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Show: results per page Sort by:  | The Executive Order on Cybersecurity and the Energy Industry
Bonnie A. Suchman; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 18, 2013, previously published on February 14, 2013 On February 12, 2013, the President issued an Executive Order (EO) and an accompanying Presidential Policy Directive, PPD-21(PPD). The EO requires improved cybersecurity information sharing between the federal government and the owners and operators of critical infrastructure (the vital systems and...
| | Big Changes for Business Associates
Kelsey S. Farbotko, Steven "Steve" D. Gravely, Stephen "Steve" D. Rosenthal, Erin S. Whaley; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 18, 2013, previously published on February 14, 2013 On Thursday, January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Omnibus Final Rule, making significant modifications to the Act’s Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules. Troutman...
| | CFPB Will Supervise Loan Servicing Transfers
David N. Anthony, Maryia Y. Jones, John C. Lynch, Jason E. Manning; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 18, 2013, previously published on February 15, 2013 On February 11, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a bulletin (Bulletin) detailing its plans to closely supervise loan servicing transfers and enforce federal and state law compliance in connection with such transfers. The backdrop for this new initiative is the...
| | Washington Supreme Court Holds That Binding Arbitration Clauses in Insurance Contracts Are Unenforceable
Leslie S. Ahari, Brandon D. Almond, Terrence R. McInnis, Pamela L. Signorello; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 18, 2013, previously published on February 15, 2013 In an en banc decision issued on January 17, 2013, the Washington Supreme Court held that binding arbitration clauses in insurance contracts are unenforceable under a state statute, RCW 48.18.200(1)(b). The Court further held that the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1012, shields the...
| | EPA Requires 36 States to Overhaul Longstanding Air Rules Governing Source Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction Events
Randy E. Brogdon, Margaret Claiborne Campbell, Carroll "Mack" W. McGuffey, George Y. Sugiyama; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 14, 2013, previously published on February 13, 2013 On February 12, 2013, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a proposed rule that requires states to virtually eliminate longstanding, previously EPA-approved air rules governing emissions from “startup, shutdown, or malfunction” (SSM) events. These rules are relied on by...
| | FERC Approves SPP’s Average Rate Methodology for Through-and-Out Transactions
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 11, 2013 On January 29, 2013, FERC approved Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) proposal to modify the SPP through-and-out rate zonal rate to a region-wide rate equal to the average rate of all SPP zones. Under its current methodology, SPP’s rate for point-to-point through-and-out...
| | FERC Approves Contested Settlement of New PJM Cost of New Entry Values
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 11, 2013 On Thursday, January 31, 2013, FERC approved a contested settlement agreement regarding PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) Cost of New Entry (“CONE”) values that are used in PJM’s Reliability Price Model (“RPM”). Despite being contested by the...
| | FERC Defers Decision on PJM Cost Allocation and Delays Finality
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 11, 2013 On January 31, 2013, FERC addressed PJM Interconnection L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) proposed cost allocation methods for transmission system expansion and enhancements approved during development of Regional Transmission Expansion Plan. FERC deferred a decision on PJM’s proposed cost...
| | Entergy Announces Source of Super Bowl Power Outage
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 11, 2013 On February 8, 2013, Entergy New Orleans, Inc. (“Entergy”) issued a press release announcing that it had discovered the cause of the power outage during the Super Bowl - an electrical relay device. Entergy explained in its press release that the relay is a device designed to...
| | North Carolina Court of Appeals Forestalls Borrower’s Attempt to Collaterally Attack Foreclosure Proceeding
D. Kyle Deak, John C. Lynch; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 7, 2013 On Plaintiff’s appeal of dismissal of his Complaint seeking to challenge the authority of the lender to foreclose, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Superior Court’s dismissal and found that Plaintiff’s failure to properly and timely appeal the Order of the Clerk of Court in a...
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