Short-Circuiting The Fast-Acting : 6 Countries Start A Program To Cut Short-Lived Climate Change Pollutants by Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 2/22/2012 Last week, the State Department announced the formation of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (Coalition). In what many are calling a response to the extremely slow pace at...more
Food Focus - Second Edition - October 2011 by Baker & McKenzie Australia on 10/3/2011 In this issue: - Blewett Report Update > Country of origin labelling under scrutiny > GMO regulations in a state of flux - Food Regulation > Australia's gluten free laws out of step with international...more
Preventing hidden commercialisation of GM foods by Virginia Delion on 7/1/2011 A resolution stated that food prepared from transgenic products must contain this information on its label, whether or not there is proof that the products are harmful to health. Discussion on the harm of these foods to...more
EB-2 Visas for China and India Move Five Months and Other Immigration Law Updates by Duane Morris LLP on 6/22/2011 In This Issue: July Visa Bulletin; EB-2 for China and India Move Five Months; Supreme Court Upholds Arizona's E-Verify Requirement; Supreme Court Remands Hazelton Immigration Law Challenge to Third Circuit; Alabama Enacts...more
Philippine exporters going bananas on Australia's import policies by Rey Cartojano on 5/22/2011 Malaya's online edition last May 20, 2011 headlined that Filipino banana growers are “going bananas” over Biosecurity Australia's requirement that the Philippine bananas exported to Australia should be plants...more
SCCE Higher Education Compliance Conference- IRS Nonprofit College & University Compliance Project: Findings, Examinations and... by Venable LLP on 5/19/2011 IN THIS PRESENTATION: Agenda: • Background; • Presentation Objectives; • Introductions and Group Activity; • IRS Compliance Project Interim Report; ? Overview, Findings, Contributions and Lessons Learned; • Preparing for an...more
Energy & Clean Tech Connections by Mintz Levin on 2/28/2011 In the February edition of Energy & Clean Tech Connections, we’ve gathered recent information from a wide variety of sources in an effort to keep you abreast of what’s new in the world of clean energy. We draw your...more
Intensive Efforts Underway to Conclude WTO Doha Trade Negotiations by King & Spalding on 2/2/2011 Implications for Companies with International Trade Interests Following calls by world leaders at the G20 and APEC meetings in November to conclude the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations by the end of 2011,...more
Demand From China Reshaping Latin American Agriculture by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 12/22/2010 As one of China’s most reliable suppliers in agricultural products, Latin America is making strides to fulfill China’s mounting needs. To accommodate that rising demand, Latin America has drastically increased its harvesting...more
Energy and Environment Update - October 24, 2010 by Mintz Levin on 10/26/2010 In This Issue: Energy and Climate Debate; Congress: Upcoming Hearings; Administration: Interagency Agreement Establishes Framework; Department of Agriculture: Thousands of Ethanol Pumps Planned, and Final Rule Published;...more
Getting the Real Price: are the American Incentives to Corn Ethanol Illegal under the WTO? by Arthur Rodrigues on 7/27/2010 The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the incentives to the American production of corn ethanol could be considered illegal or not under the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. This paper tried to reconstruct the...more
Land and the new Zimbabwe Constitution - Lloyd Msipa by Lloyd Msipa on 7/25/2010 ZIMBABWEANS are on the verge of writing a new Constitution. The last substantive Constitution of Zimbabwe was the Lancaster House Constitution. It was foisted on the country through a rigorous process of negotiations and...more
COOL: What Does It Mean To You? by Cari Rincker on 1/15/2009 Article delving into mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling requirements and its affects on beef cattle producers. ...more
Commenting the Argentinean judicial antitrust ruling related to Monsanto´s European patent litigation published by GCP by mariano municoy on 1/6/2009 This is brief commenting the only Argentine ruling on the very relevant topic of the interplay between enforcing patent rights and antitrust regulations, which was issued in September 2008 and published by the online...more
Hawai`i Orchid Growers Association v. Michael Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture, D.C. Cir. No. 06-5208 Judgment/Unpublished Disposition by Cyrus E. Phillips IV on 6/28/2007 ...more