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Follow Other Topics » Email to Colleague »     Commercial Law   Legal intelligence from leading lawyers and law firms     New Year's Resolutions That Plan Sponsors Should Make and Keep   A New Year's resolution is a promise that a person makes to achieve one or more personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit. The big deal about a New Year's Resolution is that it is made in anticipation of the New Year and new beginnings.... By: Ary Rosenbaum     What You Say Can and Will be Held Against You: ADA Confidentiality Requirements Extend Beyond Termination of Employment   The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires any information regarding employees obtained through a medical inquiry to be kept confidential. Such information must be recorded on separate forms and kept in a confidential manner in a different... By: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP     Getting the Deal Through – Trademarks in 50 jurisdictions worldwide - 2013: Kosovo   Originally published in Getting the Deal Through – Trademarks in 50 jurisdictions worldwide - 2013: Kosovo. 1. Ownership of marks: Who may apply? Any natural or legal person (or an undertaking that is not a legal person if it has the legal... By: Karanovic & Nikolic Law Office     Unpaid Interns, Volunteers, And Trainees   Who, What, Why . . . Who does it apply to: Every employer who has or intends to hire unpaid interns. When must an intern be paid: All “employees” of a business must be paid at least minimum wage unless they are a “trainee” under the law,... By: Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.     New Legislation Prevents Privilege Waiver When Providing Information To CFPB   A new bill has been signed into law which prevents a waiver of attorney-client privilege when a regulated entity submits information to the CFPB.... By: Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and     SEC Enforcement Update: With Khuzami Out, Who's On Deck?   The Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) director of enforcement position is now vacant: Robert Khuzami, who held the job from 2004-2009, left the agency last Thursday. Now speculation about who might replace Khuzami is growing.... By: Shipkevich PLLC     Too Sexy To Work Here: Fired For Being Attractive   Melissa Nelson is “devastated” according to ABC News. She was fired from her job as a dental assistant after 10 years of service because her male employer found her attractive and felt termination necessary to protect his marriage.... By: Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.     Feeling Generous This Year?   Giving to others is rewarding in and of itself, but it's always nice to see your generosity provide you with a tax benefit and result in a lower tax bill. In our tax law practice we represent many individuals and one of the most often audited items... By: Moskowitz LLP     Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - December 2012: New Jersey Federal Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Retrocedent, But Preserves Rescission Claim for Trial   Munich Reinsurance Am., Inc. v. Am. Nat’l Ins. Co., No. 09:6435, 2012 WL 4475589 (D. N.J. Sept. 28, 2012). In a complicated retrocessional dispute, the New Jersey federal court granted in part and denied in part the retrocedent’s motion for... By: Patton Boggs LLP     Business Tort Suit Brings Sanctions   Virginia’s business-friendly laws and precedents provide employers with powerful remedies and employees with effective deterrents against wrongful conduct in business affairs. As a Fairfax Circuit judge has recently demonstrated, good faith... By: Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC     Final Rule on New Iranian Sanctions Published   On December 26, 2012 the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") published a final rule amending the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560 (the "ITSR"), to implement section 218 of the Iran... By: Proskauer Rose LLP     Second Circuit Reverses Bacolitsas Decision in Rare Win for Condo Developers   A condominium developer has garnered a significant victory in a dispute with a buyer as the result of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.... By: Ballard Spahr LLP     Court Rejects EEOC Class-Wide BFOQ Challenge To Mandatory Retirement Of Pilots   Mandatory retirement ages have been largely eliminated for most employees, but still continue in a handful of areas. For many years, the Federal Aviation Administration prohibited pilots over the age of 60 from flying for commercial airlines.... By: BakerHostetler     Under Construction - December 2012   In This Issue: Letter from the Editor; Colorado Construction Law Developments in 2012; Arizona Court of Appeals Issues Decision Related to the Application of the Statute of Repose and Economic Loss Doctrine for Subsequent Home Purchasers; Engler... By: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.     EEOC Sues Camden Place Health & Rehab, LLC for Disability Discrimination   Nursing Home Failed to Provide Certified Nursing Assistant with Reasonable Accommodation and Discharged Her Because of Her Disability, Federal Agency Charges - GREENSBORO, N.C. - Camden Place Health & Rehab, LLC, a North Carolina limited... By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission     The NLRB Finishes 2012 with a Bang and Shows No Sign of Slowing Down in 2013   The National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB") released a number of important decisions in late December 2012. The most significant of these decisions, which seemingly signal continued activism by the NLRB, address employee discipline and dues... By: BakerHostetler     IRS Revokes Ruling Finding Facility-Specific Power Purchase Agreements Are Part of the Facility   The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently revoked Private Letter Ruling (PLR) 201214007, which found that facility-specific power purchase agreements (PPAs) are considered part of the underlying wind energy facilities and, therefore, no portion of... By: Loeb & Loeb LLP     Mintz Levin Files FOIA Request for DOL Prevailing Wage Data   On December 7, 2012, Mintz Levin filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) with the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”). The request seeks disclosure of all documentation relating to prevailing wages, statistical methodologies and... By: Mintz Levin - Immigration     SEC Permits Portfolio Margining of Credit Default Swaps   Order grants exemptive relief from Exchange Act requirements; parallel CFTC relief expected soon. On December 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting exemptive relief (Exemptive Order) from certain requirements... By: Morgan Lewis     Patton Boggs Insights - December 2012: Enforcement: Firms Pay Up In Whistleblower Cases   Three employers who fired employees after they filed complaints with OSHA have been ordered to reinstate the workers and pay back wages and damages. A pilot will be reinstated and paid more than $500,000 after investigators determined he was... By: Patton Boggs LLP     SEC Names Acting Directors For Corporation Finance, Trading And Markets   On December 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Lona Nallengara will serve as Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, replacing Meredith Cross who recently announced her departure. Mr. Nallengara has served... By: BuckleySandler LLP     NLRB Overrules Another Longstanding Precedent: Witness Statements No Longer Exempt From Disclosure   The precedents are falling fast. Last week the NLRB overruled the five decade old Bethlehem Steel decision, and now another longstanding precedent has fallen.... By: Proskauer - Labor Relations     A Couple Quick Tips To Fight FMLA Abuse Around The Holidays   Have your employees' absences from work been a bit more frequent lately? And are you tired of the lame excuses they're providing? After all, there are only so many times your employee's dog can knock over the Christmas tree....on top of your... By: Franczek Radelet P.C.     FTC Announces Departure Of Consumer Protection Director   On December 17, the FTC announced that the Director of its Bureau of Consumer Protection, David Vladeck, will leave the agency on December 31, 2012. Since taking the position in 2009, Mr. Vladeck has led the Bureau’s focus on financial fraud and... By: BuckleySandler LLP     Fourth Circuit Upholds Employer-Favorable Religious Discrimination Decision   The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of an employer that was sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for religious discrimination. In EEOC v. Thompson Contracting, Grading, Paving, and... By: Poyner Spruill LLP     See more Commercial Law advisories ›     Follow popular law news & updates with JD Supra on LinkedIn Today   Follow JD Supra » Forward to Colleague »  |  Follow Other Topics »   You received this email because you opted to do so via JD Supra. 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