Legal Alert: Legislation Introduced to Address Vulnerabilities of Power Grid to Cyber Threats
February 22, 2011
Legal Alert: Preclusive Effect of Unselected Patent Claims Not Resolved in Katz Decision
February 22, 2011
Legal Alert: The Financial Stability Oversight Council Takes Action: New Insight into Determination of Which Insurers May Be Subject to Enhanced Oversight
February 18, 2011
Legal Alert: Third Circuit Holds that Arbitrator Must Decide Whether Parties Agreed to Class Arbitration
February 18, 2011
Legal Alert: DOL Advisory Opinions Consider Fiduciary Issues
February 16, 2011
Legal Alert: Ready…Aim…Fire! FY 2012 Budget Proposals (Once Again) Target Insurance Companies
February 16, 2011
Legal Alert: U.S. District Court Affirms Lehman Ruling Raising Concern on Cross-Affiliate Netting
February 16, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Summarizes Resolution Procedure for Ineligible 403(b) Sponsors
February 14, 2011
Legal Alert: New Lehman Plan Portends Coming Battle for Holders of Derivatives-Based Claims
February 14, 2011
Legal Alert: Love is in the Air in New Jersey…at least for the Retailers
February 10, 2011
Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Industries IP Update
February 2011
Client Information: Five Lessons Learned from the Reliability Compliance Front
February 8, 2011
Legal Alert: FINRA’s All Public Panel Option Is Now Available in All Customer Cases
February 8, 2011
Legal Alert: Cost of Insurance Litigation – Recent Ruling on Meaning of “Mortality Experience” and Other Developments
February 7, 2011
Financial Services Patent Holding Company Update
February 4, 2011
Legal Alert: Another Strike Against PPACA
February 2, 2011
Legal Alert: Drama in New Jersey: Retailers Breathe a Temporary(?) Sigh of Relief
February 1, 2011
Legal Alert: Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Colorado's Reporting Regime
January 27, 2011
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds Chevron Deference Applicable to “Interpretive” Regulations
January 26, 2011
Legal Alert: North Carolina Court Strikes Down 25% Penalty for Failure to File Combined Return
January 24, 2011
Legal Alert: California’s Proposed Budget Includes Significant Tax Changes
January 21, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Rules to Continue to Allow Agricultural Swaps and Commodity Options and to Supplement Previously Proposed Swap Documentation Requirements
January 21, 2011
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Resolves “Hot Button” Tax Issue – Holds Chevron Deference Applicable to “Interpretive” Regulations
January 20, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Two Additional Proposed Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act at Its First Open Meeting of 2011
January 14, 2011
Legal Alert: Model Privacy Forms
January 11, 2011
Legal Alert: Georgia Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness Releases Report: Proposes Broader Consumption Taxes and the Elimination of Tax Credits in Lieu of Lower Income Tax Rates
January 10, 2011
Legal Alert: Dodd-Frank Act Rulemakings—End-User Update
January 7, 2011
Legal Alert: 2010 in Review: ERISA Individual Prohibited Transaction Exemptions
January 6, 2011
Legal Alert: 2011 Regulatory Agendas for Employee Benefits Published by Treasury and DOL
January 5, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Rules Again on Annuity Issues in Defined Contribution Plans
January 4, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Provides Relief for Retirement Plan Providers from New Tax Return Preparer (PTIN) Requirements
January 3, 2011
Legal Alert: Significant Changes to FINRA’s Know Your Customer and Suitability Rules to Take Effect in 2011
January 3, 2011
Legal Alert: IRS Issues Guidance Delaying Enforcement of Nondiscrimination Rules for Insured Health Plans
December 29, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Issues Guidance on the Deduction Limitation of Code Section 162(m)(6)
December 29, 2010
Legal Alert: Revision of RIC Tax Rules
December 23, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Further Expands Availability of Rev. Rul. 81-100 Group Trusts, and Extends Time to Spin Off Puerto Rican Participants from U.S. Plans
December 22, 2010
Legal Alert: Sandy Springs Restructures Its Business and Occupation Tax
December 22, 2010
Legal Alert: Broker-Dealer Annual Audits and Accounting Standards: SEC and PCAOB Developments
December 21, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Addresses Status of Federal Entities Under Reliability Rules
December 20, 2010
Legal Alert: Renewable Energy Treasury Grant Program Extended
December 20, 2010
Legal Alert: Renewable Energy Treasury Grant Program Extended
December 20, 2010
Legal Alert: Section 101 at the Federal Circuit After Bilski: These Process Claims Do Not Claim an Abstract Idea
December 17, 2010
Legal Alert: Court Finds Individual Mandate of PPACA Unconstitutional
December 16, 2010
Legal Alert: Federal Reserve Releases Proposed Regulations Implementing Durbin Amendment
December 16, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL Proposes Further Disclosures for Target Date Funds and Default Investments
December 6, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Expands Code § 409A Correction Guidance
December 6, 2010
Legal Alert: Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Supreme Court to Review Certification of “Gargantuan” Class
December 6, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Issues Guidance on In-Plan Roth Rollovers
December 3, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Sixth Series of Proposed Rules Under Dodd-Frank Including Rules to Further Define Swap Entities
December 2, 2010
Legal Alert: Lenders Beware in Maryland: The Changing Nature of IDOT Recordation Tax Collection
December 2, 2010
Legal Alert: How Georgia's New Restrictive Covenants Laws May Impact Broker-Dealers
November 29, 2010
Legal Alert: IRA Providers Give Thanks to IRS
November 29, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Directs NERC to Adopt Modified Definition of Bulk Electric System
November 23, 2010
Legal Alert: Motion to Dismiss ERISA Retained Asset Account Claims Denied
November 22, 2010
Legal Alert: New York’s Highest Court Approves STOLI Policy Sales
November 18, 2010
Legal Alert: U.S. and EU Restrictions on Doing Business with Iran
November 16, 2010
Legal Alert: Maryland Tax Court Conflates Tax Principles; Rules Holding Companies Taxable
November 15, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Expands Unforeseeable Emergency Distributions for 409A and 457(b) Plans
November 11, 2010
Legal Alert: Georgia Voters Approve Sweeping Overhaul of the State’s Restrictive Covenant Law
November 10, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Hears Argument in Significant Consumer Arbitration Case
November 10, 2010
Legal Alert: Litigation Challenging New York's Controversial Nexus Statute Continues
November 8, 2010
Legal Alert: Secretary of the Treasury Seeks Input on Whether Foreign Exchange Swaps and Foreign Exchange Forwards Should Be Regulated as Swaps Under Dodd-Frank
October 29, 2010
Legal Alert: North Carolina's Audit Practice Violates the First Amendment
October 27, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL Proposes to Expand “Fiduciary” Status under ERISA
October 25, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Adopts New Rules Addressing Credit Support Requirements in the Organized Energy Markets
October 25, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC to Create a Position Reporting System for Certain Physical Commodity Swaps
October 21, 2010
Legal Alert: Federal Court: Egregious Facts May Permit Life Policy Rescission After Expiration of Incontestability Period
October 21, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Requests Comments on Capacity Assignment Rules for Interstate Service Offered by Section 311 and Hinshaw Pipelines
October 21, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Solicits Comments on How the Trading of Agricultural Swaps Should Be Governed
October 20, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL Finalizes New ERISA Disclosure Rules for Participant-Directed Retirement Plans
October 20, 2010
Legal Alert: Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Strict Interpretation of the Georgia Daubert Statute
October 20, 2010
Legal Alert: Round-up of Recent Guidance on Health Care Reform
October 15, 2010
Legal Alert: They’re Back…Unclaimed Property Audits: A Case Study of the New Reality for Insurance Companies
October 15, 2010
Legal Alert: Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Debit Card Interchange Provisions of Dodd-Frank Act
October 13, 2010
Legal Alert: The Financial Stability Oversight Council Holds Inaugural Meeting; Proposed Rulemakings on Nonbank Financial Companies and the Volcker Rule Will Impact Insurers
October 13, 2010
Legal Alert: Summary Judgment Granted for Defendant in Certified Deferred Annuity Class Action
October 8, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court to Review Ability of Federal Courts to Enjoin Relitigation of Class Certification in State Courts
October 7, 2010
Legal Alert: Defining “Financial Institution” Under Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
October 6, 2010
Legal Alert: Annuity Surrender Charge/MVA Disclosures Held Insufficient in California
October 6, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL OIG Recommends Further ERISA Regulation of Service Provider Conflicts of Interest
October 6, 2010
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Addresses Use of Industry Standards in Patent Infringement Analysis
October 6, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Interim Final Rule With Respect to Reporting Requirements for Pre-Enactment Swaps
October 5, 2010
Legal Alert: New Whistleblower Protections for Financial Service Employees
October 1, 2010
Legal Alert: Court Rejects Suit Alleging Fraud and Negligent Design in the Sale of Universal Life Insurance Policies
September 30, 2010
Financial Services Patent Holding Company Update
September 29, 2010
Legal Alert: The IRS Adopts Largely Taxpayer-Favorable Changes To Schedule UTP
September 28, 2010
Legal Alert: A New World Order: What Your Board Should Know About Proxy Access
September 23, 2010
Legal Alert: Dodd-Frank Act Creates Significant Changes in Bankruptcy Law Affecting Derivatives and Other Trading Counterparties
September 22, 2010
Legal Alert: European Court of Justice Rejects Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel
September 17, 2010
Legal Alert: Successful Techniques in M&A Auctions
September 17, 2010
Legal Alert: Much Anticipated Guidance Concerning the Federal Tax Classification of Series Issued
September 15, 2010
Legal Alert: Not Much Substance in IRS Interim Guidance on Codification of the Economic Substance Doctrine
September 14, 2010
Legal Alert: SEC and CFTC Request Comments on Significant Defined Terms in Title VII of Dodd-Frank
September 14, 2010
Legal Alert: Taxpayer’s Addback Exception Upheld
September 13, 2010
Legal Alert: Any Person Can Sue for False Patent Marking
September 10, 2010
Legal Alert: Public Service Commission Affirms Hearing Officer’s Decision that a Switch from Master Meter to Individual Metering of Apartments Does Not Impact Territorial Rights
September 2, 2010
Legal Alert: ISDA Protocol Addresses New Withholding Rules for Dividend Equivalent Payments
September 1, 2010
Legal Alert: New Jersey Extends Time for Unclaimed Property Data Collection
August 31, 2010
Legal Alert: Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Class Certification in Fixed Annuity Interest Crediting Case
August 30, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Issues Welcome Guidance Regarding Treatment of Releases of Property Securing REMIC Loans
August 26, 2010
Legal Alert: Sierra Club Challenges RUS Lien Accommodation Regulation
August 26, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Accepting Comments on Dodd-Frank Rulemaking
August 19, 2010
Legal Alert: Patronage Capital Lawsuits Against Electric Cooperatives on the Rise
August 19, 2010
Legal Alert: Plaintiffs Re-File Patronage Capital Lawsuit in Missouri and Add Generation Cooperative as a Defendant
August 19, 2010
Legal Alert: Lessons Learned as Court Denies Motion to Dismiss FLSA Collective Action That Alleges Financial Advisors Misclassified as Independent Contractors
August 18, 2010
Legal Alert: New International Tax Provisions Take Aim at Foreign Tax Credit Planning But Also Provide Some Relief Under Section 6501(c)(8)
August 18, 2010
Legal Alert: Impact of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Broker-Dealers
August 16, 2010
Legal Alert: Department of Labor Commences Proxy Voting Inquiry
August 9, 2010
Legal Alert: Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Urges More Tailored Derivatives-Related Disclosures by Investment Companies
August 3, 2010
Legal Alert: The Dodd-Frank Act: A New Era of Financial Regulation and the Implications for the Insurance Industry
August 3, 2010
Legal Alert: DC Launches Tax Amnesty Program Today
August 2, 2010
Legal Alert: Proxy Plumbing: SEC Considers Extensive Renovation Job to the Proxy System
July 30, 2010
Legal Alert: Copyright Ruling Allows Bypass of DVD, Smartphone Protection Mechanisms
July 27, 2010
Legal Alert: It’s Signed, Now for the Hard Part: What your Board Needs to Know About Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act
July 22, 2010
Legal Alert: Agencies Issue Rules Implementing Preventive Care Requirements
July 21, 2010
Legal Alert: Financial Reform Legislation Amends Section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code to Provide Greater Certainty with Respect to the Tax Treatment of Swaps, Caps, Floors, and Similar Agreements
July 21, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL Issues New ERISA Disclosure Requirements for Retirement Plan Service Providers
July 20, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Continues to Rule Favorably on VEBA Domestic Partner Benefits
July 14, 2010
Legal Alert: Sutherland Issues Annual Review of FINRA Sanctions: Finds FINRA slowdown began to reverse in 2009
July 12, 2010
Legal Alert: NAIC Proposes Expansive New Governance, Risk Management and Reporting Duties on Insurance Holding Company Systems; A New Liability Profile Emerges for Directors and Senior Management
July 9, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Updates Model Language for Traditional, Roth, and SIMPLE IRAs
July 7, 2010
Legal Alert: New York and New Jersey Propose Significant Unclaimed Property Amendments
July 7, 2010
CFTC Designates Mid-C Financial Peak and Off-Peak Contracts Significant Price Discovery Contracts; Mid-C Daily Contracts and Fuel Oil-180 Singapore Swap Are Not
7/2/2010
Legal Alert: Federal Framework for Digital Taxation Introduced - Don't (Unfairly) Tax My Download
July 1, 2010
Legal Alert: Class Certified in Action Involving Annuity Sales to Seniors
June 30, 2010
Legal Alert: Final Version of Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Establishes New Landscape - Critical Details Left to Regulators
June 30, 2010
Legal Alert: The Supreme Court Adopts Machine-or-Transformation Test as One Test for Patenting Business Methods
June 30, 2010
Legal Alert: Final Early Retiree Reimbursement Application Available
June 29, 2010
Legal Alert: ACLU Sues North Carolina Over Its Sales/Use Tax Audit Practice
June 28, 2010
Legal Alert: PPACA Rules on Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions of Coverage, and Patient Protections Issued
June 28, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court: If Clearly Delegated the Task, Arbitrator Decides When Arbitration Agreement is Unconscionable
June 21, 2010
Legal Alert: Capitol Hill Takes on Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance
June 17, 2010
Legal Alert: False Patent Marking Liability Avoided for Lack of Intent to Deceive
June 17, 2010
Legal Alert: Interim Rule on Grandfathered Group Health Plans Released
June 16, 2010
Legal Alert: Plaintiff Class Sues All South Carolina Coops Over Patronage Capital
June 11, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL Releases Final Regulations Relating to Time and Order of QDROs
June 10, 2010
Legal Alert: Eleventh Circuit Lifts Barriers to Federal Removal
June 10, 2010
Legal Alert: District Court Rules on Stranger-Initiated Annuity Transactions
June 4, 2010
Legal Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Raises the Bar For State Tax Cases in Federal Court
June 4, 2010
Legal Alert: Early Retiree Reimbursement Application Available
June 3, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court to Consider Whether Federal Arbitration Act Preempts State Law Limitations on Arbitration Agreements
June 1, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Applies “Functional Analysis” to Determine Joint Venture Is Not a “Single Entity” Immune from Antitrust Liability
May 28, 2010
Legal Alert: Senate Financial Reform Bill Containing Approved Amendments Released; Members of Conference Committee Named
May 27, 2010
Legal Alert: Senate Passes Financial Regulatory Bill – Dramatic Changes to Derivatives Regulation a Certainty
May 24, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds that ERISA Does Not Impose “Prevailing Party” Requirement for Award of Attorneys’ Fees
May 24, 2010
Legal Alert: Interchange Fee Regulation Included in Wall Street Reform Bill Passed by Senate
May 21, 2010
Legal Alert: Lehman Brothers Ruling Calls into Question Enforceability of Cross-Affiliate Netting in Bankruptcy
5/21/2010
Legal Alert: Plan Amendments Required in 2010
May 18, 2010
Legal Alert: Unique Active Ingredient in Drug Product Can Mean Patent Term Extension
May 17, 2010
Legal Alert: Pending Derivatives Legislation Would Create Legal Uncertainty for Existing Contracts—Particular Concerns for End-Users
May 14, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL and SEC Publish Investor Bulletin on Target Date Funds
May 12, 2010
Legal Alert: New Rules on Extension of Health Plan Coverage to Children Up to Age 26
May 12, 2010
Legal Alert: Senate Wall Street Reform Bill Includes Proposed Regulation of Credit and Debit Card Interchange Fees
May 12, 2010
Legal Alert: Preparing for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program: A Checklist
May 11, 2010
Legal Alert: Second Circuit: Copyright Statutory Damages Not Available For Each Song In A Music Album
May 10, 2010
Legal Alert: Federal Reserve Publishes Rules Implementing Provisions of the CARD Act Relating to Gift Cards, Gift Certificates and Prepaid Cards
May 7, 2010
Legal Alert: House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on State Taxation and the Role of Congress in Developing Apportionment Standards
May 7, 2010
Legal Alert: Health Care Reform - Understanding the Grandfather Rules
May 5, 2010
Legal Alert: Compromise on Derivatives Bill Adds to Debate
April 29, 2010
Legal Alert: FINRA Issues Guidance for Broker-Dealers Participating in Private Offerings
April 29, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL Publishes 2010 Regulatory Agenda for Employee Benefits
April 28, 2010
Legal Alert: Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds: U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Class Arbitration Cannot be Imposed on Parties Whose Agreements Are Silent on the Issue
April 28, 2010
Legal Alert: NAIC Will Study Separate Account Risk Charges
April 22, 2010
Legal Alert: NERC Provides Guidance on Delegating Reliability Tasks
April 21, 2010
Legal Alert: SEC Proposes New Rule to Identify Large Traders, Including Insurance Companies
April 20, 2010
Legal Alert: Decision Clarifies Joint Inventorship Requirements
April 14, 2010
Legal Alert: Derivatives Market Awaits Senate Agriculture Committee Bill After Dodd Bill Includes Few Changes
April 7, 2010
Legal Alert: Shady Grove: No Sanctuary for Federal Class Action Defendants
April 5, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Clarifies QF Recertification Requirement
April 1, 2010
Legal Alert: Impact of Hotel Operators on Distressed Asset Workouts
March 31, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court of Georgia Addresses the Constitutionality of Key Provisions of the Georgia Tort Reform Act of 2005
March 31, 2010
Legal Alert: DNA Ruled Not Patentable Subject Matter
March 30, 2010
Legal Alert: SEC Staff Evaluating the Use of Derivatives by Funds
March 26, 2010
Legal Alert: The Codification of “Economic Substance”
March 25, 2010
Legal Alert: Written Description Requirement Affirmed, However Practical Implications Still In Question
March 25, 2010
Legal Alert: ERISA 401(k) Plan Proprietary Fund Claims Dismissed in Part
March 23, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Spotlights NERC Compliance and Enforcement
March 22, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Issues Penalty Guidelines
March 19, 2010
Legal Alert: House Holds Hearing on Insurance Holding Company Supervision
March 19, 2010
Legal Alert: The Dodd Bill Redux: The Senate Takes Aim at Financial Regulatory Reform
March 19, 2010
Legal Alert: Treasury Revises Guidance for Renewable Energy Grant Program
March 19, 2010
Legal Alert: FATCA Proposed Legislation Enacted as Part of HIRE Act
March 18, 2010
Legal Alert: New ISDA Papers on Collateral Practices
March 18, 2010
Legal Alert: SEC Warms to Climate Change
March 16, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Approves $350k Settlement on FRCC’s Role in Florida Blackout
March 8, 2010
Legal Alert: Alabama’s Pulp Fiction: Paper Company’s Sale of Paper Assets Constituted Non-Business Income
March 4, 2010
Legal Alert: Department of Labor Introduces New § 403(b) Web Page and Provides Additional § 403(b) Guidance
March 1, 2010
Legal Alert: Department of Labor Reproposes PPA Participant Investment Advice Regulation
March 1, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Reviews NERC Penalty
March 1, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Clarifies Key Portion of Diversity Jurisdiction Statute
February 25, 2010
Legal Alert: FINRA Proposes to Include More and Older Information on BrokerCheck
February 24, 2010
Legal Alert: Copying Products is Risky Business: Inducing Patent Infringement
February 16, 2010
Legal Alert: Broker’s Wage and Hour Collective Action Dismissed in Favor of Enforcing Arbitration Agreement
February 10, 2010
Legal Alert: Georgia Supreme Court Recognizes a Cause of Action for "Holders" of Securities and Limited Duties in Favor of Non-Discretionary Account Customers
February 9, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Seeks Comments on Efficient Integration of Renewables
February 4, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL and Treasury Request Information on Lifetime Income Options for Retirement Plan Participants
February 2, 2010
Legal Alert: FY 2011 Budget Contains a Number of Tax Proposals Targeting Insurance Companies
February 2, 2010
Legal Alert: Reliability Tops FERC's FY 2011 Budget Proposal
February 2, 2010
Legal Alert: Patronage Capital Lawsuits Against Electric Cooperatives on the Rise
January 28, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Announces It Will Require the Disclosure of Uncertain Tax Positions
January 26, 2010
Legal Alert: FERC Seeks Comments on Expanding Reporting Requirement to Cooperatives and Others
January 25, 2010
Legal Alert: Seventh Circuit: CAFA Jurisdiction Remains After Class Certification Is Denied
January 25, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL Issues Model Notices Updated for the Extension of the COBRA Premium Subsidy
January 19, 2010
Legal Alert: Tennessee Add-Back Assessments - Taxpayers May Need to Act Soon to Preserve Appeal Rights
January 19, 2010
Legal Alert: Obama Administration Proposes Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee
January 15, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Position Limits for Major Energy Commodities
January 14, 2010
Legal Alert: DOL Finalizes Safe Harbor for Timely Remittance of Participant Contributions to Small Plans
January 14, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds Third Parties to Public Interest Standard
January 14, 2010
Legal Alert: Patent Term Adjustment Statute Interpreted by the Federal Circuit
January 13, 2010
Legal Alert: Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act Custody Rule Will Impact Registered Timberland Investment Managers
January 11, 2010
Legal Alert: Derivatives Legislation Update: House Passes Bill; Senate Bill a Work in Progress
January 7, 2010
Legal Alert: FINRA Restricts Internal Use Only Rules Through Enforcement Actions
January 6, 2010
Legal Alert: IRS Rules on Annuity Issues in Defined Contribution Plans
January 6, 2010
Legal Alert: The Criminal Provisions of ERISA
January 4, 2010
Legal Alert: False Patent Marking Statute Requires a per Article Penalty
December 30, 2009
Legal Alert: SEC Tackles Proxy Disclosure Rules
December 29, 2009
Legal Alert: Extension of the COBRA Premium Subsidy
December 24, 2009
Legal Alert: EPA Publishes New Rule to Reduce Stormwater Pollution From Construction Sites
December 22, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Rules That Quota Share Reinsurance Arrangements Are “Insurance” and Continues to Apply Prior Principles
December 18, 2009
Legal Alert: SEC Adopts Amendments to Advisers Act Custody Rule
December 17, 2009
Legal Alert: Year-End IRS Guidance: Limited PPA Amendment Relief, § 403(b) Opinion/Determination Letters, 2009 Cumulative List and § 409A/TARP Relief
December 16, 2009
Legal Alert: 2009-2010 Regulatory Plans for Employee Benefits Are Published
December 14, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Releases Chief Counsel Advice on Year-End Bonus Accruals
December 14, 2009
Legal Alert: DOL Confirms that Assets in Registered Fund of Funds are not Subject to ERISA
December 11, 2009
Legal Alert: Significant Changes Made to FATCA Legislation as Part of House Passed Extenders Bill
December 11, 2009
Legal Alert: “Extenders” Legislation to Change the Taxation of Carried Interests
December 9, 2009
Legal Alert: Securities and Exchange Commission Consents to Delay of Indexed Annuity Rule Effective Date
December 9, 2009
Legal Alert: Department of Transportation Issues New Pipeline Safety Rules
December 7, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Issues Initial Rulings on "Contingent" Annuities
December 7, 2009
Legal Alert: Proposed Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009 Moves Forward
December 4, 2009
Legal Alert: Florida Supreme Court Ends Putative Class Action Alleging Numerous Florida Insurance Code Violations
December 1, 2009
Legal Alert: DOL Opines that Security Interest in Non-IRA Brokerage Assets to Cover IRA Indebtedness is a Prohibited Transaction
November 30, 2009
Legal Alert: Federal Courts Conflicted on Climate Change Litigation
November 23, 2009
Legal Alert: Change in Federal Rules Regarding Time Computation: A “Day” by Any Other Name Is Still a “Day”
November 18, 2009
Legal Alert: Haddock Update – Class Certification Granted
November 16, 2009
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Hears Argument in Case Affecting Corporate Defendants’ Access to Federal Courts
November 12, 2009
Legal Alert: Significant Proposed Legislation Would Increase Compliance Costs for U.S. Payors and Impact Worldwide Recipients of U.S. Source Income
November 10, 2009
Legal Alert: Federal Banking Regulators Issue Guidance on “Prudent Commercial Real Estate Workouts”
November 6, 2009
Legal Alert: Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 Adds Five-Year Carryback Period for 2008 or 2009 Operations Losses of Life Insurance Companies
November 6, 2009
Legal Alert: October Trick or Treats for PFICs
November 3, 2009
Legal Alert: EPA Publishes Tailoring Rule Requirements for Greenhouse Gases from Stationary Sources
October 29, 2009
Legal Alert: The NAIC's New Model Audit Rule: Is Your Organization Ready?
October 29, 2009
Legal Alert: Deferred Compensation Timing Rules, Rather Than Subchapter L, Govern Insurance Company’s Deduction for Retiree Medical Benefits
October 28, 2009
Legal Alert: NAIC Proposes Federal Legislation That Could Reduce Reinsurance Collateral Requirements
October 16, 2009
Legal Alert: DOE Creates Financial Institution Partnership Program in Connection with Solicitation for Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Applications
October 12, 2009
Legal Alert: New Regulations Prohibit Discrimination in Health Plans Based on Genetic Information and Revise Related Privacy Rules
October 6, 2009
Legal Alert: Eleventh Circuit Renders Landmark Decision On Application of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to Condominium Purchaser Litigation in Florida
October 5, 2009
Legal Alert: Say on Pay: It's Coming, Are You Ready?
October 5, 2009
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit: Medical Treatment and Diagnostic Method Claims Are Patentable
September 30, 2009
Legal Alert: Lehman Bankruptcy Court Rules on Right to Withhold Payment Under ISDA Master Agreement
September 29, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Approves “Longevity” Annuity
September 28, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Concludes That U.S. Lending Activities Conducted Through a Dependent or Independent “Agent” Constitute a U.S. Trade or Business
September 24, 2009
Legal Alert: Chaos: The District of Columbia Enacts Combined Reporting and "Fixes" Expense Disallowance Provisions
September 15, 2009
Legal Alert: Application for North Carolina’s Resolution Initiative Ends Tomorrow
September 14, 2009
Legal Alert: NAIC Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee Approves Revisions to Standard Valuation Law to Enable Principles-Based Reserving
September 10, 2009
Legal Alert: Summary Prospectus May Be Used to Satisfy ERISA § 404(c) Prospectus Delivery Requirement
September 9, 2009
Legal Alert: Treasury Announces Retirement Savings Initiatives
September 9, 2009
Legal Alert: Treasury Adopts Good Faith Rule for Minimum Distributions From Governmental Plans
September 8, 2009
Legal Alert: Steps of Method Claims Are Not Exportable “Components” Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)
September 1, 2009
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Rejects Medinol Fraud Standard
August 31, 2009
Legal Alert: Ninth Circuit Overturns Denial of Class Certification in Action Involving Sale of Annuities to Senior Citizens; Orders Class Certified
August 31, 2009
Legal Alert: GAO Reports on Alternative Approaches to Private Pensions
August 28, 2009
Legal Alert: Bankruptcy Court Denies CMBS Lenders’ Requests to Dismiss Bankruptcy Petitions of SPE Affiliates of General Growth Properties, Inc.
August 19, 2009
Legal Alert: Obama Administration Proposes OTC Derivatives Bill
August 14, 2009
Legal Alert: New IRS PFIC Rulings, More Guidance Available
August 10, 2009
Legal Alert: Sierra Club Challenges RUS Coal Plant Approvals
August 10, 2009
Legal Alert: Impact of Financial Regulatory Reform on the Insurance Industry: Proposed Legislation to Implement the Regulatory Reform White Paper
August 5, 2009
Legal Alert: Proposed Neal Bill Reintroduced to Limit Deductibility of Offshore Related Insurance Premiums
August 3, 2009
Legal Alert: Class Certification Denied in Fixed Indexed Annuity Interest-Crediting Case
July 27, 2009
Legal Alert: NAF Announces That It Will No Longer Arbitrate Consumer Disputes, and AAA Comes Tumbling After
July 27, 2009
Legal Alert: Congress to Weaken Pleading Requirements?
July 24, 2009
July Inbound Roundtable Newsletter
July 23, 2009
Legal Alert: Court Rules on the SEC’s Indexed Annuity Rule
July 22, 2009
Legal Alert: DOL Provides Form 5500 Transition Relief for 403(b) Programs
July 22, 2009
Legal Alert: Health Bill Resurrects Treaty Limitation Provision That Attempts To Target Only Haven Controlled Foreign Groups But Misses The Mark
July 21, 2009
Legal Alert: What Is DISA All About? California Extends Time to Report DISA Balances
July 21, 2009
Legal Alert: Aggrieved Bidders Under the State Purchasing Act Must File Protest Within 10 Days
July 20, 2009
Legal Alert: CDS Small Bang Protocol Opens for Adherence
July 15, 2009
Legal Alert: Georgia Court of Appeals Again Decides Consumer Cannot Hold Motor Vehicle Manufacturer Liable for Acts of Dealer
July 15, 2009
Legal Alert: Treasury Issues Guidance for Renewable Energy Grant Program
July 13, 2009
Legal Alert: What Will Proxy Access Mean? The Debate Over Proxy Access
July 9, 2009
Legal Advisory: Do EMC Security Deposits Provide Adequate Protection in These Economic Times?
July 8, 2009
Legal Alert: Trademark Public Advisory Committee Can Be Your Voice at the USPTO
July 8, 2009
IRS Releases Limited, Additional Guidance for Private Foundations and Donor-Advised Funds in Revenue Procedure 2009-32
July 7, 2009
Legal Alert: Rights to Have Licensed Products Made by a Third Party May Be Inherent in Patent Licenses Unless Those Rights Are Expressly Excluded
July 7, 2009
Legal Alert: Recovery Act: Hydroelectric Facility Modernization
July 2, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Completes Process of Declaring Selected Pre-2007 § 403(b) Guidance Obsolete
June 30, 2009
Legal Alert: Ricci v. DeStefano: New Supreme Court Case Addresses Conflict Between Title VII’s Anti-Discrimination and Disparate-Impact Provision
June 30, 2009
Legal Alert: Suitability, Solvency Modernization, International Accounting and Derivatives: The NAIC 2009 Summer Meetings
June 30, 2009
Legal Alert: House Passes Sweeping Climate Change Legislation - American Clean Energy and Security Act, 219-212
June 26, 2009
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Expands IDEA Liability
June 26, 2009
Legal Alert: Circuit Denies Rehearing on Dismissal of ERISA Revenue Sharing/Excess Fee Complaint in Hecker v. Deere
June 25, 2009
Legal Alert: Obama Administration Supports More Regulation and Restructuring of OTC Derivatives Markets
June 24, 2009
Legal Alert: Financial Regulatory Reform – A New Foundation: Rebuilding Financial Supervision and Regulation
June 23, 2009
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Makes It More Difficult for Employees to Prove Age Discrimination Claims
June 22, 2009
Legal Alert: Financial Regulatory Reform – A New Foundation: Building Financial Supervision and Regulation
June 19, 2009
Legal Alert: Polar Tankers Is Reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court but Key Questions Remain Unanswered
June 17, 2009
H.R. 2733 Nullifying Rule 151A and Amending Section 3(a)(8) of the 1933 Act
June 11, 2009
Legal Alert: Elected Judges Under Fire: New Supreme Court Case Expands Grounds for Judicial Recusal
June 9, 2009
Legal Alert: FBAR Filing Requirement for Non-U.S. Persons Temporarily Suspended
June 8, 2009
Legal Alert: Lehman Brothers Seeks to Void Contractual Rights Allowing Derivatives Counterparties to Withhold Payment
June 5, 2009
Will Unclaimed Property Prove an Irresistible Well?
June 4, 2009
Legal Alert: FBAR 2008 Revised Instructions Broaden the Class of Filers
June 3, 2009
Legal Alert: Sutherland Finds That FINRA Sanctioned Far Less in 2008 Than in Previous Three Year
June 3, 2009
Legal Alert: TTAB Continues to Ease Medinol Fraud Standard
June 3, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Provides Guidance on PPA Rules for Employer-Owned Life Insurance
June 2, 2009
Legal Alert: Upcoming Changes to European Patent Examination Procedures
June 1, 2009
Legal Alert: Lehman Files Motion to Establish a Bar Date for Chapter 11 Proceeding Including New Proof of Claim Requirements
May 29, 2009
Legal Alert: Maryland Enacts New Provisions Strengthening Protections for Maryland Motor Vehicle Dealers
May 29, 2009
Legal Alert: SEC Issues Release Proposing Amendments to Rules Governing Custody of Client Assets by Investment Advisers
May 27, 2009
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Clarifies Limited Scope of Product-by-Process Claims
May 26, 2009
May Inbound Roundtable Newsletter
May 21, 2009
Legal Alert: Good News for Defendants as Supreme Court Clarifies Motion to Dismiss Pleading Standards
May 20, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Proposes Regulations Permitting Suspension or Reduction of Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions
May 20, 2009
Legal Alert: Regulatory & Legislative Corporate Governance Initiatives
May 20, 2009
Legal Alert: Recent Developments: The Federal Regulation of Insurance
May 19, 2009
Legal Alert: Obama Administration FY2010 Budget Proposals on Retirement Savings and Insurance Products
May 14, 2009
Legal Alert: Obama Administration Releases Plan for Regulating Derivatives
May 14, 2009
Legal Alert: Court Hears Arguments in Case Challenging the SEC’s Indexed Annuity Rule
May 13, 2009
Legal Alert: Georgia Adopts Sales Tax Refund and Preparer Penalties and Freezes Property Tax Assessments
May 13, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Rules on Long-Term Care Coverage Provided Through an Annuity Contract
May 12, 2009
Legal Alert: NAIC Requires Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure
May 12, 2009
Legal Alert: Obama Administration Withdraws Bush-Era Monopolization Guidelines and Signals Shift Toward More Robust Antitrust Enforcement Policy
May 11, 2009
Legal Alert: Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act
May 6, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Rules on Secondary Market Sales of Life Insurance Contracts
May 5, 2009
Legal Alert: Permanent Subpart F Rules Proposed for Insurance Companies
April 21, 2009
Legislative Alert: Climate Change: The Congressional Outlook With Eight Months to Copenhagen
April 20, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Posts Draft Prototype 403(b) Plan Language for Comment
April 14, 2009
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Limits Patentability of Genetic Sequences
April 13, 2009
Legal Alert: FERC & MMS Further Outline Authority Over Offshore Renewable Energy
April 13, 2009
Legal Alert: National Insurance Consumer Protection Act and Prospects for Federal Regulation of Insurance
April 13, 2009
Legal Alert: House Legislation Proposes Up to 12 Weeks of Annual Paid Leave for U.S. Workers
April 9, 2009
Legal Alert: Interim Rules Implement Buy America Requirements of the Economic Stimulus Package
April 9, 2009
Legal Alert: FTC Red Flag Rules Applicable to Electric Cooperatives Go Into Effect May 1, 2009
April 6, 2009
Legal Alert: Increased Audit Activity for U.S. Federal Excise Tax on Insurance Premium
April 6, 2009
Legal Alert: Highlights From the 2009 SIFMA Legal and Compliance Annual Seminar
April 3, 2009
Legal Alert: Optional Federal Charter Bill Introduced in House
April 3, 2009
Legal Alert: U.S. House Democrats Release Broad Climate and Energy Draft Bill
April 2, 2009
Legal Alert: NCCUSL UDITPA Project Still On Hold
March 30, 2009
Legal Alert: Sutherland to Host Webinar on FINRA Sweep of Sales and Promotion of Non-Traded REITs
March 30, 2009
Legal Alert: Investment Adviser Developments: SEC Chairwoman and Treasury Secretary Offer Proposals for Regulatory Reform
March 27, 2009
Legal Alert: Tafas v. Doll
March 27, 2009
Legal Alert: Virginia Enacts New Provisions Substantially Increasing Protections for Motor Vehicle Dealers
March 26, 2009
Legal Alert: World Intellectual Property Organization Announces 2008 Was a Record Year for Cybersquatting Cases
March 26, 2009
Legal Alert: Effects of the Proposed EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule on Electric Cooperatives
March 25, 2009
Legal Alert: Polar Tankers Oral Argument Forthcoming and California Dividends Received Deduction Denied
March 25, 2009
Legal Alert: Georgia Legislature Revises Mechanics and Materialman's Liens Laws
March 24, 2009
Legal Alert: Swiss Announce Negotiations for a New Tax Treaty With the United States
March 24, 2009
Legal Alert: DOL Issues Model Notices for COBRA Premium Reduction
March 20, 2009
Legal Alert: Contract Required for Customer Choice Loads, But Request for Service Form May Suffice
March 18, 2009
Legal Alert: Ferguson: Machine-or-Transformation Test Is the Only Patent Eligibility Test for Process Claims
March 18, 2009
Legal Alert: IRS Advice Signals Policy Change That Permits Tax-Free Exchanges of Trademarks, Trade Names and Other Customer-Based Intangibles
March 18, 2009
Legal Alert: Senate Banking Committee Hears Testimony on Insurance Regulation
March 18, 2009
Legal Alert: FERC and MMS Reach Agreement on OCS Renewable Energy Projects
March 17, 2009
Legal Alert: CDS Big Bang Protocol Opens for Adherence
March 16, 2009
Legal Alert: Federal Circuit Holds Contribution of Patent Claim Element Insufficient to Trigger Co-Inventorship
March 16, 2009
Legal Alert: Supreme Court to Hear Investment Adviser Fee Case
March 16, 2009
Legal Alert: Fed and FTC Regulation of Retirement Plan Loans to Participants: Going and Coming?
March 12, 2009
Legal Alert: Federal Insurance Regulation: An Updated Scorecard
March 12, 2009
Legal Alert: EPA Unveils Massive Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
March 11, 2009