http://www.lawupdates.com en LawUpdates.com, LLC Copyright 2012 2012-05-16T23:07:51+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/sec_releases_risk_alert_on_unauthorized_trad/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/sec_releases_risk_alert_on_unauthorized_trad/ Securities Law - New Releases/No Action Letters || Strengthening Practices for Preventing and Detecting Unauthorized Trading and Similar Activities || The Securities and Exchange Commission has released an alert to help firms prevent and detect unauthorized trading in brokerage and advisory accounts. securities_new-releases-no-action-letters 2012-05-16T22:07:51+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/irs_provides_penalty_relief_to_farmers_affected_by_mf_global_bankruptcy/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/irs_provides_penalty_relief_to_farmers_affected_by_mf_global_bankruptcy/ Tax Law - New Statutes, Regulations, and Rulings || Penalty Relief to Farmers || The Internal Revenue Service has provided penalty relief to farmers who incur estimated tax penalties because they did not timely receive Forms 1099 from MF Global or its court appointed trustee, and were unable to file their 2011 calendar year tax return by March 1, 2012. tax_new-statutes-regulations-and-rulings 2012-05-16T21:51:21+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/ftc_closes_eight-month_investigation_of_express_scripts_inc.s_proposed_acqu/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/ftc_closes_eight-month_investigation_of_express_scripts_inc.s_proposed_acqu/ Securities Law - New Releases/No Action Letters || The Proposed Acquisition of Medco Health Solutions, Inc., by Express Scripts, Inc. || The Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation of the proposed acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions, Inc. by Express Scripts, Inc. securities_new-releases-no-action-letters 2012-05-16T00:40:15+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/us_labor_department_publishes_revised_list_of_products_made_with_forced_or_/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/us_labor_department_publishes_revised_list_of_products_made_with_forced_or_/ Employment Law - New Statutes, Regulations, and Rules || Final Determination Revising the List of Products Requiring Federal Contractor Certification as to Forced Child Labor || The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs has published a revised list of products that federal contractors must certify under Executive Order 13126 are not produced with forced or indentured child labor. employment_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-05-15T21:46:14+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/sec_establishes_new_supervisory_cooperation_arrangements_with_foreign_count/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/sec_establishes_new_supervisory_cooperation_arrangements_with_foreign_count/ Securities Law - New Releases/No Action Letters || Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. SEC and the ESMA and the U.S. SEC and the CIMA || The Securities and Exchange Commission has established comprehensive arrangements with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as part of long-term strategy to improve the oversight of regulated entities that operate across national borders. securities_new-releases-no-action-letters 2012-05-10T19:15:54+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/us_labor_departments_osha_announces_new_national_emphasis_program_for_nursi/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/us_labor_departments_osha_announces_new_national_emphasis_program_for_nursi/ Employment Law - New Statutes, Regulations, and Rules || National Emphasis Program for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities || The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a new National Emphasis Program for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities to protect workers from serious safety and health hazards that are common in medical industries. employment_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-05-10T18:01:59+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/senators_and_congressmen_file_separate_bills_prohibiting_employers_from_req/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/senators_and_congressmen_file_separate_bills_prohibiting_employers_from_req/ Employment Law - New Proposed Legislation || Password Protection Act of 2012 and Social Networking Online Protection Act || Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have introduced legislation aimed at curbing the growing practice of employers requiring prospective or current employees to provide access to password-protected accounts as a condition for employment. employment_new-proposed-legislation 2012-05-9T23:23:21+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/fcc_adopts_new_rules_permitting_tv_channel_sharing_by_broadcasters_enacts_f/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/fcc_adopts_new_rules_permitting_tv_channel_sharing_by_broadcasters_enacts_f/ Copyright Law - New Statutes, Regulations and Rules || In the Matter of Innovation in the Broadcast Television Bands: Allocations, Channel Sharing and Improvements to VHF || The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken its first step toward making a significant portion of spectrum currently used by the broadcast television service available for new uses. copyright_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-05-8T23:45:12+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/fcc_modernizes_broadcast_television_public_inspection_files_to_give_the_pub/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/fcc_modernizes_broadcast_television_public_inspection_files_to_give_the_pub/ Copyright Law - New Statutes, Regulations and Rules || In the Matter of Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligation || Broadcasters have kept what are now known as “public files” on paper since 1965 as part of their longstanding obligation to disclose community-relevant information for public review. copyright_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-05-8T22:24:14+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/sec_issues_risk_alert_on_strengthening_practices_for_underwriting_of_munici/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/sec_issues_risk_alert_on_strengthening_practices_for_underwriting_of_munici/ Securities Law - New Releases/No Action Letters || Strengthening Practices for the Underwriting of Municipal Securities and Investor Bulletin: Municipal Bonds || The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a Risk Alert on compliance measures to help broker-dealers fulfill their due-diligence duties when underwriting offerings of municipal securities. The agency also issued an Investor Bulletin to help educate investors about municipal bonds. securities_new-releases-no-action-letters 2012-05-3T20:22:37+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/bipartisan_bill_for_more_effective_oversight_of_investment_advisers/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/bipartisan_bill_for_more_effective_oversight_of_investment_advisers/ Securities Law - New Proposed Legislation || Investment Adviser Oversight Act of 2012 || The Investment Adviser Oversight Act of 2012 would amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for the creation of National Investment Adviser Associations (NIAAs) registered with and overseen by the SEC. securities_new-proposed-legislation 2012-05-3T20:00:10+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/copyright_office_conducts_proceedings_on_exemption_to_prohibition_on_circum/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/copyright_office_conducts_proceedings_on_exemption_to_prohibition_on_circum/ Copyright Law - New Federal Register Notices || Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies || The Copyright Office is conducting this rulemaking proceeding mandated by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which provides that the Librarian of Congress may designate certain classes of works as exempt from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works when such circumvention is done to… copyright_new-federal-register-notices 2012-05-2T17:50:40+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/legislation_to_deregulate_television_market_introduced_in_house_and_senate/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/legislation_to_deregulate_television_market_introduced_in_house_and_senate/ Copyright Law - New Proposed Legislation || Next Generation Television Marketplace Act || U.S. Congressman Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) and U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) have introduced the Next Generation Television Marketplace Act in both the U.S. House (H.R. 3675) and Senate (S. 2008). copyright_new-proposed-legislation 2012-05-2T17:03:46+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/mine_safety_agency_begins_3rd_phase_of_rules_to_live_by_outreach_and_enforc/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/mine_safety_agency_begins_3rd_phase_of_rules_to_live_by_outreach_and_enforc/ Employment Law - New Statutes, Regulations, and Rules || Rules to Live By III - MHSA || The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has launched the third phase of an outreach and enforcement program designed to strengthen efforts to prevent mining fatalities. employment_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-05-1T19:20:40+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/lockheed_martin_corporation_reaches_15.85_million_settlement_with_u.s._to_r/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/lockheed_martin_corporation_reaches_15.85_million_settlement_with_u.s._to_r/ Securities Law - New Releases/No Action Letters || U.S. ex rel. Becker, et al. v. Tools & Metals, Inc., et al. || Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to pay $15,850,000 to settle allegations that it mischarged perishable tools used on numerous government contracts, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. securities_new-releases-no-action-letters 2012-05-1T19:00:12+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/u.s._sentencing_commission_promulgates_amendment_to_the_federal_sentencing_/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/u.s._sentencing_commission_promulgates_amendment_to_the_federal_sentencing_/ Securities Law - New Statutes, Regulations and Rules || Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts || The United States Sentencing Commission has promulgated amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines responding to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) regarding securities fraud, mortgage fraud, human rights offenses, drug offenses, and other offenses. securities_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-04-30T18:19:36+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/kbr_ex-chairman_and_ceo_uk_solicitor_others_sentenced_to_prison_for_violati/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/kbr_ex-chairman_and_ceo_uk_solicitor_others_sentenced_to_prison_for_violati/ Securities Law - New Releases/No Action Letters || USA v. Tesler et al. || Albert “Jack” Stanley, a former chairman and chief executive officer of Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc. (KBR), has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by participating in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement… securities_new-releases-no-action-letters 2012-04-30T17:57:54+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/eeoc_issues_final_rule_on_reasonable_factors_other_than_age_under_the_adea/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/eeoc_issues_final_rule_on_reasonable_factors_other_than_age_under_the_adea/ Employment Law - New Statutes, Regulations, and Rules || Disparate Impact and Reasonable Factors Other Than Age Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act || The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued the “Final Regulation on Disparate Impact and Reasonable Factors Other than Age” (RFOA) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). employment_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-04-27T19:21:38+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/latvian_trader_12_others_charged_for_securities_market_abuses/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/latvian_trader_12_others_charged_for_securities_market_abuses/ Securities Law - New Releases/No Action Letters || In the Matter of Alchemy Ventures, Inc., et al.; SEC v. Igors Nagaicevs || The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a trader in Latvia for conducting a widespread online account intrusion scheme in which he manipulated the prices of more than 100 NYSE and Nasdaq securities and caused more than $2 million in harm to customers of U.S. brokerage firms. securities_new-releases-no-action-letters 2012-04-27T18:36:28+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/sec_charges_former_executives_and_accountants_with_fraud_at_british_subsidi/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/sec_charges_former_executives_and_accountants_with_fraud_at_british_subsidi/ Securities Law - New Releases/No Action Letters || In the Matter of Symmetry Medical, Inc., et al. || The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged four former senior executives and accountants at the British subsidiary of an Indiana-based manufacturer of medical devices and aerospace products for their roles in an accounting fraud that was so pervasive that it distorted the financial statements of the parent company. securities_new-releases-no-action-letters 2012-04-27T17:26:56+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/nlrb_acting_general_counsel_issues_guidance_to_regions_for_implementing_new/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/nlrb_acting_general_counsel_issues_guidance_to_regions_for_implementing_new/ Employment Law - New Statutes, Regulations, and Rules || Guidance Memorandum on Representation Case Procedure Changes || In a memo issued today, National Labor relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon outlined in detail how regional offices will implement new representation case procedures that take effect on Monday, April 30. employment_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-04-26T18:50:38+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/uspto_to_implement_the_inventors_oath_or_declaration_provisions_of_the_leah/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/uspto_to_implement_the_inventors_oath_or_declaration_provisions_of_the_leah/ Patent Law - New Statutes, Regulations and Rules || Changes to Implement Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act || The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) has proposed changes to the existing rules of practice to implement the inventor’s oath or declaration provisions of the Leahy- Smith America Invents Act. patent_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-04-25T17:35:50+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/u.s._patent_and_trademark_office_seeks_public_input_on_proposed_f/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/u.s._patent_and_trademark_office_seeks_public_input_on_proposed_f/ Patent Law - New Statutes, Regulations and Rules || Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearings on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule || The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published proposed fees for all of its patent services after working with IP stakeholders – taking the first step in setting fees through the regulatory process under authority provided in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) for the first time in… patent_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-04-23T16:42:23+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/uspto_to_test_new_post_final_rejection_option/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/uspto_to_test_new_post_final_rejection_option/ Patent Law - New Statutes, Regulations and Rules || After Final Consideration Pilot || The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its on-going efforts towards compact prosecution and increased collaboration between examiners and stakeholders, has announced the start of the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP). patent_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-04-20T10:29:13+00:00 http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/uspto_expands_patent_law_school_clinic_certification_pilot_program/ http://www.lawupdates.com/summary/uspto_expands_patent_law_school_clinic_certification_pilot_program/ Patent Law - New Statutes, Regulations and Rules || USPTO’s Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program || The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has opened the current Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program to admit 10 additional schools for the upcoming fall 2012 academic year. patent_new-statutes-regulations-and-rules 2012-04-20T09:51:49+00:00