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David C. Boch, W. Hardy Callcott, Jason S. Pinney; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 22, 2012 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is amending Rules 13201 and 2263 to provide that whistleblower disputes are no longer subject to mandatory arbitration. This change aligns the rules with the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...
| | Revised Regulations for Delineating Critical Habitat Under the Endangered Species Act
Sandra Franco, Ella Foley Gannon, Camarin E.B. Madigan, Michael B. Wigmore; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS and, together, the Services) issued the final rule revising the regulations for publishing the proposed and final boundaries of an endangered species’ designated critical habitat. With the goal of being...
| | SEC Approves MSRB’s New Underwriter Disclosure Requirements
Elizabeth H. Baird, W. Hardy Callcott, Timothy C. Foley, Paul M. Tyrrell; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 On May 4, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board interpretive notice (“the Notice”) regarding MSRB Rule G-17. The Notice describes certain disclosure and other obligations of municipal securities dealers when they act as...
| | California Public Utilities Commission Proposes RPS Procurement Overhaul
Sarah M. Barker-Ball, William D. Kissinger, Devin M. McDonell, Monica A. Schwebs; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 On April 5, 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposal that, if adopted, will dramatically change the way utilities purchase renewable energy in California. The ruling, authored by CPUC Commissioner Mark Ferron as part of the 2012 Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS)...
| | Ninth Circuit Rejects “Selective Waiver” of Attorney-Client Privilege
Krystal N. Bowen, Charlene S. Shimada, Lucy Wang; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 24, 2012 On April 17, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in In re Pacific Pictures Corporation that a party may not selectively waive attorney-client privilege by voluntarily producing privileged materials to the government while maintaining the privilege in civil litigation.
| | FINRA Seeks Comment on Proposed "In re Expungement Rule" Applicable to Unnamed Parties in Arbitration Proceedings
David C. Boch, W. Hardy Callcott, Paul M. Tyrrell; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 16, 2012 FINRA recently issued a Regulatory Notice requesting comment on a proposed new expungement procedure for persons not named in a customer-initiated arbitration. As noted in RN 12-18, in 2009, the SEC approved amendments to Forms U4 and U5 to, among other things, require the reporting of allegations...
| | Brinker Decided at Last: California Employers Not Required To Be “Lunch Police”
Eileen O'Brien Cahill, Debra L. Fischer, Shannon S. Raj, James Severson; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 16, 2012, previously published on April 13, 2012 Eight years of litigation have finally resulted in a definitive ruling from the California Supreme Court that California employers need only provide employees with duty-free meal periods and rest breaks. They are not required to police them by ensuring that employees take their meal periods and...
| | MSRB Proposes Revised Definition of Sophisticated Municipal Market Professional (“SMMP”)
Elizabeth H. Baird, W. Hardy Callcott, Timothy C. Foley, Paul M. Tyrrell; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2012, previously published on April 4, 2012 The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”) filed a Proposed Rule Change (the “Proposal”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that updates its definition of “sophisticated municipal market professionals” (“SMMPs”) under MSRB Rule...
| | Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final, Voluntary Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines
Ella Foley Gannon, Camarin E.B. Madigan, Todd W. Smith; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 3, 2012 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has issued final, voluntary guidelines, which take effect immediately, to assist developers of "utility-scale" land-based wind energy projects to reduce potential impacts to species of concern and their habitats. These Land-Based Wind Energy...
| | SEC and CFTC Issue Joint Proposed Rules and Guidelines to Address Identity Theft
David C. Boch, W. Hardy Callcott, Nancy M. Persechino; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2012, previously published on March 12, 2012 On Feb. 28, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) jointly issued proposed rules and guidelines to implement new statutory provisions mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...
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