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07/23/2008	New Rule Would Require Government Contractors to Use E-Verify System
07/22/2008	If it Quacks Like a Duck: Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity–Still Equity for FASB? (PDF format)
07/21/2008	Stayin’ Alive: California Legislature Grants Automatic One-Year Extension to Subdivision Map Act Approvals
07/18/2008	Cigarette Cartel, Pharma Pricing- Recent UK Antitrust Rulings
07/18/2008	Employer Firearm Policies: Parking Lots, State Laws, OSHA, and the Second Amendment Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 7, July 2008
07/18/2008	New York Adopts “Economic Nexus” Position for Credit Card Banks
07/18/2008	I Heard It Through the Grapevine
07/16/2008	Delaware Bankruptcy Court Applies “Safe Harbor” Protections to Repurchase Agreement; Article 9 Deemed Inapplicable
07/16/2008	The FDIC Offers Certainty on Covered Bonds (PDF format)
07/15/2008	SEC Proposes Amendments to Money Market Fund Rule
07/11/2008	Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White-Collar Criminal Defense Newsletter, Summer 2008
07/10/2008	SEC Grants No-Action Relief for Those Seeking to Aggregate Transaction Reporting under Section 16(a)
07/09/2008	Identity Theft Red Flags Rule and Address Discrepancy Rule--Frequently Asked Questions
07/09/2008	Heightened Derivatives and Trading Disclosure for UK Equity Markets (PDF format)
07/08/2008	SEC Proposes Broader Access by Foreign Broker-Dealers to U.S. Investors (PDF format)
07/08/2008	Carbon Value in Cleantech: Critical for Valuation, Revenue and Partnerships
07/02/2008	European Commission Adopts Cartel Settlement Procedure
07/02/2008	SEC Proposes Reforms Relating to Credit Rating Agencies (PDF format)
07/01/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, June 2008
07/01/2008	Supreme Court Decides that Pre-Confirmation Transfer Tax Exemptions are No Longer on the Menu in Piccadilly Cafeterias
06/27/2008	Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Resume Fraud as a Defense to Employment Claims Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 6, June 2008
06/27/2008	The New Trillionaires: Gulf Giants and Asian Tigers Propel the Sovereign Wealth Fund Wave
06/26/2008	The Scoop on California’s Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gases – Golden State to Require Cap-and-Trade, Wind-Solar-Geothermal, Green Buildings and Clean Cars California’s Greenhouse Gas Plan
06/25/2008	Revenue Ruling 2008-31: IRS Rules That A Swap Interest in A Broad-Based U.S. Real Estate Index Is Not a U.S. Real Property Interest Under FIRPTA
06/20/2008	Court Limits Right of Employers to Obtain Stored Text Messages from Vendors’ Servers
06/19/2008	New Connecticut Privacy Law Imposes Up to $500,000 in Civil Penalties for Misuse of Personal Information
06/19/2008	Tax Talk, June 2008
06/18/2008	Morrison & Foerster Wins Chambers Award for Privacy and Data Security
06/13/2008	New on the Menu: Class Actions Targeting Restaurants
06/10/2008	Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Patent Exhaustion in Quanta v. LG Electronics
06/09/2008	New UK Practice Note on Disclosure of Employee Data under TUPE
06/05/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, May 2008
06/05/2008	Update on Trade Secret Law
06/04/2008	California clones IRS Pilot Program on Section 409A Corrections, Year-End Deadline to Amend for Section 409A
06/03/2008	Financial Services Report, Summer 2008 Financial Services Report, Vol. 4, No. 2 Summer 2008
06/03/2008	Significant Sales Tax Changes for Online Retailers Take Effect in NY
06/02/2008	New Federal Policy Means More Cleantech For Contractors
05/30/2008	Employment Law Commentary, May 2008 Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 5, May 2008
05/29/2008	Tax Court of New Jersey Issued Decision in Throwout Cases
05/22/2008	Agency Staff to Get Equal Treatment
05/22/2008	New Federal Law Regulates Collection and Use of Genetic Information by Employers and Group Health Plans
05/21/2008	Japan: Personal Information Privacy Update
05/19/2008	Data Breach Notification: Debate in the EU
05/19/2008	Federal Trade Commission Issues New CAN-SPAM Act Regulations
05/16/2008	New Jersey Throwout: Legislature Mulls Throwing It Out!
05/15/2008	Regions Financial Corp. Persuades District Court that Tax Opinions Provided to Outside Auditors Are Protected Work Product
05/12/2008	Protecting Your Ownership in Future Carbon Markets
05/12/2008	Developers Beware: Significant Changes in Store for General Storm Water Permits for Construction Activities
05/12/2008	Small but Perfectly (In)formed (and Consulted)?
05/07/2008	New Ninth Circuit Decision Confirms that Parties Who Undertake Soil and Groundwater Cleanups Voluntarily or at the Request of State Agencies May Seek Recovery of Costs Via Superfund Lawsuits
05/07/2008	State & Local Tax Insights -- Spring 2008
05/06/2008	Morrison & Foerster Wins Mead
05/06/2008	Gain From Sale Held Not Apportionable Income
05/06/2008	California State Board of Equalization Adopts New Rules for Franchise Tax Board Tax Appeals
05/06/2008	Alabama’s VFJ Case: The Trial Court Got It Right!
05/06/2008	California Court of Appeal Affirms that LLC “Fee” Violated Commerce Clause
05/06/2008	The New Internet Tax Freedom Act
05/01/2008	Quarterly Cleantech Update, April 2008
04/29/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, April 2008
04/28/2008	Data Breach Notification: The Changing Landscape in the EU
04/23/2008	SEC and FINRA Examination Priorities in 2008
04/23/2008	July 1, 2008: Hands-Free Cell Phone Use Mandatory Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 4, April 2008
04/23/2008	D.C. Circuit Reverses Federal Trade Commission in Important Standard-Setting Case
04/22/2008	CFIUS Issues Proposed Regulations
04/22/2008	Covered Bonds and U.S. Regulators
04/21/2008	Delaware Courts Provide Another Narrow Reading of an Advanced Notice Bylaw Provision
04/18/2008	Does eBay Unravel Trademark's Presumption of Irreparable Injury?
04/18/2008	Seals of Approval “Green” certification marks raise new liability issues
04/14/2008	JANA Master Fund, Ltd. v. CNET Networks, Inc.
04/08/2008	European Commission Publishes White Paper on Damage Actions for Breach of the EU Antitrust Rules
04/08/2008	The Myth of the Paperless Office Ten Steps towards a Successful Document Management Outsourcing
04/07/2008	Favorable California Supreme Court Decision for Product Manufacturers and Distributors: California High Court Adopts Sophisticated User Doctrine as Complete Defense in Product Liability Failure to Warn Cases
04/03/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, March 2008
04/02/2008	Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter IP Quarterly Newsletter – Spring 2008
04/02/2008	Contemporaneous Notice of Credit Card Default Interest Rate Increase Not Required, Says Ninth Circuit
04/01/2008	Maximizing Patent Opportunities and Funding in Clean and Green-Tech Start-ups
04/01/2008	Federal Court Voids Changes to Patent Office Rules on Continuation and Claims Practice
04/01/2008	Reexamination v. Litigation: Which Controls?
04/01/2008	Utility Models – A Useful Alternative to Patents
04/01/2008	Printed Publications in the Computer Age: The Federal Circuit Addresses FTP Servers in SRI
03/28/2008	DOL Proposes Revisions to the FMLA Regulations Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 3, March 2008
03/27/2008	Employment and Privacy Issues in Non-Competition Agreements
03/25/2008	Creating a Level Playing Field -- A Covered Bond Framework for the UK
03/20/2008	Single and Multi-Sourcing Models
03/18/2008	Selected Intellectual Property Law Issues for Consideration in Licensing in India
03/11/2008	MoFo Tax Talk, March 2008 Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2008
03/10/2008	European Law & Regulations: A Survival Guide For Technology Companies
03/04/2008	Financial Services Report, Spring 2008
02/29/2008	Comparing the U.S. and EU Approach to Employee Privacy
02/28/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, February 2008
02/28/2008	Employment Law Commentary Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 2, February 2008
02/27/2008	IRS Stands By Reversal on Performance-Based Compensation Under Section 162(m), Provides Transition Relief
02/27/2008	Countdown to the Elimination of U.S. GAAP Reconciliation Requirements For Foreign Private Issuers
02/26/2008	China Clean Tech Bulletin -- February 2008
02/22/2008	SEC Proposes Modifications to Reporting Requirements for Foreign Private Issuers
02/20/2008	Global Sourcing Trends in 2008
02/19/2008	The SEC’s Recent Amendments to Smaller Reporting Company Disclosures--Updated Summary of Financial Statement Requirements
02/15/2008	FTC Takes 4-in-1 Shot at Reverse Payment Settlements
02/14/2008	New EPA Reporting Requirements for Lead in Children’s Products (Ages 14 and Under)
02/14/2008	California Supreme Court Affirms “Continuous Stock Ownership Requirement” for Plaintiffs in Derivative Shareholder Litigation
02/11/2008	EPA's Quest for Nano Data Leads to Concern
02/08/2008	Learning Curve - MiFID: The Implications for Derivatives and Structured Products
02/08/2008	A Dispatch from the Water Wars -- The Georgia Front
02/04/2008	Significant New Expansions of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act
02/04/2008	Changes Required for Payment of SEC Filing Fees
02/01/2008	Further Changes in China's Real Estate Regulations
02/01/2008	Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White-Collar Criminal Defense Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2008
01/31/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, January 2008
01/31/2008	New Changes To Long-standing National Labor Relations Board Law Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 1, January 2008
01/30/2008	California Supreme Court Affirms Employer’s Ability To Terminate Employee For Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use
01/30/2008	The SEC’s December 2007 Rule Revisions: Updates to Standard Transaction Documentation for Financial Intermediaries
01/29/2008	Protecting Inventions Involving Biofuel Feedstock
01/29/2008	Global Solution for Cross-Border Data Transfers
01/25/2008	FTC Invokes Novel Theories in Standard-Setting Case
01/23/2008	A Guide to the Impact of SAS 70 on Outsourcing Projects
01/18/2008	New M&A Filing Thresholds and Recent Enforcement Actions
01/17/2008	Recent Development in Tier 1 Hybrids
01/17/2008	European Commission Raids Pharmaceutical Companies to Start Sector Inquiry
01/16/2008	Reminder: Information Statements Must Be Provided by January 31, 2008, to Employees and Former Employees Who Exercised Incentive Stock Options or Transferred Stock Acquired Pursuant to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
01/15/2008	Supreme Court Rejects “Scheme” Liability Under Section 10(b)
01/14/2008	Because Change Happens - How to Ensure Flexibility in your Outsourcing Arrangements?
01/07/2008	Outsourcing - How to Comply with MiFID
01/07/2008	Governor Schwarzenegger Takes the EPA to Court
01/02/2008	OTS Authorizes Federal Savings Bank to Establish a Subsidiary Bank in China
01/02/2008	The Structured Products Market: Not Drowning But Waving
12/28/2007	New Legislation Would Reform the Freedom of Information Act
12/26/2007	Rise of the Cyber-Slackers: How Web 2.0 and Generation “C” Could Transform the Workplace Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 12 December 2007
12/21/2007	SEC Adopts Revisions to Rules 144 and 145
12/20/2007	SEC Expands Eligibility Requirements of Forms S-3 and F-3 to Include Smaller Reporting Companies
12/20/2007	Proposal Would Make Business Ethics Rules Mandatory for Companies
12/20/2007	On the Road to New Fuel Efficiency Standards
12/19/2007	Credit Roundtable White Paper
12/18/2007	U.S. and E.U. Non-Competition Agreements Compared and Contrasted
12/18/2007	The Narrowing of Patentable Subject Matter by the Federal Circuit: In re Nuijten and In re Comiskey
12/18/2007	Second Circuit Says No Retroactive Copyright Licensing
12/18/2007	KSR and Reexamination
12/18/2007	The Patent Reform Act: Reining in the Entire Market Value Rule?
12/17/2007	Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2007
12/14/2007	Making Multisourcing Work
12/13/2007	Exchange-Traded Notes: IRS Fires a Shot Across the Bow of “Wait and See” Taxation
12/11/2007	Financial Services Report, Winter 2007
12/11/2007	New PRC Anti-Pollution Notice Targets Exporters
12/07/2007	Maryland Law Creates Jury Trial Right for Employee Claims
12/05/2007	European Commission Adopts New Guidelines for Non-Horizontal Mergers
12/03/2007	Dolly Not Yet Turned To Lolly
11/30/2007	U.S. and E.U. Non-Competition Agreements Compared and Contrasted Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 11, November 2007
11/30/2007	Communications Law Bulletin, November 2007
11/28/2007	Federal Agencies Issue Long-Awaited Affiliate-Marketing Rule
11/26/2007	SEC Approves Rules to Improve Small Business Regulation
11/26/2007	Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain Controversy over retail investment in structured finance may ensure the products survivial.
11/20/2007	The U.S. Tax Treatment of Exchange-Traded Notes – The Brewing Battle Between Mutual Fund Advisers and ETN Sponsors
11/16/2007	JFTC Publishes Final Guidelines Concerning Use of Intellectual Property
11/16/2007	People Should Distinguish More Between Assets
11/16/2007	Cross-Border Confusion
11/16/2007	EC Takes a Tough Line With Antitrust Judgement--Will Microsoft Ruling Have Knock-On Effect?
11/13/2007	Beware of False Business Solicitations Appearing to be from the California Secretary of State
11/13/2007	Biotechs: Show Me the Money
11/07/2007	State Statutes Restricting or Prohibiting the Use of Social Security Numbers
11/07/2007	Supreme Court Affirms Employer’s Ability to Reimburse Employee Business Expenses with Additional Income
11/06/2007	California Bans Mandatory Implanting of Identification Devices
11/02/2007	The 409A Transition Rule Lives to Fight Another Day: IRS Extends Final Section 409A Compliance Date in Notice 2007-86
11/01/2007	SEC Approves FINRA Rules Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Fairness Opinions
11/01/2007	USPTO Enjoined from Enforcing New Rules
11/01/2007	The Emergence of New Corporate Forms: The need for alternative corporate designs integrating financial and social missions
10/31/2007	Annual California Roundup: Legislative (Not Much) and Judicial (A Lot) Developments Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 10, October 2007
10/31/2007	Communications Law Bulletin, October 2007
10/29/2007	California Legislature Passes Bill Applying Retroactive LLC Fee Formula
10/23/2007	Israel Practice News, Fall 2007
10/23/2007	JFTC Published Final Guidelines Concerning Use Of Intellectual Property
10/22/2007	Texas Attorney General Sues Fitness Spa for Exposing Customer Records
10/22/2007	Monitoring Employees: Striking a Balance
10/19/2007	California Legislature Widens Control Over Hazardous Substances in Electronic Products and Furthers Energy Efficiency to Protect Climate – Lighting and Lamps
10/19/2007	Court Of First Instance Reaffirms Narrow Application Of Attorney Client Privilege in EU Competition Proceedings
10/17/2007	Court Rejects Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Claim
10/16/2007