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Document(s) published by this organization: 105
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Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 22, 2012 On May 21, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a final rule postponing until Jan. 31, 2013 the effective date for the accessibility requirements for existing pools and spas subject to either Title II (state and local government programs) or Title III (places of public accommodation)...
| | Lenders Beware: Eleventh Circuit’s Ruling in TOUSA Increases Fraudulent Transfer Risk
John T. Gregg, Timothy S. McFadden, John W. Mills; Barnes & Thornburg LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 23, 2012 On May 15, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that security interests and liens granted by subsidiaries of a borrower to refinance obligations owed to the borrower’s lenders constituted fraudulent transfers under section 548(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code in...
| | Seventh Circuit Sides with U.S. Steel in Latest Donning and Doffing Decision
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Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The Seventh Circuit in Sandifer v. U.S Steel has provided union employers a useful tool to avoid potential Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”or “Act”) liability.
| | D.C. District Court Invalidates NLRB’s “Quickie” Election Rule Due to Lack of Quorum
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Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 Last June, the National Labor Relations Board formally proposed to amend its procedures for resolving disputes about union representation in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), commonly known as the “quickie” election rule because it would shorten the amount of time between the...
| | Seventh Circuit Holds Pay-if-Paid Provisions Are Not Void Under Indiana Public Policy
Timothy J. Abeska, Scott R. Murphy, Clifford J. Shapiro; Barnes & Thornburg LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 On May 11, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in BMD Contractors, Inc. v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland (No. 11-1345), affirming a lower court summary judgment in favor of a surety on a payment bond.
| | Federal District Court Holds Customer of a Municipal Utility Entitled to Formal Opportunity to be Heard Prior to Disconnection
P. Jason Stephenson; Barnes & Thornburg LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2012, previously published on May 11, 2012 The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana recently found that the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment required an Indiana municipal water utility to provide an opportunity to interpose a formal request to be heard before...
| | Immediate Action Needed: New Law Impacts Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates for Users Outside the Municipality’s Boundaries
Emily A. Heimann, Nicholas K. Kile; Barnes & Thornburg LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2012, previously published on May 11, 2012 The Indiana legislature recently enacted House Enrolled Act No. 1126 (HEA 1126), a bill which permits customers who live outside a municipality’s boundaries (outside customers) and are charged higher rates than those who live within a municipality’s boundaries (inside customers) to...
| | Some Indiana Local Government Entities May Qualify for Loans Due to Past Misapplied Maximum Fund Rate Calculations
Randal J. Kaltenmark, Jeffery J. Qualkinbush; Barnes & Thornburg LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 Qualified Indiana local government entities - school corporations, cities, towns, counties and library districts - may wish to review their 2012 or prior year budgets due to misapplication of the maximum capital projects fund rate calculation under Indiana statute (Indiana Code 6-1.1-18-12).
| | Significant Changes to Michigan’s Underground Storage Tank Program
Charles M. Denton, Tammy L. Helminski, Kenneth W. Vermeulen; Barnes & Thornburg LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 New legislation governing cleanups of contamination from leaking underground storage tanks (USTs) in Michigan became effective on May 1, 2012. The six-bill package amends Part 213 of Michigan’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA) and makes several important changes to...
| | FDA Issues Draft Guidance Relevant to Use of Nanotechnology in Food and Food Packaging
Philip J. Faccenda, Glenn E. Killoren, Hae Park-Suk, Lynn C. Tyler, Todd G. Vare; Barnes & Thornburg LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on May 1, 2012 The FDA recently issued a draft Guidance titled, “Guidance for Industry: Assessing the Effects of Significant Manufacturing Process Changes, Including Emerging Technologies, on the Safety and Regulatory Status of Food Ingredients and Food Contact Substances, including Food Ingredients that...
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