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Greenberg Traurig, LLP Washington, DC Document Search Results (36) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Virginia Supreme Court Requires Face-to-Face Meeting Prior to Commencing Foreclosures on FHA-Backed Loans
Thomas J. McKee, Gil Rudolph, Michael R. Sklaire; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 Upholding a challenge to what appeared to be a routine foreclosure action for failure to make payments, on April 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of Virginia joined a growing list of states by ruling that a face-to-face meeting between a mortgagee and mortgagor is a condition precedent to accelerating...
| | FERC Takes Additional Steps to Enhance Energy Market Oversight in the Wake of Recent Enforcement Actions
Robert M. Lamkin, Kenneth M. Minesinger, Doreen U. Saia; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 4, 2012, previously published on May 3, 2012 On April 19, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) that further enhances ongoing Commission efforts to detect and penalize anti-competitive behavior or manipulation in the wholesale energy...
| | House Judiciary Committee Votes to Approve Israel for E-2 Treaty Investor Visa Eligibility
Gary M. Epstein, Dawn M. Lurie; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 In a voice vote on March 8, 2012, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would permit qualifying Israeli nationals to apply for the nonimmigrant E-2 Treaty Investor visa, thus enabling those seeking to develop and direct the operations of an enterprise in the U.S. in which they have...
| | FERC Investigates Market Manipulation and Imposes Major Civil Penalties
Robert M. Lamkin, Kenneth M. Minesinger, Doreen U. Saia; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on April 20, 2012 On April 5, 2012, following recent enforcement actions concerning other energy market participants, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a notice of a formal, non-public enforcement proceeding initiated by the Commission’s Office of...
| | Supreme Court Broadens the Types of Federal Agency Actions That Can Be Challenged in Court
Jerry Stouck, David B. Weinstein; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 4, 2012 The Supreme Court recently held, in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, that “compliance orders” unilaterally issued by the EPA, which the agency contended were informal directives not subject to judicial review, qualify as “final” agency actions that can be...
| | Dealing With the Government -- Don't Be Left Holding the Bag
Nelson F. Migdal, Richard Moorhouse; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on March 30, 2012 Perhaps this statement from Judge David Lawson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan tells you everything you need to know — or already do know — about dealing with the government. For 1200 Sixth Street, LLC, the lesson may have come too late, and at a...
| | Court Reaffirms Broad Immunity for Patent Infringing Government Contractors - Only Recourse For Patent Holders Is To Sue Government
Caitlin S. Kaprove, Paul F. McQuade, Jerry Stouck; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 3, 2012 A March 14, 2012, decision of the Federal Circuit sitting en banc, Zoltek Corporation v. United States v. Lockheed Martin, confirmed the broad immunity that government contractors enjoy from claims of patent infringement during the performance of federal contracts. The en banc court did so by...
| | Supreme Court's Decision in Kawashima v. Holder and the Hard-Learned Lessons of an Old Tax-Crime Conviction
Dawn M. Lurie; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2012, previously published on March 20, 2012 A married couple, natives of Japan, small business owners, who immigrated to the U.S. legally and became Legal Permanent Residents (green card holders) in 1984, began, and continue to run, successful Japanese restaurants in various affluent areas of California. Over two decades ago, in 1991, the...
|  | From the Office of Special Counsel: Anatomy of an OSC Investigation
Nataliya Binshteyn, Dawn M. Lurie; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2012, previously published on March 2012 The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices is responsible for enforcing the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which protects work-authorized individuals from discrimination during the process of hiring, firing,...
| | New Bill Seeks to Automatically Debar and Significantly Restrict Contingency Contractors
Caitlin S. Kaprove, Dorn C. McGrath; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 16, 2012, previously published on March 13, 2012 On February 29, 2012, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) introduced a bill designed to significantly increase oversight of and restrictions on U.S. government contractors involved in overseas military contingency operations. If passed, the bill, known as the “Comprehensive Contingency...
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