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Show: results per page Sort by:  | Final NYSE Rules for Compensation Committees and Compensation Consultants, Legal Counsel and Other Advisers
Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 13, 2013, previously published on February 8, 2013 In January of this year, the SEC finally approved the new listing standards proposed by the NYSE for independent compensation committees and compensation consultants, legal counsel and other advisers. These new listing standards, adopted as required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...
| | Final Nasdaq Rules for Compensation Committees and Compensation Consultants, Legal Counsel and Other Advisers
Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 13, 2013, previously published on February 8, 2013 In January of this year, the SEC finally approved the new listing standards proposed by Nasdaq for independent compensation committees and compensation consultants, legal counsel and other advisers. These new listing standards, adopted as required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...
|  | HIPAA Omnibus Rule Significantly Expands Privacy, Security, Enforcement Standards, Breach Notification Requirements, and Penalties for Non-Compliance
Drew Gantt, David Sclar; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 13, 2013, previously published on February 2013 On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a final rule ("Omnibus Rule")1 affecting multiple aspects of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"). The Omnibus Rule becomes effective on March 26,...
| | Government Finalizes FATCA Regulations
Mark M. Hrenya, Webb B. Morrow, Aaron Pomeroy; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 11, 2013, previously published on February 4, 2013 On January 17, 2013, the Treasury Department and IRS released final regulations relating to the tax reporting and withholding requirements commonly referred to as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA").
| | New SBA Regulations Expand Eligibility for SBIR/STTR Funding
Christopher J. Kimball, Thomas Mason, Chip Purcell; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2013, previously published on February 7, 2013 Effective January 28, 2013, the Small Business Administration ("SBA") significantly expanded the eligibility rules for Small Business Innovation Research ("SBIR") and Small Business Technology Transfer ("STTR") grants. Under new SBA regulations, firms that are...
| | The California Supreme Court Finds Online Transactions for Downloadable Products Are Not Covered by the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act
Michelle C. Doolin, Michael G. Rhodes; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2013, previously published on February 7, 2013 On February 4, 2013, in the case of Apple v. Superior Court (Krescent) the California Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal's denial of defendant Apple Inc.'s petition for writ of mandate for review of the trial court's order overruling Apple's demurrer. The lawsuit alleged that Apple had...
| | Revised 2013 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Thresholds—Effective February 11, 2013
Megan Browdie, Francis M. Fryscak, Jacqueline Grise, M. Howard Morse, Marc Schildkraut; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 18, 2013, previously published on January 14, 2013 Filing thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act will increase February 11, 2013 to reflect growth in the Gross National Product (GNP). Many transactions valued over $70.9 million will now have to be notified to federal antitrust authorities.
| | Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plans—IRS Information Statements and Information Returns under Section 6039
Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 11, 2013, previously published on January 9, 2013 This Alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to incentive stock option exercises and transfers of stock acquired under employee stock purchase plans occurring during 2012.
| | Beware the Ides of March: Key Considerations for Navigating the Transition to First-to-File
Dean Farmer, Bill Galliani, Carol Laherty, Bonnie Weiss McLeod, C. Scott Talbot; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 11, 2013, previously published on January 8, 2013 On March 16, 2013, the United States switches from the current first-to-invent patent system to a new first-inventor-to-file (first-to-file) patent system under the America Invents Act (AIA). Patent applications entitled to a priority filing date prior to March 16, 2013 will be examined under the...
| | Medical Device Excise Tax Goes Into Effect Despite Opposition
Andrew Gantt, David I. Sclar; Cooley LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 11, 2013, previously published on January 8, 2013 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") imposed a 2.3% tax on the sale of certain medical devices in the United States. The tax went into effect as of January 1, 2013, despite efforts from opponents of the tax to repeal the tax or delay its implementation. The...
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