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Ford Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 Executive Summary: The Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agency has begun gradually eliminating the paper I-94 Admission/Departure Record (known as the "I-94") at all air and sea ports of entry. Note: travelers will still receive a paper form I-94 at land border ports of entry. The...
| | Bill Aimed at Preventing Claimants' "Double-Dipping" Takes Step Forward
John J. Hare; Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 John Hare, Chairman of the Post-Trial and Appellate Advocacy Practice Group at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, recently testified before the Pennsylvania Legislature in support of a bill he co-drafted that seeks transparency in the process by which claimants seek compensation from...
| | Re-Launch of Malta Permanent Residence Scheme
CSB Advocates;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013 The Maltese government has announced that it will be re-launching the permanent residence scheme by the end of May. This scheme was suspended by the previous government in December 2010 after a series of abuse on the system.
|  | HHS' HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule: Could This Apply to Financial Institutions?
Jones Walker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 9, 2013 After much anticipation, on January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office of Civil Rights published in the Federal Register the long-awaited Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") omnibus final rule (the "Final...
| | New ICA Developments - Tougher Measures for SOE Investments
Goodmans LLP - Toronto;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 As part of its budget bill likely to come into force early this summer, the Government of Canada this week introduced legislation implementing its new policy for the review of investments by foreign state-owned enterprises (“SOEs”) and other amendments to the Investment Canada Act...
| | Senators Urge Increased Cooperation between FERC and CFTC
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 On April 29, 2013, three U.S. Senators sent a letter to FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) urging greater cooperation between the two agencies. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) penned the open-letter requesting that...
| | Fosamax Target of More than 3,000 Lawsuits
Jeffrey H. Rasansky; Rasansky Law Firm;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013 According to FiercePharma, Fosamax, manufactured by the Merck company, is the target of more than 3,000 lawsuits involving atypical femur fractures. The reporting also claims that there are, at minimum, 900 other claims pending that involve injuries to the jawbone.
| | Court Invalidates NLRB’s Notice Posting Rule
Edwin S. Hopson; Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 8, 2013 On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in National Association of Manufacturers et al. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al., Civil No. 12-5068, 12-5138 (D.C. Cir. 2013), regarding the NLRB’s issuance of a regulation in August...
| | Handing a Lawsuit Over a Wrongful Death from Car Crash Injuries
Jeffrey H. Rasansky; Rasansky Law Firm;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013 Car crashes are among the most common causes of death in the United States. In Texas, more than 2,000 people died on the roadways in 2012. Some of these deaths were the result of negligence and, because of that, some of the families involved will likely seek the assistance of a personal injury...
| | SBA Resource Partners Receive $19 Million to Support Hurricane Sandy Small Business Recovery Efforts
Shawn R. Farrell; Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 7, 2013 On April 11, 2013, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that $19 million in grants will be made to SBA resource partners to support small business recovery in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The funding is part of a package approved by Congress in January to meet the demand...
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