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Capital Thinking Update - April 8, 2013

by Mary Beth Bosco, Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Jared Fleisher, Mara Giorgio, Lindsey Weber Keljo, Norma Krayem, Karen Kudelko, Jessica Monahan, Stacy Swanson, Sarah Vilms, more +Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 4/10/2013

General Legislative - Tomorrow, April 9, the House will meet at 2:00 pm for legislative business. Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules will include: (1) H.R. 254 – Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower...more

President Obama Proposes Plan To Encourage Private Investment in Infrastructure

by Kurt Anderson, Steve Park, Brian Walsh | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/5/2013

President Obama recently announced the Rebuild America Partnership plan (RAPP), a bipartisan effort focused on rebuilding the nation’s aging infrastructure and driving economic growth. Through RAPP, the President proposes to...more

Capital Thinking Update - March 11, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Jared Fleisher, Mara Giorgio, Jessica Monahan, Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Joseph Urso, Sarah Vilms, Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 3/13/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture and Food - Budget, Appropriations and Sequestration - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...more

New Iran Sanctions Enacted

by Sammi Malek, Melvin Schwechter | BakerHostetler on 1/16/2013

Satellite Export Controls Now Eligible to be Returned to Commerce Department Jurisdiction - On January 3, 2013, President Obama signed into law Public Law No. 112-239, the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of...more

Capital Thinking Update - December 10, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 12/14/2012

General Legislative On Tuesday, December 11, the House will meet at noon for morning hour and at 2:00 for legislative business. The House will consider a Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 4310 – National Defense...more

Infrastructure Alert - December 11, 2012

by Cozen O'Connor on 12/11/2012

On November 27, President Obama signed S.1956, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011, into law. The law allows the Department of Transportation to exempt U.S. airlines from the carbon tax...more

This Week in Washington - August 17, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 8/22/2012

In This Issue: DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS - Political News. Last Saturday in Virginia, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced his choice for Vice President: Representative Paul Ryan...more

Capital Thinking Update - July 16, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 7/20/2012

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture - Budget, Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services - Health Care - International, Defense, Homeland...more

June 13, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily

by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 6/13/2012

The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more

Delinquent Taxpayer’s May Lose Passports

by Sanford Millar on 3/14/2012

The Senate passed the surface transportation bill with an amendment that would give the State Dept the right to deny, limit or revoke passports of “seriously delinquent” U.S. taxpayer’s. The passport provision is part of the...more

Government Relations: Political Concerns Over U.S. Shift to LNG Exporter

by King & Spalding on 3/5/2012

With new techniques to access shale gas in the United States resulting in dramatic increases in supply and as a consequence, lower prices for consumers, terminals originally constructed to import LNG are now attempting to...more

December 21, 2011 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily

by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 12/21/2011

The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more

The territorial scope of Employment Tribunals – The Court of Appeal decisions in British Airways plc v Mak

by PHILIP HENSON on 3/25/2011

The territorial scope of Employment Tribunals – The Court of Appeal decisions in British Airways plc v Mak The territorial scope of Employment Tribunals has seen many challenges over the years, usually from employees in the...more