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Document(s) published by this organization: 64
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Richard M. Firestone, Michael Levin; Arnold & Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 28, 2012, previously published on February 2012 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is changing its regulations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which governs the use of prerecorded calls or calls placed with an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS). The changes will apply to telemarketing calls and messages, but...
| | EPA’s Numeric Nutrient Rule—(Partially) Struck Contacts Down, But Not Yet Out
Sarah Greer, Jeremy Karpatkin, Lester Sotsky; Arnold & Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 27, 2012, previously published on February 2012 On February 18, 2012, Judge Robert Hinkle of the Northern District of Florida invalidated key elements of the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule setting numeric nutrient criteria for Florida’s lakes and flowing waters. The controversial rule, in which EPA attempted for the...
| | FDA’s Draft Biosimilars Guidance Documents: Overview and Implications
Kenita Barrow, Joshua M. Glasser, Daniel A. Kracov; Arnold & Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 23, 2012, previously published on February 2012 On February 9, 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “the Agency”) released for comment its initial draft guidance implementing the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), signed into law as part of the Affordable Care Act, which creates an...
| | Proposed FATCA Regulations: Some Significant Contacts Relief for Foreign Institutions, but Challenges Ahead
Benjamin Berk, Ehab Farah, Cynthia D. Mann, Jennifer Tam, Bridget M. Weiss; Arnold Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 14, 2012, previously published on February 2012 On February 8, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department released the highly anticipated proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) that, when published in final form, would implement the withholding and information reporting provisions of the Foreign Account Tax...
| | No Time Like the Present for Gifting: Final Contacts Year of the Tax Relief Act Provides Planning Opportunities for 2012
Arnold Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 10, 2012, previously published on February 2012 In 2010, Congress enacted legislation creating the highest gift tax exemption in US history. That legislation, however, expires at the end of 2012. Unless Congress acts, the gift tax exemption will return to its significantly lower 2001 level. As a result, this year presents the perfect planning...
| | Europe Announces Long-Awaited Plans to Reform the EU Data Protection Regime
Henry Clinton-Davis, Gemma Davies, Richard Dickinson, Jake Marshall, Nancy L. Perkins; Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2012, previously published on February 2012 On 25 January 2012, the European Commission announced plans to reform comprehensively the existing data protection regime across the 27 member states that form the EU. The proposals, in the form of a new Regulation, aim to modernise, reinforce, and future-proof the principles set out in the 1995...
| | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission Announce Memorandum of Understanding
A. Patrick Doyle, Michael B. Mierzewski, Amy Ralph Mudge, Nancy L. Perkins, Tengfei (Harry) Wu; Arnold & Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2012, previously published on January 2012 On January 23, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). In doing so, the two agencies fulfilled requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...
| | Medicaid Rebates: CMS Releases The Long-Anticipated Proposed AMP Rule
Jonathan Connell, John Gould, Jeffrey L. Handwerker, Kristin Hicks, Rosemary Maxwell; Arnold & Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 2012 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended (PPACA), made major changes in the methodology for determining Medicaid rebates that pose operational challenges and compliance risks for manufacturers. Effective October 1, 2010, PPACA changed the definition of the Average Manufacturer...
| | Recent Developments in German Competition Law
Silvio Cappellari, Maria Held; Arnold & Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 2012 Since our last Advisory on the subject in July 2011,1 there have been again major developments in German competition law. At the legislative level, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology has presented a draft bill for a major revision of the German Act against Restraints of...
| | Important NLRB Decision to Affect All US Employers—Union and Nonunion
David Durham; Arnold Porter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 25, 2012, previously published on January 2012 The NLRB has issued a controversial decision that will limit the ability of most US employers—including most nonunion employers—to implement arbitration plans with class-action waivers. www.arnoldporter.com
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