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Document(s) published by this organization: 206
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Simon Harms, Lisa Navarro; Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 24, 2012 On 15 March 2012, the UK’s Department for Business Innovation and Skills (“BIS”) announced its plans for the reform of the UK competition regime. These proposals were crystallised on 23 May 2012 in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (the “Bill”).
| | Commission Ready to Declare Maritime Transport a Sector like Any Other
Simon Harms, Stephen C. Tupper; Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 23, 2012 On 4 May 2012, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced its preliminary intention not to renew its sector-specific guidelines on the application of the European Union (“EU”) competition rules to maritime transport services (the “Maritime Guidelines”)....
|  | Impact of Proposed FATCA Regulations on U.S. Real Estate Ventures With Non-U.S. Investors or Lenders
Richard M. Petkun, Sanford C. Presant; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2012, previously published on May 22, 2012 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently proposed enormously complex regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. This Alert looks at the challenges that a U.S. real estate fund or joint venture with foreign investors or lenders will face under these proposed rules.
| | New York Agencies Issue Regulations to Limit Service Providers' Executive Compensation and Administrative Expenses
Harold N. Iselin, Pamela A. Madeiros, Joshua L. Oppenheimer, Francis J. Serbaroli; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2012, previously published on May 21, 2012 On May 16, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that 13 State agencies have proposed regulations to implement Executive Order 38, which seeks to limit New York State’s reimbursement for the administrative costs and executive compensation for not-for-profit and for-profit service providers....
| | Florida Streamlines Tax Liability Rules for Purchasers of Businesses and Rental Real Estate Projects
Marvin A. Kirsner; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Legislation recently signed by Governor Scott will make it easier to determine whether the purchaser of the assets of a business will be subject to transferee liability for the Florida tax obligations of the seller. This should be a relief to purchasers of businesses and commercial and residential...
| | 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...
| | New York ALJ Issues Novel Ruling Revising the 'Accrual Rule' on Change of Residence
David W. Bunning; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 10, 2012 On April 12, 2012, an administrative law judge in New York’s Division of Tax Appeals issued a determination that completely re-writes the “accrual rule” as it applies to the sale of real estate by an individual who changes his or her residence to or from New York.
| | Massachusetts Law Regulating Employment Background Checks Goes Into Effect May 2012
Justin Keith, Terence P. McCourt; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 9, 2012 The remaining provisions of the comprehensive 2010 legislation amending the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information Act (the “CORI Act”) went into effect on May 4, 2012. These provisions affect any Massachusetts employer that conducts criminal background checks on applicants...
| | Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions: EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance and Best Practices
Jay P. Lechner, Nikki Lewis Simon; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 It is the rare employer or company that has no interest in the criminal background of its prospective or even current employees. One would even go so far as to argue that it makes good common and business sense not to hire persons that have been arrested for, or convicted of, a serious crime, or to...
| | 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...
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