Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in nine offices across the globe: Atlanta and Augusta, GA; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC; New York, NY; Washington, DC; Stockholm, Sweden and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kilpatrick Stockton's delivery of innovative business solutions provides results-oriented counsel for corporations, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. Collaboration among Kilpatrick Stockton's corporate, tax, employment and employee benefit attorneys provides knowledgeable and proactive guidance for companies at every stage of the business life cycle.

Department of Labor Opinion Letter Clarifies FMLA Notice Requirements
James H. Coil, David C. Lindsay, Louis W. Doherty, June 23, 2009
The Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") requires an employee seeking FMLA leave for an unforeseeable event to give the employer "such notice as is practicable."

FDIC Reduces Special Assessment on Insured Banks and Savings Associations; Adopts Asset-Based Assessment Formula
June 23, 2009
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") board recently adopted by a vote of four (4) to one (1) substantial revisions to its February 2009 interim final rule which imposed a special assessment on all insured depository institutions.

Sex, Lies and the Internet: Ninth Circuit Rules That Communication Decency Act Does Not Necessarily Shield Yahoo from Liability for Promising - And Then Failing - To Remove Objectionable User Content
June 23, 2009
In the interest of encouraging a robust exchange of information over the world wide web, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ("Section 230") provides Internet service providers with immunity from civil liability related to allegedly indecent user content accessible through their...