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Michael L. Brown, Craig Carpenito, Frank A. Hirsch; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 In his January 24, 2012, State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced the creation of a new law enforcement task force targeting financial crimes. Specifically, President Obama tasked Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. with creating a special group of federal and state prosecutors to...
| | Quick Peek Discovery: Salem Financial, Inc. v. United States, No. 10-192T (Claims Court Jan. 18, 2012)
Jasper L. Cummings; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 1, 2012 A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected some privilege claims and directed the taxpayer to allow the government lawyers a “quick peek” at other documents the taxpayer does not want to turn over in discovery. In the course of this opinion, most of the possible issues that can...
| | Update - NYSE Expands Range of “Broker May Not Vote” Matters Under Rule 452
Marshall Chalmers, Carol M. McGee, William S. Ortwein; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2012, previously published on January 26, 2012 Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) released Information Memo 12-4, “Application of Rule 452 to Certain Types of Corporate Governance Proxy Proposals,” establishing significant new restrictions on broker discretionary voting. Citing “recent congressional and public...
| | Delaware Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Single-Asset Real Estate Mezz Debtor’s Bankruptcy Case for Bad Faith
Jonathan T. Edwards, Jason H. Watson, David A. Wender; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 26, 2012, previously published on January 26, 2012 On December 22, 2011, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in In re JER/Jameson Mezz Borrower II LLC dismissed with prejudice a mezzanine borrower’s bankruptcy case for bad faith under Section 1112(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. In doing so, the court clarified that the...
| | Health Care Reform Update: What’s Essential About “Essential Health Benefits”— HHS Bulletin Creates Issues for All Group Health Plans
John R. Hickman, Carolyn E. Smith; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 26, 2012, previously published on January 25, 2012 On December 16, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin (the “Bulletin”) relating to the definition of essential health benefits (EHB) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Bulletin sets forth the approach HHS intends to...
| | Commissioner Warns of FERC Retreat on Transmission Rate Incentives
Sean A. Atkins, Kenneth G. Jaffe, Jamil E. Nasir; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 26, 2012, previously published on January 25, 2012 On the very last business day of 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) used its authority under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act to grant New Jersey’s Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) rate incentives for construction of a large transmission project (the...
| | Third Circuit Decision Addresses New Jersey Gift Card Questions
John L. Coalson, Michael M. Giovannini, Kendall L. Houghton, Maryann H. Luongo, Ethan D. Millar; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 25, 2012, previously published on January 24, 2012 On January 5 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its opinion in N.J. Retail Merchants Association v. Sidamon-Eristoff, a case involving the constitutionality of 2010 N.J. Laws Chapter 25 (the NewJersey Act), New Jersey’s recently enacted unclaimed property legislation...
| | (Good) Faith No More: The SSUTA’s Exemption Certificate Standard
Mary T. Benton, Michael M. Giovannini; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 25, 2012, previously published on January 18, 2012 With the addition of Georgia on August 1, 2011, 24 states have adopted legislation conforming their sales and use tax laws with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. The SSUTA covers several broad categories of state sales and use tax law, and this article focuses on the simplified...
| | IRS Issues Additional Guidance on Form W-2 Reporting for Health Coverage Costs
Alston Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 20, 2012, previously published on January 18, 2012 The IRS has issued more guidance, IRS Notice 2012-9 (“2012 Notice”), on the W-2 reporting of certain employer-sponsored health coverage that is required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). You can find the 2012 Notice at...
| | The Future of the Intercreditor in 2012 and Beyond
Robert J. Sullivan; Alston & Bird LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 20, 2012, previously published on January 18, 2012 More than a year after Judge Richard Lowe handed down his industry-rattling opinion in Bank of America, N.A. v. PSW NYC LLC, the commercial real estate markets are still pondering its holding. Many in the industry dismissed the PSW decision as merely a rogue case, not to be seriously considered in...
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