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Edward T. Kennedy, Kent L. Killelea, Todd Wallace; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article March 2, 2012, previously published on February 2012 On February 8, 2012, the IRS released proposed regulations on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA") rules that were enacted in 2010. Under the proposed regulations, the FATCA regime remains applicable to non-U.S. investment vehicles, including hedge funds, private equity funds,...
|  | Final Fee Disclosure Regulation: Additional Hurdles for Service Providers and Plan Fiduciaries
Michael K. Blais, Daniel C. Hagen, Alan S. Miller, Evan Miller, Sara R. Pikofsky, Steven J. Sacher; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article February 10, 2012, previously published on February 2012 On February 2, 2012, the Depar tment of Labor (“DOL”) released the much-anticipated final regulation on service provider fee disclosures. Although the DOL had issued an interim final regulation in July 2010 (see “Fee Disclosure Regulation: Department of Labor Provides Leverage for...
| | West Virginia and Pennsylvania Tax Policy for the Marcellus and Utica Shale Formations: Ensuing Border Wars?
Jessica L. Brown, Jeffrey S. DeVore, Francis A. Muracca; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article January 26, 2012, previously published on January 2012 In a tough economic climate where many states are cutting incentives and raising tax rates in an effort to increase revenue and close vast budget deficits, debate continues as to the extent that state and local taxation are affecting the exploration of natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica...
| | The Rising Tide of Public Nuisance Claims
Thomas E. Fennell, Deborah Storey Simmons; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article January 18, 2012, previously published on Winter 2011 Public nuisance claims in public interest tort litigation appeared in 1994, when more than 40 states sued tobacco companies to recoup costs allegedly attributable to citizens’ tobacco use. Public interest tort litigation typically features a combination of public nuisance law and mass torts...
| | Second Circuit Settles the Meaning of Settlement Payments Under Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code
John H. Chase, Daniel J. Merrett; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article December 15, 2011, previously published on November/December 2011 The powers and protections granted to a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor in possession under the Bankruptcy Code are numerous and far-reaching. From the automatic stay of creditor collection actions afforded by section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code to the unilateral power to assume or reject...
| | Stock Options Now Valid Consideration for Noncompete Agreements in Texas
Joseph M. Beauchamp, Brian M. Jorgensen, Matthew W. Ray, Mark D. Temple; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article August 1, 2011, previously published on July 2011 On June 24, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court in Marsh USA, Inc. v. Cook further restricted the ability of employees seeking to dodge noncompete restrictions in agreements with their employers by allowing stock options to serve as the consideration supporting the agreement. No. 09-0558, 2011 WL...
| | Supreme Court Clarifies What It Means To "Make" a Statement for Rule 10b-5 Liability
Travis S. Biffar, Robert W. Gaffey, Thomas R. Jackson, Eric Landau, Michael J. McConnell, Robert C. Micheletto; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article June 22, 2011, previously published on June 2011 On June 13, 2011, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 opinion delivered by Justice Thomas, held that an entity that does not have ultimate authority and control over the content of a statement or whether and how to communicate the statement does not "make" the statement for purposes...
| | Potentially Disruptive California Sales Tax Decision
David E. Cowling, Roburt J. Waldow; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article June 20, 2011, previously published on June 2011 On April 27, 2011, the California Court of Appeal’s decision in Nortel Networks Inc. v. State Board of Equalization became final. This significant decision held that the license of software transferred on tangible storage media constitutes a “technology transfer agreement”...
| | Texas Governor Signs Tort Reform Legislation Aimed at Attracting Businesses to Texas
Roy T. Atwood, Scott F. Mascianica; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article June 15, 2011, previously published on June 2011 After winning reelection to an unprecedented third consecutive term as governor of Texas based, in part, on a record of attracting jobs to the state, Rick Perry vowed to make tort reform legislation aimed at eliminating frivolous lawsuits one of his top priorities in the 2011 legislative session....
| | Fourteen Federal District Courts Selected for Pilot Project Designed to Enhance Patent Expertise
Hilda C. Galvan, Calvin P. Griffith, Tharan Gregory Lanier, David M. Maiorana, Brian M. Poissant; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article June 10, 2011, previously published on June 2011 On June 7, 2011, the federal Judiciary announced the selection of the following 14 federal district courts to participate in a 10-year pilot project designed to improve the level of expertise among district court judges who oversee resolution of patent disputes in federal court:
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