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Alston & Bird LLP Washington, DC Document Search Results (32) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Iranian Sanctions Update: Enforcement Jurisdiction of Office of Foreign Assets Control and Status of Pending Iran Sanctions Legislation
Thomas E. Crocker; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 22, 2012 This client advisory summarizes two recent developments concerning the ever-changing picture of U.S. sanctions on Iran: a recent penalty case issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which appears to break new jurisdictional grounds and the status of significant new sanctions...
| | FERC Asserts Jurisdiction over Bundled REC Sales
Sean A. Atkins, Kenneth G. Jaffe, Michael N. Kunselman, Stephen C. Palmer, Andrea Wolfman; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2012, previously published on May 8, 2012 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued an order to clarify the circumstance under which its regulatory authority extends over sales of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs); specifically, when such a sale is bundled with the sale of electric energy at wholesale. The order,...
| | New Agency Guidance on Required Contraceptive Coverage Under Group Health Plans
Ashley Gillihan, John R. Hickman, Carolyn E. Smith; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2012, previously published on May 2, 2012 On August 1, 2011, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued Guidelines on Women’s Preventive Health (the “HRSA Guidelines”). Under Section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), as added by...
| | President Issues Two New Executive Orders Tightening Sanctions on Iran and Syria
Thomas E. Crocker; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2012, previously published on May 3, 2012 President Obama has issued two new Executive Orders that impose significant new extraterritorial sanctions on persons who do business with Iran or Syria. One of the Executive Orders has particularly important implications for foreign financial institutions and other non-U.S. persons.
| | FERC Reexamines Policies on Open Access for Generator Interconnection Facilities
Sean A. Atkins, Kenneth G. Jaffe, Michael N. Kunselman, Stephen C. Palmer, Andrea Wolfman; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 23, 2012 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) requesting public comments on its policies regarding priority rights to the use of facilities used to interconnect generation to the transmission grid. The proceeding could lay the groundwork for significant...
| | JOBS Act Aims to Jumpstart Capital Formation
David E. Brown, M. Hill Jeffries, Douglas J. McClintock, Carol M. McGee, Gary J. Ross, Mark I. Sokolow; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2012, previously published on April 5, 2012 The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (otherwise known as the JOBS Act), which was signed into law by President Obama on April 5, 2012, contains the most sweeping set of changes to the securities laws governing public and private offerings since the Securities Offering Reform was enacted in 2005....
| | Health Care Reform Update: Final Regulations Impose Reinsurance “Contribution” on Fully Insured and Self-Insured Plans Starting in 2014
John R. Hickman, Carolyn E. Smith; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 29, 2012, previously published on March 28, 2012 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides for a State-based transitional reinsurance program to help stabilize premiums for coverage in the individual health insurance market during the first three years of operation of the Exchanges (2014-2016). The program is designed primarily to transfer risk from...
| | HIPAA Covered Health Plans Beware: HHS Office of Civil Rights Kicks Off HIPAA Audit Program
John R. Hickman, Johann Lee; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 9, 2012, previously published on March 7, 2012 Since November 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has been conducting audits of covered entities (the “HIPAA Audit Program”) for compliance with the privacy and security requirements under HIPAA and the HITECH Act...
| | Office of Foreign Assets Control Issues Final Rule Implementing National Defense Authorization Act Sanctions on Iran
Thomas E. Crocker; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 29, 2012, previously published on February 27, 2012 Effective February 27, 2012, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) implementing Section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA), which requires the imposition of sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran and...
| | Congress Readies Additional Iran Sanctions That Would Close the Foreign Subsidiary Loophole
Thomas E. Crocker; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 22, 2012, previously published on February 21, 2012 On February 13, 2012, the Senate Banking Committee placed on the Senate legislative calendar the “Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012” (S. 2101) (the “Bill”), which it had approved on February 2, 2012. The 92-page Bill would effectively close the...
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