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Rhode Island 45-Day Notice by Charles A. Lovell, Esq.
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation ("DBR") has now completed the required Spanish translation of the new 45-day pre-foreclosure notice. These notices are for residential consumer mortgage foreclosures initiated on or... more

Securities & Exchange Commission Issues Climate Change Disclosure Guidance
Dave Scriven-Young
City of Seattle Adopts Energy Efficiency Reporting Requirements That Exceed State Law
Lane Powell PC - Construction Law
Citizenship and Allegiance: Before and After the Fourteenth Amendment
Dan Goodman

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	Unemployment Insurance and COBRA Extension Due to Expire Virginia L. Hunt Unless lawmakers in Washington act by February 28, 2010, the jobs bill passed in December that extended long-term unemployment insurance benefits and that gave a COBRA extension will expire. Please see full alert below for more...... more
	ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT CLOBBERS (TORT REFORM) CAPS. Gregory Piche Illinois Supreme Courts bucks the trend and finds that tort reform malpractice liability caps violate the separation of powers clause of the Illinois constitution.... more
	EFCA by Fiat? What a Becker Confirmation to the NLRB Could Mean for Employers Ford & Harrison LLP On February 4, 2010, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 13-10 to approve the nomination of Craig Becker to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board. It was a party line vote, with all 10...... more

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	1976 of 2010 - Hemant Goswami vs. Union of India Petition Against Introduction of GM Foods Hemant Goswami The petition reads, “The Ministry of Environment and Forestry issued a notification citing the provisions of Section 6, 8 and 25 of the ‘Environment (Protection) Act’ and brought into existence a Genetic Engineering Approval Committee,...... more
	Christian Legal Society Chapter of University of California, et al., v. Martinez, et al., Brief of Amicus Curiae The CATO Institute In Support of Petitioner Cato Institute Hastings College of the Law, a public law school in California, has a policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of "race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disabilities, age, sex or sexual orientation." In 2004, the...... more
	The Authors Guild, Inc., et al., v. Google Inc. Notice Of Intent To Appear By Privacy Authors and Publishers Electronic Frontier Foundation The Authors Guild and Google seek final court approval of a massive settlement first announced in 2008. While the settlement has sparked wide-ranging debate, EFF, along with our partners, have focused on a specific issue that we felt...... more

	Administrative Law
	U.S. Starts Inquiry Into Prius Brake Problems Robert Kraft Poor Toyota. The company finally comes up with a proposed solution to the sticking throttle problem, and now they have a brake problem with the hugely popular Prius model. Here are excerpts from an article in the New York Times about...... more
	Clinical Investigators Beware: FDA is Reviewing What You Say Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP While it is common knowledge that the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is being more active in its review of prescription drug advertising by drug product manufacturers, it may not be widely known that FDA is reviewing what...... more
	RI Department of Business Regulation issues 45-Day Notice Regulation Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation ("DBR") has now promulgated Emergency Banking Regulation 5 entitled "Mortgage Foreclosure Disclosure". This addresses new requirements for the 45-day notice to individual consumer...... more

	Elections & Politics
	Tax Provisions in President Obama's Budget Proposal; Expiring Tax Provisions Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP The following is a brief summary of certain tax provisions included in President Obama's budget proposal. Following this summary is a list of certain tax provisions that expired at the end of 2009 or will expire at the end of 2010 if...... more
	Federal Estate, GST and Gift Tax Law: Current Status And Possible Retroactive Legislation Duane Morris LLP Despite legislation proposed by Congress in 2009, which we reported on in our prior Alerts, Congress has nevertheless been unable to prevent the repeal of the federal estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes. Consequently,...... more
	The Baucus Health Bill – A Mixed Bag for Drug Makers? Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP On October 20, 2009, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committe, officially unveiled Senate Bill 1796, "America's Healthy Future Act of 2009." The Baucus bill's objective is grandly stated as no less than "to...... more

	Military Law
	GAO Sides with Foreign Military Sales Program Contractors in Dispute Over Protest Costs Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Contractors engaged in procurements under the Foreign Military Sales ("FMS") program can breathe a little easier after a Government Accountability Office ("GAO") ruling on November 5, 2009, in which the GAO denied the U.S. Army...... more
	RETURNING VETS - OUTRAGEOUS DELAYS IN VA CARE AND BENEFIT APPEALS. Gregory Piche CASE PENDING IN US. 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS STRUGGLES WITH ISSUE OF WHETHER VA IS TO BIG TO TACKLE FOR OUTRAGEOUS DELAYS IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR GIs AND IN UNREASONABLE DELAYS IN BENEFIT AND DISABILITY APPEALS.... more
	Family and Medical Leave Act Further Helps Military Families Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP In late October, President Obama signed into law a bill that increases protections for families of military personnel who wish to take leave from work under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"). The new amendments expand...... more

	Personal Rights
	Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Caps on Damages Steven Pietrick This is a description of the Illinois Supreme Court's recent decision holding that the statutory caps on non-economic damages awarded in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional as a violation of the separation of powers between...... more
	New Massachusetts Data Security Law and Regulations - Comprehensive Information Security Plan required before March 1, 2010 Foley Hoag LLP As many of you are aware, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has adopted a new data security law, and regulations thereunder (the "Regulations"), intended to protect its residents from identity theft. While the new law primarily...... more
	Investment Adviser Important Dates and Reminders Foley Hoag LLP Annual Compliance Reviews All investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are required to review their compliance policies and procedures at least annually. Many advisers traditionally...... more

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