[ Alerts and Updates by Industry ]
Automotive
State Tax Alert for Businesses Subject to Illinois Tax
September 4, 2007
Supreme Court Environmental Rulings Boost Confidence in Alternative Energy Investments
April 9, 2007
Capital Markets
Credit Crunch Affects Even High-Quality Borrowers
March 19, 2008
Commercial Lending
IRS Announces Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance Check Initiative
August 30, 2007
Construction
Supreme Court Clarifies the Extent to Which the False Claims Act Applies
June 27, 2008
IRS Announces Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance Check Initiative
August 30, 2007
Recent Developments in New Jersey Construction Law
August 9, 2007
Florida Amends Homeowners' Associations Laws
June 20, 2007
Making It Easier to Be Green: Financial Incentives for Energy-Efficient Buildings
March 21, 2007
IRS Releases Interim Guidelines for Section 179D Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction
June 27, 2006
Energy
Carbon Policy: In the Absence of Federal Legislation, California Announces Aggressive State-Level Carbon Strategy
June 30, 2008
"The Little Tax Credits That Could": The Ongoing Saga of the Renewable Energy Tax Credits
May 27, 2008
Hark...2007 Energy Legislation Signed into Law! But Who Got the Good Toys?
December 21, 2007
Supreme Court's Massachusetts v. EPA Ruling Cited as Basis for Denying Application to Expand Coal-Fired Power Plant
November 16, 2007
Supreme Court Environmental Rulings Boost Confidence in Alternative Energy Investments
April 9, 2007
Making It Easier to Be Green: Financial Incentives for Energy-Efficient Buildings
March 21, 2007
New York Restricts Use of Eminent Domain by Utilities, Part of National Trend
October 18, 2006
IRS Releases Interim Guidelines for Section 179D Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction
June 27, 2006
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds State Certification of Quality of Water Released from Hydroelectric Dams
May 16, 2006
Financial Markets
SEC Provides Guidance Regarding Use of Company Websites to Disclose Information for Investors
August 15, 2008
State Tax Alert for Businesses Subject to Illinois Tax
September 4, 2007
Financial Services
Feds Force Businesses to Implement Identity Theft Prevention Measures by Fall 2008
July 30, 2008
Healthcare
OIG Reports on FDA Generic Drug Review Process
June 23, 2008
Nursing Homes Be Aware: OIG Issues Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance
May 21, 2008
Pain Pumps: The Next Medical Device Litigation Wave?
May 2, 2008
New Case Adopts "Common Sense" Approach to Academic Medical Center Stark Exception
May 2, 2008
Government Spotlight Shifts to Physicians' Consulting Arrangements with Device Makers
March 28, 2008
OIG Approves Prompt Payment Discount Arrangement
February 21, 2008
2008 Physician Fee Schedule Includes New Anti-Markup Provision
December 6, 2007
Physicians May Now Write Multiple Prescriptions for Schedule II Controlled Substances
December 4, 2007
Revised Medical Staff Accreditation Standard Causes Consternation
November 15, 2007
Update on Medicaid Requirement for "Tamper-Resistant" Prescription Pads
September 13, 2007
IRS Announces Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance Check Initiative
August 30, 2007
Medicaid to Require "Tamper-Resistant" Prescription Pads
July 31, 2007
OIG Provides Guidance on Hospital Investments in Physician-Owned Ambulatory Surgery Centers
June 29, 2007
Draft of Redesigned Form 990 Released by the IRS
June 25, 2007
J-1 Physician Update
April 2007
IRS Announces Its "Good Governance Practices for 501(c)(3) Organizations"
February 7, 2007
HIPAA Violation May Form Basis for Lawsuit
February 1, 2007
Your Employees May Qualify for Supervisory Status under the NLRA
October 13, 2006
Turning Hospital Tax Exemption on Its Head: The Provena Covenant Medical Center Decision
October 6, 2006
J-1 Physician Update
August 28, 2006
Federal Preemption Impacts Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Litigation
June 16, 2006
IRS Begins Hospital Community Benefit Compliance Initiative
June 6, 2006
Massachusetts Adopts Universal Healthcare Coverage Package
May 9, 2006
HRSA Proposed Rule Will Expand National Practitioner Data Bank's Reporting Requirements
April 17, 2006
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Default Rate for Medical Assistance Out-of-Network Emergency Services as Unconstitutional
January 10, 2006
Information Technologies and Telecom
Feds Force Businesses to Implement Identity Theft Prevention Measures by Fall 2008
July 30, 2008
Unusual FCC Decision on "Porting" Finds Chairman Martin in a Minority of One
July 16, 2008
FCC Bans Exclusivity Clauses for the Provision of Video Services to Apartment Buildings
December 3, 2007
Net Neutrality - Revisited
August 22, 2007
E-Discovery: Admissibility of E-mails Critical for Success on Summary Judgment
July 31, 2007
California Court Orders Preservation of RAM Data
June 25, 2007
E-Discovery - The Long and the Short of "Accessibility"
April 13, 2007
FCC Adopts New Rules Restricting Telco Disclosure of Customer Data
April 13, 2007
Apartment Buildings and Exclusive Video/Internet Contracts: FCC Opens Rulemaking
April 4, 2007
SEC Permits Distribution of Proxy Materials via Internet Posting
March 29, 2007
Electronic Discovery: Know What You Have Before Your Adversary Does
March 6, 2007
E-Discovery: Understanding the Safe Harbor Provision
February 2, 2007
The FCC and Net Neutrality
January 23, 2007
E-Discovery: Identifying Internal Resources to Facilitate Electronic Discovery
January 3, 2007
Are You Ready for E-Discovery?
December 5, 2006
Telecom and the Elections: Issues of Multiple Ownership Limits and Net Neutrality
November 30, 2006
Federal Circuit Alert
Summer 2006
Supreme Court Reins In Permanent Injunctions in Patent Cases
May 15, 2006
Vibes
May 1, 2006
Vibes
January 13, 2006
Insurance and Reinsurance
California Supreme Court Sides with Law Firms on Issue of Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice Claims Against Former Law Firms
October 4, 2007
Massachusetts Adopts Universal Healthcare Coverage Package
May 9, 2006
Insurance Law Update
March 2006
Manufacturing
Third Circuit Decision Clarifies Proper Use of Lapp Factors in Trade Dress Infringement Actions
December 31, 2007
Federal Circuit Establishes New Standard for Willful Patent Infringement
August 24, 2007
Children's Products Safety Act of 2007 Proposed in U.S. Senate
August 13, 2007
FTC and DOJ Release Report on Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights
April 27, 2007
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Proposes Changes to Rules for Reporting Potential Product Hazards
July 10, 2006
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
New FDA Final Rule Amends the Changes Being Effected (CBE) Regulations
August 27, 2008
DEA Issues Proposed Rule on E-Prescribing
July 10, 2008
OIG Reports on FDA Generic Drug Review Process
June 23, 2008
FDA Announces Draft Prescription Drug User Fee Act for Drug Safety Five-Year Plan
May 6, 2008
Key Pharma Preemption Ruling in Third Circuit
April 14, 2008
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Be Aware
February 29, 2008
FDA Will Not Implement User Fee Program for Advisory Review of Direct-to-Consumer Television Advertisements
January 24, 2008
Recent Developments in New Jersey Construction Law
August 9, 2007
Patent Licensee in Good Standing Can Challenge Patent under Declaratory Judgment Act
January 10, 2007
J-1 Physician Update
August 28, 2006
Federal Preemption Impacts Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Litigation
June 16, 2006
Federal Circuit Alert
January 2006
Telecommunications
The FCC and Net Neutrality
January 23, 2007
Vibes
May 1, 2006