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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued guidance to assist employers and fiduciaries in selecting and monitoring target date retirement funds (TDFs).
| | FERC Permits Abandoned Cost Recovery for MAPP Project, but Denies ROE Incentive Adders
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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 On February 28, 2013, FERC accepted and suspended Potomac Electric Power Company and Delmarva Power & Light Company’s (collectively, “PHI Companies”) tariff revisions to recover costs related to abandonment of the Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway (“MAPP”) Project. The...
| | What Happens in Vegas...Could Constitute ”Caring For” a Family Member Under the FMLA
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 Consider this scenario: an employee asks for time off to travel with her terminally-ill mother to Las Vegas. The employee admits that the trip is not for her mother to get medical treatment, but purely for recreational purposes. That kind of a request isn’t covered by the FMLA, right? Believe...
| | Supreme Court Rules Defendants Can Recover Costs Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Without a Showing of Bad Faith and Purpose of Harassment
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on February 27, 2013 On February 26, 2012, the United States Supreme Court found in Marx v. General Revenue Corp. that a district court may award a prevailing defendant its costs incurred in defending against a Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (“FDCPA”) lawsuit without a finding that the plaintiff...
| | The Rest of the Story: Other Changes Required by the HIPAA Omnibus Rule
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 1, 2013 On 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 Sanders has...
| | Tips for Updating Employee Handbooks
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on February 27, 2013 Like most employers, you probably have an employee handbook. However, if an employee files a claim against your company - for discrimination, harassment, wage and hour violations, unfair labor practices or breach of contract - will your handbook stand up to scrutiny by a federal agency or court?...
| | D.C. Circuit Invalidates President’s ”Recess” Appointments to the NLRB
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 On January 25, 2013, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision that could potentially invalidate over a year’s worth of decisions issued by the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board" or "NLRB"). In Noel Canning v. NLRB, the D.C. Circuit held...
| | Here We Go Again: A Flurry of Activity Marks the Beginning of 2013
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 In 2013, Congress wasted no time introducing various labor and employment related bills in both houses, including a few interesting new initiatives, but consisting mostly of old "friends" that failed to see the light of day during Congresses past. The question remains whether we can...
| | FERC Authorizes Pipeline to Deliver Domestic Gas to Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 On February 21, 2013, FERC authorized Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P. (“Creole Trail”) to modify its current pipeline system in Cameron and Beauregard Parishes, Louisiana so that it will allow bi-directional flow to deliver domestic gas to the liquefied natural gas...
| | Looking Ahead: What to Expect from OSHA in 2013
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 On December 21, 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") published its 2012 Regulatory Agenda. Despite its title, the 2012 Regulatory Agenda outlines OSHA’s rulemaking plans for 2013. If OSHA sticks to its schedule, it will be a busy year for the agency and...
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