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James G. Peyster; Crowell & Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2012, previously published on May 11, 2012 Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee overwhelmingly passed a final committee mark version of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). To the surprise of many, this lengthy bill included a provision at Section 817 that would dramatically amend the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. §...
| | CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Citizen Suit Based on Pre-Existing Consent Decree
David Chung, Kirsten L. Nathanson; Crowell & Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2012, previously published on May 11, 2012 In a recent per curiam opinion (LEAN v. City of Baton Rouge, No. 11-30549 (5th Cir.)), the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court's dismissal of a Clean Water Act citizen suit, finding that the Clean Water Act's "diligent prosecution" bar to citizen suits is nonjurisdictional and that the...
| | The NLRB's Acting General Counsel Asserts an Unprecedented Challenge to Employee Handbook Receipt Provisions
Crowell Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 8, 2012 The Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board ("General Counsel") recently issued a Complaint alleging that certain employee acknowledgments, routinely included in employee handbooks, violate federal labor law.
| | U.S., Canada, Australia, and EU Ease Sanctions on Myanmar/Burma
Crowell Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 On April 17, the United States began to relax sanctions against Myanmar/Burma as a quid-pro-quo for recent liberalization efforts and for apparently fair parliamentary elections that elected Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a landslide. The U.S. announced that it will normalize diplomatic...
| | U.S. Releases New Model Investment Treaty
Crowell Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 The U.S. State Department released a new model negotiating text for the U.S.'s bilateral investment treaties. The new text preserves much of the structure and language of the prior model but with changes in the areas of labor and environmental protections, as well as new provisions relating to...
| | EPA to Require Electronic Reporting for Chemical Information; Seeks Comments
Crowell Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 On April 13, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed a rule requiring chemical manufacturers and importers to use the EPA's Central Data Exchange ("CDX") and Chemical Information Submission System ("CISS") web-based reporting tool. Companies...
| | New U.S., EU Sanctions for Syria and Iran
Crowell Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 The Obama Administration issued two executive orders within the span of eight days authorizing further sanctions aimed at Iran and Syria, as well as those who do business with them. The first, the so-called Grave Human Rights Abuses Via Information Technology Executive Order ("GHRAVITY...
| | "Toto - We Can't Be In Kansas": Kansas Supreme Court Scuttles Rule of Reason for Resale Price Agreements Under State Law
Robert A. Lipstein, Daniel A. Sasse, Chahira Solh, Ryan C. Tisch; Crowell & Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 7, 2012 On May 4, 2012, Kansas joined the growing trend among states to limit the distribution flexibility that had been anticipated would flow from the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007). In a far reaching and potentially...
| | EU Makes Progress on Transition of Competence For FDI and Status of EU Bilateral Investment Treaties
Crowell Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force in 2009, transferred jurisdiction over foreign direct investment from Member States to the EU, and the European Commission made a proposal in 2010 to the Council and the European Parliament for a Regulation that would require Member States to have...
| | Eighth Circuit Approves Use of Fraud Guidelines for Antitrust Crimes
Crowell Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2012, previously published on May 3, 2012 In a landmark decision that could have a significant impact on sentencing in antitrust cases, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court's use of U.S. Sentencing Guidelines ("Sentencing Guidelines") for fraud, rather than the applicable guidelines for antitrust violations. U.S. v....
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