Hunton & Williams LLP

Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to nearly 1,000 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 18 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 100 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.

Business Tax Provisions of the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
Jeffry Blair, Alexander G. McGeoch, Peter G. Weinstock, November 20, 2009
On November 6, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (the "Act"). The significant tax changes applicable to businesses under the Act are summarized below.

Federal Reserve Requires Banks to Implement New Overdraft Procedures and Related Disclosures
Stephanie E. Kalahurka, Peter G. Weinstock, November 20, 2009
The Federal Reserve emphasized its newly donned role of the consumer protector on November 12, 2009 when it issued final revisions to Regulation E (the "Final Rule") that will require many banks to revise their existing procedures for paying and disclosing consumer overdrafts that result...

More Changes For Group Health Plans: GINA, Michelle's Law and CHIP
November 12, 2009
The welfare benefit plan arena has experienced a flurry of regulatory activity over the past year. Set out below is a brief overview of the more important aspects of these changes.