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Faegre Baker Daniels Document Search Results (236) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Industry Reaction to USDA Office Closures
John D. Shively, Kimberly J. Walker; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 16, 2012, previously published on February 16, 2012 The U.S. Department of Agriculture ushered in the new year at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting on January 9, with Secretary Tom Vilsack's announcement of USDA's "Blueprint for Better Services." This initiative will close 259 USDA offices across the country in 2012. ...
| | Crowdfunding Promises New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Emerging Companies
Charles A. Cotter, Jeffrey A. Sherman; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 7, 2012, previously published on February 6, 2012 Congress is currently considering bills that will allow issuers to raise capital through crowdfunding, which is also known as crowd-sourced capital, or crowd financing. Crowdfunding is the sale of equity to a relatively large number of investors in small increments. This is an exciting...
| | A New World of EU Data Protection
Jeffrey M. Goetz; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 2, 2012 On Wednesday, January 25, 2012, the European Commission released a proposed data protection regulation to replace the current EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). The proposed regulation would drastically alter the data protection landscape for companies operating in the EU or selling into EU...
| | It's the Law: Governor Daniels Signs Indiana's Right-to-Work Bill
Stuart R. Buttrick, Brian R. Garrison; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 1, 2012 Indiana is now the nation's 23rd right-to-work state. As we previously informed you, last week the Indiana House of Representatives passed right-to-work legislation by a vote of 54-44. Today, by a vote of 28-22, and without any changes to the House's version, the Senate also passed that...
| | The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act Casts a Wide Net to Curb Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
Matthew R. Levy; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 On December 31, 2011, President Obama signed into law the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA aims to curb Iran's nuclear program by punishing both Iranian and non-Iranian financial institutions that transact with Iran's petroleum industry. Although the NDAA does not directly...
| | Employers Beware: The NLRB's Acting General Counsel Offers Additional Guidance on Social Media Issues
Stuart R. Buttrick, Amy K. Klockenga; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 As we have discussed in previous legal updates—see the list of related legal updates on the left—the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the "Board") has been very active in prosecuting employers, union and non-union alike, who violate employees' Section 7 rights under the...
| | New General Licenses Promote Greater Investment in the Republic of South Sudan
Matthew R. Levy; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 In December 2011, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued two new general licenses exempting certain activities from the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations. These two new licenses authorize transactions that involve Sudan but primarily benefit the Republic...
| | The Supply of Goods Exclusion under TUPE
Anna Byford, Alex Denny, Victoria Pengelly; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held in Pannu v Geo W King and others UKEAT/0021/11 that manufacturers working on an assembly line were excluded from the automatic transfer principle under TUPE because their activities consisted of the supply of goods within the meaning of TUPE. TUPE will...
| | Conflict Of Interests During Job Search
Anna Byford, Alex Denny, Victoria Pengelly; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 An employee who learns confidential information about another company while searching for a new job is not bound to pass the information to his current employer, it was held in Customer Systems Plc v Ranson, Atherton, Edmond and Offland [2011] EWHC 3304 (QB).
| | President Obama Announces Plan to Increase Economic Growth in the U.S. through Enhanced Visa Processing
Beth E. Carlson, Claire Davies, Thomas A. Jensen, Peter A. Yost; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 30, 2012 While in Disney World to promote U.S. travel and tourism on January 19, 2012, President Obama issued an Executive Order to create jobs and increase economic growth in the United States by improving and streamlining temporary visa processing for foreign visitors to the U.S. Through this Executive...
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