On December 12, the Federal Reserve Board issued a revised proposed rule that would, among other things, encourage depositary banks to receive, and paying banks to send, returned checks electronically. The revised proposal is intended to address...
A Tampa attorney who was recently the subject of a dubious plot to discredit his efforts in a high-profile defamation case may be scratching his head and wondering how premeditated harassment falls into any law enforcement definition of “protect and...
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against DNA Diagnostics Center, Inc. (DNA), after an investigation revealed that DNA illegally fired an employee who requested and took leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In...
In an opinion issued on December 10, 2013, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Administrative Law Judge Richard Manning ruled that allowing operators to perform examinations of mobile equipment immediately prior to an inspection by the...
The five US financial agencies (“Agencies”) have approved jointly prepared final regulations (“Final Rules”) to implement the prohibitions on engaging in proprietary trading and investment in or sponsorship of a private equity fund or hedge fund that...
When T-Mobile sought to place a cell-tower in a park owned by the City of Huntington Beach, California, the City granted the company all the regulatory approvals it required. But the City also informed T-Mobile that before the City would finally...
In This Issue: - Automatic enrolment - The Pensions Regulator - Pension Protection Fund - Department for Work and Pensions - Case law - Other News - On The Horizon - Contact Details - Excerpt from Introduction: Welcome to DLA Piper’s...
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Zach Abramowitz, co-founder and chief executive officer ofReplyAll, talks with Bloomberg Law's Spencer Mazyck about his transition from practicing law at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to creating the world's first "blogcasting"...
In This Issue: - European Commission Proposes Changes to the US-EU Safe Harbor: In our November Privacy & Cybersecurity Update,1 we reported that the European Commission was undertaking a review of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor, one of the frameworks...
Polsinelli is expanding to Atlanta with the acquisition of an 11-lawyer firm. The Kansas-based Polsinelli will acquire Rafuse Hill & Hodges on Jan.
