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Show: results per page Sort by:  | Lessons from In re HTC America Inc.: FTC's Broadening Approach to Consumer Data Security Leaves Unwary Manufacturer or Developer with More Than It Bargained For
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 2013 The Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") recent enforcement action In the Matter of HTC America Inc ("HTC"), FTC File No. 1223049, illustrates the FTC's broadening approach to regulating reasonable data security practices and consumer protection. The FTC's traditional enforcement...
|  | The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 2013 The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is a response to difficulties in the financial markets and calls for greater regulation of alternative investment funds and alternative investment fund managers. The aim of the AIFMD is to implement a coordinated and stringent regulatory framework...
| | Delivery of an Aircraft in the UK: Not Quite Such a Piece of VAT Cake?
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on Winter 2013 Historically, the UK has been a very convenient place in which to take delivery of an aircraft. Over the last couple of years, however, changes to the UK value added tax ("VAT") rules have made it not quite so straightforward. The most recent VAT change on December 1, 2012 punctuates the...
| | California Supreme Court Allows Parol Evidence to Prove Fraud
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 2013 A recent California Supreme Court case, Riverisland Cold Storage v. Fresno-Madera Production Credit Ass'n, is causing some anxiety among financial institutions and other businesses in California. 151 Cal. Rptr. 3d 93 (2013). Riverisland overturns prior California case law that prevented the use of...
| | Immediate Preventive Care Coverage Changes May Be Required for Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 2013 New guidance, in the form of FAQs, has just been issued about preventive care benefits that non-grandfathered health plans must cover with no cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act. This new guidance may require mid-year changes in plan coverage for many employers. The existing guidance defines...
| | DOL Issues Final Rule on FMLA Coverage for Flight Crew
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 2013 On February 6, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") published its Final Rule on the treatment of airline flight crews under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. ("FMLA"). The rules were issued pursuant to the Airline Flight Crew Technical...
| | U.S. Supreme Court Reverses "State Action" Decision, Confirming Narrow Scope of Immunity
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 2013 In FTC v. Phoebe Putney, the Supreme Court has unanimously reversed the Eleventh Circuit holding that a Georgia hospital authority’s acquisition of a hospital was covered by state-action immunity, emphasizing that "state-action immunity is disfavored." The Supreme Court held that,...
| | Announcement to the EU Commission: Please Loosen Your Seat Belt (on Substance) and Tighten It (on Process)
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on Winter 2013 The European Commission's well-established analytical framework for mergers and alliances of airlines largely ignores the ongoing shift toward network-based competition. The rigid analytical framework through which the Commission reviews the concerns and benefits of deeper alliance integration...
| | Air France Concorde Crash—Ten Years Later
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on Winter 2013 The concept of the Concorde supersonic aircraft started in the late 1950s with the merger of French and British programs and was one of the most prestigious aeronautic challenges of the last century. Fifty years later, on July 25, 2000, the crash of the Air France flight was the only fatal crash of...
| | The European Commission's New Horizons for Aviation—The German Airlines' Perspective
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on Winter 2013 On September 27, 2012, European Commission Vice President Siim Kallas presented the EU Commission's analysis paper on the EU External Aviation Policy Package, called "New Horizons for EU Aviation."
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