Article(s) published by this organization: 92
 | SEC Proposes Amendments to Notice and Access Proxy Rules Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; October 28, 2009, previously published on October 22, 2009 On October 14, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to its notice and access proxy rules designed to improve the model for furnishing proxy materials to shareholders electronically (also known as "e-proxy"). |
| GINA Interim Final Regulations - Wellness and Disease Management Programs Impacted Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 13, 2009 Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA") generally prohibits group health plans, health insurance issuers in the group and individual markets and issuers of Medicare supplemental policies from using genetic information to discriminate and from collecting... |
| HHS GINA Proposed Regulations - HIPAA Covered Entities Impacted Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 13, 2009 Section 105 of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA") provides that a group health plan or health insurer may not use or disclose genetic information for purposes of underwriting. These provisions became effective on May 20, 2009. (For background on this issue,... |
| Department Of Homeland Security Revokes Its Rule on "No-Match Letters" James H. Coil, David C. Lindsay, Louis W. Doherty; Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; October 12, 2009, previously published on October 7, 2009 After two years of controversy and litigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on October 7, 2009 that it is rescinding a 2007 rule addressing so-called "no-match letters" from the federal government that call the employment eligibility of certain employees into... |
| SEC Sets Deadline for Smaller Reporting Companies to Provide SOX Independent Auditor Assessment of Internal Control over Financial Reporting Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; October 12, 2009, previously published on October 8, 2009 On Friday, October 2, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced a new and final deadline for smaller reporting companies to provide independent auditor assessment of their internal control over financial reporting in compliance with Section 404(b) of the... |
| FTC Adopts Amended Guides Governing Endorsements and Testimonials Barry M. Benjamin, Tywanda Harris Lord, Virginia S. Taylor, Laura C. Miller; Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; October 12, 2009, previously published on October 7, 2009 Nearly thirty years after the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") last updated its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, the FTC announced on October 5, 2009, that it has approved final revisions to the Guides, which address endorsements by consumers,... |
| FDIC Proposes Prepaid Assessments to Assist Deposit Insurance Fund Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; October 6, 2009, previously published on October 2, 2009 On September 29, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") issued a proposed rule that would require all FDIC-insured depository institutions to prepay estimated quarterly risk-based assessments for the fourth quarter of 2009 and for all of 2010,... |
| Investment Companies May Provide Summary Prospectuses to 401(k) and Other ERISA Plans Offering Their Funds Jeffrey T. Skinner, Thomas W. Steed, Adwoa M. Awotwi, Andrew B. Sachs, Matthew S. Chambers; Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; September 25, 2009, previously published on September 11, 2009 On September 8, 2009, in Field Assistance Bulletin 2009-3, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) approved the use of "summary prospectuses" for mutual funds to satisfy prospectus delivery obligations of employee benefit plans, such as 401(k) plans. As a result, 401(k) and similar plans will... |
| Updated REMIC Regulations - What Do They Mean? Thomas J. Biafore, Stephen A. Edwards, Rex R. Veal; Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; September 24, 2009, previously published on September 18, 2009 On September 15, 2009, the Treasury promulgated final regulations updating the rules related to modifications of loans held in real estate mortgage investment conduits (or "REMICs"). The changes in the REMIC regulations, which apply to all loan modifications on or after September 16,... |
| Medical Treatment and Diagnostic Claims are Patentable Amr O. Aly, Susan A. Cahoon, Jamie L. Greene, Cynthia B. Rothschild, Matias Ferrario, Alyson L. Wooten; Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; September 24, 2009, previously published on September 18, 2009 The Federal Circuit has calmed some anxiety over the patentability of medical diagnostic methods under 35 U.S.C. ยง 101 with its decision in Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, holding that some method of treatment and diagnostic methods are indeed patentable subject... |
