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Legal Alert/Article August 9, 2012, previously published on August 7, 2012 On Thursday (August 2), the Senate Finance Committee approved a more than $205 billion package of expired and expiring tax provisions. In a rare showing of bipartisanship, all of the committee’s Democrats voted for the measure, with more than half the panel’s Republicans joining them in...
| | The LIBOR Situation - A Public Finance Perspective
Mark-David Adams, Antonio D. Martini, Walter J. St. Onge; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 20, 2012, previously published on July 19, 2012 On June 27, 2012, the British Financial Services Authority, the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the US Department of Justice imposed fines aggregating more than $450 million against a leading London-based bank to settle allegations of LIBOR manipulation. Similar proceedings are...
| | New Post-Grant Review Procedures for Challenging Patent Validity Go into Effect September 16, 2012
Christine A. Dudzik, Ralph A. Loren, Brian P. Murphy; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 20, 2012, previously published on July 2012 Beginning September 16, 2012, two new procedures under The America Invents Act (AIA) will be available to allow third party post-issuance challenges to a patent. The new procedures are called Post-Grant Review (PGR) and Inter Parties Review (IPR) and offer the opportunity to challenge the validity...
| | Document Retention Policy Is A Must
Stephen G. Huggard; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 12, 2012, previously published on July 2012 The sad case of Charles Spadoni has resurfaced, reminding us all of the perils of a panicked response to a government investigation and the need for an organized document retention policy.
| | Hong Kong Enacts First General Competition Law
Jamie Chan, Kenneth Choy; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 12, 2012, previously published on July 2012 On 14 June, the Hong Kong Legislative Council, by a bare one vote margin, finally passed the long-anticipated Competition Ordinance ("CO"). The new law, which was published on 22 June 2012, represents the territory's first economy-wide competition law regime, with general prohibitions of...
| | Recent Developments in Wage and Hour Law
Richard D. Glovsky; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 6, 2012, previously published on July 2012 June was a busy month in the world of wage and hour law. In our continuing efforts to keep our clients and friends apprised of recent developments in that often vexing and treacherous legal arena, we highlight below important developments in June of 2012.
| | GOP Senators Introduce New Cybersecurity Measure
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Legal Alert/Article July 3, 2012, previously published on June 29, 2012 In the hopes of jumpstarting stalled-negotiations, several senior Republican Senators this week introduced a revised version of their cybersecurity bill, the Secure IT Act.
| | The Court Expands Upon It's Earlier Ruling in Citizens United
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Legal Alert/Article July 2, 2012, previously published on June 29, 2012 In it’s third significant ruling this week, the Supreme Court announced on Monday that it was overturning a one hundred year-old Montana law that prohibited corporate spending in state elections, ruling 5-4 that the measure violates the First Amendment rights of companies to spend funds on...
| | Long Awaited Deal on Transportation Believed Near
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Legal Alert/Article July 2, 2012, previously published on June 29, 2012 Congressional aides with knowledge of the negotiations, confirmed that House and Senate leaders are nearing a compromise that will allow the chambers to proceed with a two-year bill to fund federal transportation programs.
| | House Votes to Hold Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt
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Legal Alert/Article July 2, 2012, previously published on June 29, 2012 Late Thursday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress, making him the first sitting Attorney General held in contempt of Congress in U.S. history.
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