Legal Updates: Commercial Law & Contracts

Legal Updates by JD Supra December 5, 2012 Commercial Law & Contracts   Follow popular law news & updates with JD Supra on LinkedIn Today Follow JD Supra »   Developments in Eastern Congo Highlight Need for Companies to Prepare for SEC Conflict Mineral Rule Compliance Recent gains by rebel groups in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") have complicated efforts for U.S. companies to...more by Venable LLP Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct: Final Amendments to Be Issued On November 21, 2012, the Massachusetts Public Health Council approved final amendments to 105 Mass. Code Regs. 970.000, the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and...more by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Breakdown of FCPA Guidance On November 14, 2012, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...more by King & Spalding Laid-Off Hostess Workers Still Fighting for Pensions When Hostess Brands Inc. announced it was going out of business, Twinkie lovers panicked, clearing out grocery shelves and forking over nearly $60 for a single...more by Lawyers.com Walmart Mortgages Coming Soon to Aisle 10 You buy toilet paper and ammo there, so why not a home? Consumers are indicating they would trust Walmart and other non-banks with their mortgages, and some...more by Lawyers.com Music Mogul Must pay $1 Million Reward for Lost Laptop For many of us, our whole life is on our laptop. And if it were lost, we would give anything to get it back. That's how music producer and...more by Lawyers.com FCC TCPA Declaratory Ruling on Opt-out Text Communications Enables Organizations to Issue Confirmation Messages On November 29, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declared that businesses are allowed to send a one-time text message to a consumer that confirms a...more by Patton Boggs LLP Cortefiel – The Use of Schemes of Arrangement for 'Amend & Extends' Introduction - The recent case of Cortefiel SA, a leading Spanish high street clothing retailer ("Cortefiel"), has demonstrated the possibility of...more by White & Case LLP New Law Aims to Cut Abuse in Disability Access Lawsuits Most business and commercial property owners have had at least one brush with a disability access lawsuit. Because a defendant in these lawsuits must pay a...more by Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP Treasury Reports Improvements in Residential Mortgage Servicing The U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) recently issued a report that reviewed the implementation of Treasury guidelines for streamlining distressed...more by Dechert LLP Securities Litigation Alert: 'Tis the Season: Proxy Statements and Litigation Challenges to Compensation Disclosures Over the past several months, plaintiffs' lawyers have stepped up attacks on executive compensation disclosures in proxy statements. Although to date most of...more by Fenwick & West LLP Insuring Your Growing Assets in the Appalachian Shale Plays With the continued development of the Marcellus and Utica Shale, businesses in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio are experiencing rapid growth and facing...more by Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC Bank Agrees to Reimburse Hacking Victim $300K in Precedent-Setting Case This Wired Magazine article features Bernstein Shur Attorney Dan Mitchell. In a case watched closely by banks and their commercial customers, a financial...more by Bernstein Shur Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Class Action Challenging Bank's Interest Calculation Method On November 21, the Ohio Supreme Court reinstated a lower court's grant of summary judgment to a bank defending a putative class action challenging its...more by BuckleySandler LLP FCC Holds Confirmatory Text Messages Do Not Violate TCPA In re Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; SoundBite Communications, Inc. Petition for Expedited...more by Burr & Forman Second Circuit Holds First Amendment Bars Conviction Based Solely on Off-Label Promotion of FDA-Approved Drug In its long-awaited decision in United States v. Caronia, the Second Circuit ruled today that the First Amendment bars the criminal prosecution of...more by Ropes & Gray LLP Health Law Alert: CMS Moves on Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations On November 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent its long-awaited final version of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act regulations to the...more by Leonard, Street and Deinard The FCPA Guidance: Refining a Corporate Compliance Program (Part II of II) Compliance professionals need to thank DOJ and SEC for the FCPA Guidance discussion on corporate compliance. DOJ and SEC provide important suggestions for...more by Michael Volkov SEC Posts Small Entity Compliance Guide Regarding Conflict Minerals Disclosure On November 13, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission posted A Small Entity Compliance Guide (Compliance Guide) on its...more by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Florida Governor Pushes International Ties to Florida With Trade Mission Trip to Columbia This Week After Past Successes in Promoting Florida to Panama, Canada, Brazil, Israel, Spain, and Great Britain: News Release of the Week Promoting Florida to international investors and foreign business is a big deal for Florida's executive branch these days and Florida Governor Rick Scott will...more by Rosa Eckstein Schechter See more Commercial Law & Contracts articles » You’ve received this email because you opted to receive email updates from Legal Updates powered by JD Supra. To stop receiving this email digest, click here. 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