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Show: results per page Sort by:  | What's Next for Teaming Agreements After Cyberlock?
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Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on May 21, 2013 A recent federal District Court decision holding a teaming agreement between two contractors unenforceable under Virginia law raises questions about the usefulness of these commonly employed agreements-and not just in Virginia.
| | Electronic I-94s Are Here: Key Information for Travelers and Employers
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Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 17, 2013 On April 30, 2013, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began rolling out its new electronic I-94 system. By the end of May, paper I-94s will be eliminated for all foreign national travelers, except those entering at land border ports. This means that any foreign national traveler entering the...
| | D.C. Circuit Court Vacates the NLRB's Notice Posting Rule
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Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 9, 2013 On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held in National Association of Manufacturers, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al., No. 12-5068, that the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) August 2011 rule requiring most private-sector employers to...
| | Unprecedented FCPA Wake-Up Call for U.S. Broker-Dealers and Foreign Banks: Has the Perfect FCPA Storm Finally Arrived for U.S. Financial Markets?
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Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 14, 2013 On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) unsealed extraordinary criminal charges against two registered representatives of a U.S. broker-dealer and a high-level Venezuelan government official for engaging in a "Massive International Bribery...
| | Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 Passes United States Senate
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Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 9, 2013 On May 6, 2013, the United States Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (the "Act") by a vote of 69 to 27. The legislation (S. 743) now moves to the House of Representatives for consideration.
| | Recent Developments in New York's Taxation of Unauthorized Life Insurers
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Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 Prior to 2012, New York afforded surprisingly favorable tax treatment to life insurance companies that are not licensed to conduct business in New York ("unauthorized life insurers"), but that owned real estate investments in New York. The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance...
| | District Court Clarifies Distinction Between Burdens of Proof on Stay Relief and Adequate Protection in American Airlines Bankruptcy
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Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 In AMR Corporation, et al., Debtors, Case No. 12-3967, 2013 WL 1339123 (S.D.N.Y. April 3, 2013), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York acknowledged that to be granted relief from the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(d), a secured creditor has the initial...
| | Manufacturers Beware: DOE's Program of Compliance with Energy and Water Conservation Standards Comes to Life!
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Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 Unknown to many manufacturers of appliances, energy-consuming devices and water fixtures, there are a host of energy conservation standards that regulate the performance of these products. While the energy conservation standards originated with the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA),...
| | Second Circuit Establishes Relevant Time Period for "Center of Main Interests" Determination Under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code
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Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 In Morning Mist Holdings Limited v. Krys (In re Fairfield Sentry Limited), Case No. 11-4376, 2013 WL 1593348 (2d Cir. April 16, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the "Second Circuit") held that the relevant point in time for determining where the...
| | Congress Drafts Compounding Legislation -- Defines Compounded Drugs as "New Drugs" Under the FFDCA and Creates Bright Line Between "Traditional Compounders" and "Compounding Manufacturers"
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Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 In the wake of the New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak, the federal government has actively pushed for greater legislative oversight over compounding pharmacies. On April 26, 2013, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions ("HELP") released...
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