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Document(s) published by this organization: 26
Show: results per page Sort by:  | Recent Developments in Business Immigration Law: THE NEW I-9 FORM IS NOW HERE!
April A. (Caminez) Bentley; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 9, 2013 On March 8, 2013, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) released a new I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form. (As you are probably aware, employers are required to complete an I-9 Form for each new employee to document the verification of the...
| | Federal Agencies Issue New Appraisal Rules
Paul M. Phillips; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 16, 2013, previously published on April 11, 2013 On January 18, 2013, the FDIC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), issued the Higher Priced Mortgage Loan Appraisal Rule ("HPML...
| | Secured Lenders, Beware: Recent Court Decisions Show the Danger in Relying Solely on a Prior Recorded Satisfaction of Lien and the Need for Proper Due Diligence.
Richard P. Carmody, Richard H. Malchon, Andrew J. McBride; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2013, previously published on March 15, 2013 Earlier this month, the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of New York issued decisions that could drastically affect the rights of lenders who take a security interest in collateral subject to a prior termination or satisfaction of...
| | Sequestration: Government Contractors Need To Anticipate Its Consequences
James Marshall Moorhead; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 5, 2013 Sequestration is the automatic reduction of federal spending triggered when Congress approved spending levels that exceed certain “caps” set forth in the Budget Control Act of 2011. Sequestration was established to be so painful as to provide a strong incentive for Congress to pass more...
| | Capital Burden Looms for Community Banks under the Proposed Basel III Rules
Paul M. Phillips; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 20, 2012, previously published on December 18, 2012 At a hearing on November 14, 2012, the Senate Banking Committee had the opportunity to question officials from the various U.S. Banking Regulatory Agencies with regard to the proposed Basel III Capital Rules. Representatives from the OCC, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board indicated that their...
| | Congressional Agenda for the Lame Duck Congress
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 14, 2012, previously published on November 13, 2012 Despite the long campaign season the status quo remains in Washington, D.C. Democrats will maintain their current control of the White House and Senate and the GOP will keep the House. Even before President Obama’s second term begins, and the 113th Congress is sworn in, law makers will be...
| | Deadline Looms for Remittance Transfer Compliance
Paul A. Carrubba; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 13, 2012, previously published on November 8, 2012 Section 1073 of the Dodd-Frank Act (“Act”) amended the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and created new consumer protection for transfers sent by consumers in the United States to recipients (consumer and business) in foreign countries.
| | OSHA Issues First Ever Highway Safety Directive
John D. Surma, Collin G. Warren; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 9, 2012, previously published on October 30, 2012 Every year, thousands of employees are injured and hundreds are killed while working on or adjacent to highways. In 2009, the Federal Highway Administration reported that fatal crashes in highway construction work zones cost 667 lives. According to the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety...
| | OSHA Extends Enforcement Measures in Residential Construction
John D. Surma, Collin G. Warren; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 2, 2012, previously published on October 1, 2012 In 2010, more than 10,000 construction workers in the U.S. were injured and more than 250 were killed as a result of falling from heights in excess of six feet. On December 22, 2010, OSHA rescinded a Clinton-era Compliance Directive related to fall protection in residential construction. That...
| | House and Senate Pass Legislation To Fund Federal Government
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 26, 2012, previously published on September 24, 2012 Early Saturday morning the Senate passed, in a 62-30 vote, the six-month continuing resolution (CR) which the House had passed, in a 329-91 vote, the previous week. The legislation (H J Res 117) will fund the federal government until March 27 of next year.
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