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Sandak Hennessey Greco LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 23, 2013 Most motorists in Connecticut and all other states across the country have been there. You open the windows wide. You turn up the car radio. chomp gum, shake your head, chug down coffee, take deep breaths, even slap your cheeks.
| | Government Extends Business Visa Exemptions to Chilean, Colombian and Mexican Nationals
Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen Loewy LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 31, 2013 The Peruvian government has extended visa exemptions to Chilean and Mexican nationals for business trips of 183 days or less, pursuant to the Pacific Alliance pact signed in June 2012. Exemptions from business visas for Colombian nationals will soon follow, though no implementation date has been...
| | The Libor Scandal: What's Next?
Evan Sypek; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 31, 2013 The London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) is calculated daily by the British Banking Association (BBA) and published by Thomson Reuters. The rates are calculated by surveying the interbank borrowing costs of a panel of banks and averaging them to create an index of 15 separate Libor rates for...
| | D.C. Construction Firm Gets another Shot at Recovering Damages after Gov’t Agency Terminated Contract
Joel M. Celso; Semmes Bowen Semmes A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 2013 In this recently issued opinion from the D.C. Court of Appeals, the Defendant/Appellant TRG Construction, Inc. (“TRG”) appealed a grant of summary judgment against it by a trial judge in D.C. Superior Court as to claims arising out of a contract with D.C. Water and Sewer Authority...
| | Canada Imposes Wide-Reaching Export, Import and Investment Bans Against Iran
John W. Boscariol; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 Effective May 29, 2013, Canada significantly has expanded its existing economic sanctions measures against Iran by implementing a general ban on supplying or sourcing goods to or from Iran and a prohibition on making any investments in Iran. Up until now, Canada’s sanctions measures have been...
| | Federal Circuit Holds That Third Party Clinical Trial May Not Constitute Public Use
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 In Dey, L.P. v. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Sunovion, and remanded for further consideration of whether Sunovion’s clinical trial constituted a “public use” of the formulation claimed...
| | Fund Manager Agrees to Be Barred From the Securities Industry in Connection With Misappropriating Fund Assets
Michael G. Dana, Peter D. Fetzer, Terry D. Nelson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 The SEC recently entered an enforcement order against Walter V. Gerasimowicz and his firms, Meditron Asset Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser, and Meditron Management Group, LLC for, among other things, misappropriating and misusing client assets and making repeated material...
|  | EPA Issues New Section 319 Nonpoint Source Program and Grant Guidelines
Morris Polich Purdy LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 On April 12, 2013, EPA issued its Final Nonpoint Source Program and Grants Guidelines for States and Territories. The revised guidelines provide updated program direction, emphasize watershed project implementation and watersheds with impaired waters, and contain increased accountability measures....
| | Father and Son Charged by SEC With Cherry Picking Over the Interests of Clients
Michael G. Dana, Peter D. Fetzer, Terry D. Nelson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 In a recent enforcement action (SEC v. Charles J. Dushek, et al., Civil Action No. 13-CV-3669, N.D. Ill., filed May 16, 2013), the SEC accused a father (Charles J. Dushek) and son (Charles S. Dushek) with defrauding clients by “cherry picking” investments over the interests of their...
| | Columnist: Addressing Baseball Pitchers' Head Vulnerabilities
Sandak Hennessey Greco LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 20, 2013 The extent of injury involved with a head hit in sports is sometimes not obvious, especially for players wearing helmets. In fact, it often seems the case that team coaches, doctors and trainers are not aware that something might be amiss or that the player who was concussed or sustained another...
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