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Joseph M. DiCioccio; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 15, 2013, previously published on April 11, 2013 There have been many attempts over the last few years to address online copyright infringement. The most recent effort is the Copyright Alert System (“CAS”), which was rolled out in February 2013 as a system created to educate and alert the public about the dangers and harm caused by...
| | “Red Flag” Compliance Requirements Come to Investment Advisors, Broker-Dealers
Cynthia J. Larose; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 15, 2013, previously published on April 12, 2013 It has been several years since the Federal Trade Commission’s Red Flag Rule took effect; and the banking regulators have had the Red Flag Interagency Guidance in place since 2007. Finally, entities regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), such as broker-dealers and...
| | President’s 2014 Budget Proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Joseph Hammang, PHD, Alexander Hecht, Stephen M. Weiner; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 15, 2013, previously published on April 12, 2013 The Obama Administration released its proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget on April 10th. The 244-page document outlines the President’s spending priorities for the coming fiscal year. The FY 2014 Budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) totals $80.1 billion in discretionary...
|  | On the Manifold Meanings of "Affordability" According to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 15, 2013, previously published on April 11, 2013 The core policy goals of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”)—on which there is near universal consensus—are threefold: expand health care coverage; increase the quality of medical outcomes, and reduce costs. (The consensus quickly breaks down, however,...
| | Two Recent SEC No Action Letters Establish Standards for Crowdsourcing Online Platforms Limited to "Accredited Investors" to Avoid Registration as a Broker-Dealer
Daniel I. DeWolf, Steve Ganis, Jeremy D. Glaser, Melanie D. Ruthrauff; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 12, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 In two recent no action letters, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) granted no action relief for two venture capital online funding platforms, the FundersClub, Inc. (“FundersClub”) and AngelList, LLC (“AngelList”), allowing them to avoid...
| | NREL Launches Solar Clearinghouse
Jillian M. Collins; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 12, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched an initiative to build an open-source database of real-world performance from solar facilities across the country. As part of DOE’s SunShot Initiative, the Open Solar Performance and Reliability...
| | Fiscal Year 2014 H-1B Lottery Update
Michele D. Frangella; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 12, 2013, previously published on April 10, 2013 On April 7, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted the lottery process for fiscal year 2014 cap-subject H-1B petitions. The computer-generated random selection process included approximately 124,000 cap-subject petitions received April 1, 2013 through April 5, 2013.
| | Reminder Regarding April 10 Deadline for Identifying Number Registration by Some Swap End-Users
Nicholas Bentley, Leonard Weiser-Varon; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 12, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 This is a reminder that tomorrow, April 10, 2013, is the deadline for parties to certain swap agreements to obtain a CICI identifying number. The April 10 deadline applies to any party who entered into a swap after April 25, 2011 (“swaps” are broadly defined to include a wide range of...
| | Twitter: Employee Who Complained about Sexual Harassment via Twitter Fired
Martha J. Zackin; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2013, previously published on April 8, 2013 Adria Richards is a self-described “endlessly enthusiastic technology evangelist.” While attending a large technology conference in Santa Clara, California, Ms. Richards overheard two men sitting behind her making a series of crude, sexually inappropriate jokes. She tweeted “not...
| | IRS Provides Additional Guidance for Non-Profit Hospitals
Kate F. Stewart; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2013, previously published on April 10, 2013 Last week, the IRS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“2013 Proposed Rule”) regarding the community health needs assessment (“CHNA”) requirement of 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(3) (added to the Internal Revenue Code by the Affordable Care Act). Section 501(r) imposes new...
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