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Eric Aaserud	New FAR Rules Likely For "Critical Infrastructure" Contractors On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order (the Order) intended to enhance the cybersecurity of the country's critical infrastructure. According to the Order, "[t]he cyber threat to critical infrastructure…more Barack Obama, Critical Infrastructure Sectors, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity, Data Breach	See All Updates »
Shylah R. Alfonso	U.S. Supreme Court Throws Into Question Proof Of Damages Requirements For Class Certification On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 569 U.S. ___, No. 11-864, 2013 WL 1222646 (Mar. 27, 2013). In a 5-4 decision, the Court reemphasized its recent precedent in Wal-Mart…more Class Action, Class Certification, Comcast, Comcast v. Behrend, Damages	See All Updates »
Anastasia (Ana) K. Anderson	U.S. Supreme Court Holds Equitable Tolling Doctrine Does Not Apply To Administrative Appeal Deadline On January 22, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center, 568 U.S. _____ (2013), holding that hospitals cannot appeal Medicare inpatient reimbursement determinations…more Administrative Appeals, Equitable Tolling, Kathleen Sebelius, Medicare, Physician Medicare Reimbursements	See All Updates »
Pamela Anderson	D.C. Circuit Rules That CFTC – Not FERC – Has Authority To Regulate Futures Trades On March 15, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over natural gas futures contracts and that the Federal…more CFTC, Commodity Futures Contracts, Exclusive Jurisdiction, FERC, Natural Gas	See All Updates »
Elizabeth Banzhoff	Perils Of The Global Supply Chain Series, Part 3: Groundbreaking ‘Honey Laundering’ Sting Signals New Era In Supply Chain Enforcement Supply chain compliance is on the government’s enforcement radar like never before. If the recent Executive Order on Trafficking in Government Contracts and final SEC Conflict Minerals Rules were not notice enough, the…more Antidumping Duties, China, Compliance, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, DOJ	See All Updates »
Gregg D. Barton	No Oregon Income Tax Nexus For Company Owning Intangibles Used In State A federal bankruptcy court judge has held that Washington Mutual, Inc. (WMI), a parent holding company that owned bank subsidiaries conducting business in Oregon, did not have nexus in Oregon by virtue of its ownership of the…more Chapter 11, Commerce Clause, Due Process, Excise Tax, Nexus	See All Updates »
Amanda Beane	Retailers Beware: Massachusetts Court Restricts Ability To Collect ZIP Codes At Point Of Sale The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently held that collecting a consumer's ZIP code at the point of sale may violate Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93, Section 105(a) (Section 105(a)), which restricts the ability…more Credit Cards, Data Collection, Personally Identifiable Information, Retailers, ZIP Codes	See All Updates »
Thomas (Tom) C. Bell	Retailers Beware: Massachusetts Court Restricts Ability To Collect ZIP Codes At Point Of Sale The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently held that collecting a consumer's ZIP code at the point of sale may violate Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93, Section 105(a) (Section 105(a)), which restricts the ability…more Credit Cards, Data Collection, Personally Identifiable Information, Retailers, ZIP Codes	See All Updates »
Danielle Benderly	What’s New in Executive Compensation for the Upcoming Proxy Season: Compensation Committee and Adviser Independence, ISS Guidelines and Shareholder Litigation Public companies preparing for the upcoming 2013 proxy season will need to keep in mind a number of new developments related to executive compensation, including: - New Securities and Exchange Commission rules that require…more Compensation Committee, Executive Compensation, ISS, Listing Standards, Nasdaq	See All Updates »
Glenn Benson	D.C. Circuit Rules That CFTC – Not FERC – Has Authority To Regulate Futures Trades On March 15, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over natural gas futures contracts and that the Federal…more CFTC, Commodity Futures Contracts, Exclusive Jurisdiction, FERC, Natural Gas	See All Updates »
Debra R. Bernard	FCC Rules That Confirmatory Opt-Out Text Messages Don't Violate the TCPA Under Certain Circumstances In a ruling that will impact certain aspects of how companies handle their SMS/text message promotional programs, on November 29, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Declaratory Ruling regarding the…more FCC, TCPA, Texting	See All Updates »
Mark Birnbaum	Illinois Supreme Court Issues New Rules Affecting Mortgage Foreclosures The Illinois Supreme Court has issued new court rules that become effective on May 1, 2013, modifying the evidentiary requirements for obtaining foreclosure judgments, among other things. The rules are the result of the work of…more Affidavits, Foreclosure, Loss Mitigation, Mortgages, Required Documentation	See All Updates »
Elizabeth Breakstone	Perils Of The Global Supply Chain Series, Part 3: Groundbreaking ‘Honey Laundering’ Sting Signals New Era In Supply Chain Enforcement Supply chain compliance is on the government’s enforcement radar like never before. If the recent Executive Order on Trafficking in Government Contracts and final SEC Conflict Minerals Rules were not notice enough, the…more Antidumping Duties, China, Compliance, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, DOJ	See All Updates »
Joseph Bringman	Supreme Court Holds Securities Fraud Class Certification Does Not Require Showing Of Materiality, With Strong Dissents Questioning The Fraud-On-The-Market Theory In its long-awaited decision in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds, No. 11-1085 (U.S. Feb. 27, 2013), the U.S. Supreme Court held that plaintiffs in a securities-fraud class action do not need to establish…more Amgen Inc. v Connecticut Retirement Plans, Class Action, Class Certification, Fraud, Fraud-on-the-Market	See All Updates »
Marc Bruner	California Cities And Counties Can “Just Say No” To Medical Marijuana Dispensaries The California Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a local ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, holding that the ban was not preempted by state statutes governing medical marijuana. The decision does not come as a surprise,…more Dispensaries, Local Ordinance, Medical Marijuana, Municipalities, Preemption	See All Updates »
Jean-Jacques Cabou	Perils Of The Global Supply Chain Series, Part 3: Groundbreaking ‘Honey Laundering’ Sting Signals New Era In Supply Chain Enforcement Supply chain compliance is on the government’s enforcement radar like never before. If the recent Executive Order on Trafficking in Government Contracts and final SEC Conflict Minerals Rules were not notice enough, the…more Antidumping Duties, China, Compliance, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, DOJ	See All Updates »
Tony Caliendo	Arizona Supreme Court Follows Central Bank: No Implied Private Right Of Action For Aiding And Abetting Securities Fraud Under The Arizona Securities Act Earlier today, in a case titled Sell v. Sewell, et al. (No. CV-12-0211-PR), the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that there is no implied private right of action for aiding and abetting securities fraud under the Arizona Securities…more Aiding and Abetting, Private Right of Action, Securities Fraud	See All Updates »
Schuyler Carroll	No Clear Disclosure? No Third-Party Release In Ch. 11 Originally published in Law360 on January 28, 2013. A recent appellate decision requires strict adherence to disclosure requirements before third-party releases contained in a Chapter 11 plan may be approved…more Disclosure Requirements, Indenture Trustee, Settlement, Third-Party Release Agrements	See All Updates »
Patrick Casey	Quarterly Investment Update – 4th Quarter 2012 Trust & Investment Services In This Issue: - Economic Review & Outlook - Bond Market Review - Bond Market Outlook - Stock Market Review - Stock Market Outlook - Overview Of Washington Supreme Court Decision - Estate Tax Impact Of…more Bonds, Fiscal Cliff, Investors, Stocks	See All Updates »
H. Vicky Chen	The Affordable Care Act’s “Play Or Pay” Mandate: How It Works The Affordable Care Act added the so-called “Play or Pay” mandate or “Employer Shared Responsibility” provisions to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). Starting in 2014, certain employers may be subject to a penalty tax, or…more Affordable Care Act, Federal Poverty Line, Full-Time Employees, Healthcare, HHS	See All Updates »
Vivek Chopra	Don't Let a Data Breach Diminish Your Retail Profits This Holiday Season For the first time, online retail sales exceeded $1 billion on Black Friday and reached nearly $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday this year. Analysts expect this increase in e-commerce to continue, and Forrester Research estimates…more Data Breach, E-Commerce	See All Updates »
Richard Clifford	Fourth Circuit Expands False Claims Act Statute-Of-Limitations Period For the first time in the more than 50-year history of the statute, a federal appeals court has applied the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (WSLA), 18 U.S.C. § 3287, to a civil False Claims Act (FCA) case. A World War…more	See All Updates »
Michael Clyde	Arizona Supreme Court Follows Central Bank: No Implied Private Right Of Action For Aiding And Abetting Securities Fraud Under The Arizona Securities Act Earlier today, in a case titled Sell v. Sewell, et al. (No. CV-12-0211-PR), the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that there is no implied private right of action for aiding and abetting securities fraud under the Arizona Securities…more Aiding and Abetting, Private Right of Action, Securities Fraud	See All Updates »
Sarah Crooks	Supreme Court Rules FLSA Collective Action Is Moot When The Individual Plaintiff's Claims Are Resolved Before Certification On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded, in a 5-4 decision, that when the individual plaintiff in a "collective action" under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) resolves her own claims before certification, the case…more Collective Actions, FLSA, Genesis HealthCare, Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, Mootness	See All Updates »
Bruce Michael Cross	Supreme Court Rules FLSA Collective Action Is Moot When The Individual Plaintiff's Claims Are Resolved Before Certification On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded, in a 5-4 decision, that when the individual plaintiff in a "collective action" under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) resolves her own claims before certification, the case…more Collective Actions, FLSA, Genesis HealthCare, Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, Mootness	See All Updates »
Joseph Cutler	New FinCEN Guidance Changes Regulatory Landscape For Virtual Currencies And Some Prepaid Programs To address a perceived gap in regulatory treatment of increasingly popular virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released new guidance on March…more Bank Secrecy Act, Bitcoins, FinCEN, Money Services Business, Virtual Currency	See All Updates »
Kirsten Day	California Energy Commission Amends Nonresidential Building Energy Disclosure Regulations The California Legislature adopted Section 25402.10 of the California Public Resources Code in 2007. The Code requires each nonresidential building owner throughout the state to document and disclose a building’s energy use…more	See All Updates »
Madeline Engel	Hospitals Provided Temporary Relief In Medicare Rebilling Policy The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a ruling and an interim rule that, effective immediately, will allow hospitals to rebill certain inpatient hospital services as outpatient services for one year after…more American Hospital Association, Audits, Billing, CMS, Hospitals	See All Updates »
Miriam Farhi	Retailers Beware: Massachusetts Court Restricts Ability To Collect ZIP Codes At Point Of Sale The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently held that collecting a consumer's ZIP code at the point of sale may violate Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93, Section 105(a) (Section 105(a)), which restricts the ability…more Credit Cards, Data Collection, Personally Identifiable Information, Retailers, ZIP Codes	See All Updates »
Susan E. Foster	In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation: A Long Road Ahead In a self-described “unexpected” ruling for the defendants in the consolidated LIBOR proceedings, Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald has dismissed the private plaintiffs’ antitrust and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act…more	See All Updates »
T. Markus Funk	Planning For When Things Go Wrong: Are You Ready To Investigate Allegations Of Board Member Misconduct? Let us start our discussion with an area of broad consensus: A company’s board of directors has a duty of care to respond to and investigate allegations of wrongdoing by officers and/or employees of the company. But what happens…more Board of Directors, Confidentiality, Independent Counsel, Internal Investigations, Investigations	See All Updates »
Jordan Galassie	No Clear Disclosure? No Third-Party Release In Ch. 11 Originally published in Law360 on January 28, 2013. A recent appellate decision requires strict adherence to disclosure requirements before third-party releases contained in a Chapter 11 plan may be approved…more Disclosure Requirements, Indenture Trustee, Settlement, Third-Party Release Agrements	See All Updates »
Alexander Garcia	ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse For Expanded gTLDs To Launch March 26: Are You Ready? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is charged with enabling and securing the Internet, has been hard at work on a significant expansion project. This expansion includes changes to the…more gTLD, ICANN, Trademark Clearinghouse, Trademarks	See All Updates »
Javier F. Garcia	NLRB’s Union Poster Rule Struck Down By D.C. Circuit On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the rule adopted by the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) that required most private sector employers to display on their properties…more NLRB, Notice Requirements, Posting Requirements	See All Updates »
Amelia Gerlicher	Data Breach Class Actions Can't Survive Certification Without Expert Testimony On Classwide Damages This is the latest opinion in the ongoing litigation arising out of a massive data breach suffered by Hannaford Bros. grocery stores. In re Hannaford Bros. Privacy Litigation, __F. Supp. 2d __, Case No. 2:08-MD-1954-DBH, 2013 WL…more Class Action, Class Certification, Data Breach, Expert Testimony, Hannaford Brothers Company	See All Updates »
Albert Gidari, Jr.	Are You Recording Your Customers’ Calls? Better Listen Federal law and most states only require one party to a phone call to consent to recording it, which means the person recording the call doesn’t need anyone else’s permission; however, a minority of states, including California,…more All-Party Consent, Audio Recording, Commerce Clause, Nexus, One-Party Consent	See All Updates »
David Gold	Illinois Supreme Court Issues New Rules Affecting Mortgage Foreclosures The Illinois Supreme Court has issued new court rules that become effective on May 1, 2013, modifying the evidentiary requirements for obtaining foreclosure judgments, among other things. The rules are the result of the work of…more Affidavits, Foreclosure, Loss Mitigation, Mortgages, Required Documentation	See All Updates »
Andrew Grant	Software Developer Accused Of Aiding And Abetting Illegal Gambling On January 8, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York conducted a hearing in a criminal case that may cause concern among software developers whose software could be used for illegal activities…more Aiding and Abetting, Internet Gambling, Licenses, Online Sportsbooks, Software	See All Updates »
Jordan Green	Software Developer Accused Of Aiding And Abetting Illegal Gambling On January 8, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York conducted a hearing in a criminal case that may cause concern among software developers whose software could be used for illegal activities…more Aiding and Abetting, Internet Gambling, Licenses, Online Sportsbooks, Software	See All Updates »
Tyler Hagenbuch	While Hamstrung By DOMA, Federal Election Commission Still Opens Door To Joint Political Contributions From Same-Sex Couples The Federal Election Commission (FEC) this week became the latest government agency to grapple with the impact of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the federal rights of legally married same-sex couples. At issue was…more DOMA, Federal Election Commission, Political Contributions, Same-Sex Marriage	See All Updates »
Kevin J. Hamilton	Supreme Court to Hear Another Case on Class Arbitration Waivers On November 9, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider the enforceability of a class action waiver clause in agreements between American Express and merchants that accepted its cards. The merchants filed a proposed class…more Arbitration, Arbitration Agreements, Class Action Arbitration Waivers	See All Updates »
J. Dax Hansen	New FinCEN Guidance Changes Regulatory Landscape For Virtual Currencies And Some Prepaid Programs To address a perceived gap in regulatory treatment of increasingly popular virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released new guidance on March…more Bank Secrecy Act, Bitcoins, FinCEN, Money Services Business, Virtual Currency	See All Updates »
Julianne Henley	The Madrid System Is Expanding: Is Your Trademark Portfolio Covered? As more countries join the Madrid Protocol System for the International Registration of Marks (Madrid System), trademark owners should be sure to take full advantage of this trademark registration option. There are now 89…more First-to-File, International Trademark Protection, Madrid Protocol, Trademarks	See All Updates »
Todd M. Hinnen	Don't Let a Data Breach Diminish Your Retail Profits This Holiday Season For the first time, online retail sales exceeded $1 billion on Black Friday and reached nearly $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday this year. Analysts expect this increase in e-commerce to continue, and Forrester Research estimates…more Data Breach, E-Commerce	See All Updates »
Jeffrey Hollingsworth	Ninth Circuit Holds Dukes v. Wal-Mart Certification Requirements Apply To Small Class Actions And In The Wage And Hour Context On Tuesday, on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit held that the certification requirements set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court for a multimillion plaintiff gender discrimination class action in Dukes v…more Class Action, Class Certification, Dukes v Wal-Mart, Wage and Hour, Wang v Chinese Daily News	See All Updates »
Sarah Hopkins	New Laws Increase Criminal Liability For Disclosure Of Trade Secrets: Are You Protected? Two new criminal laws underscore the value of trade secrets as a critical asset to a corporation. These new laws, the Trade Secrets Clarification Act (TSCA) and the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act…more Criminal Sanctions, Economic Espionage Act, Trade Secrets, TSCA	See All Updates »
Kathleen Howard	Getting Ready For The Physician Payment ‘Sunshine’ Rule Originally Published in BNA Bloomberg, Medical Devices Law & Industry Report on March 20, 2013. On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations for…more Affordable Care Act, CMS, Disclosure Requirements, Healthcare, Manufacturers	See All Updates »
Lauren T. Howard	California Law Soon To Require Written Contracts For Employees Paid On Commission (AB 1396; Cal. Labor Code § 2751) On January 1, 2013, all employers with employees in California who are paid by commission will be required to have written contracts with those employees. This law is a significant departure from the previous law, which only…more PAGA, Sales Commissions, Unfair Competition, Written Agreements	See All Updates »
Renee M. Howard	Hospitals Provided Temporary Relief In Medicare Rebilling Policy The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a ruling and an interim rule that, effective immediately, will allow hospitals to rebill certain inpatient hospital services as outpatient services for one year after…more American Hospital Association, Audits, Billing, CMS, Hospitals	See All Updates »
Neal A. Hudders	Investment Window For Capital Gains Tax Exclusion For Certain New Investments In Small Businesses Extended To December 31, 2013 On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the Act). Among other provisions, the Act provides that the 100% exclusion from gross income of certain capital gains from sales of…more American Taxpayer Relief Act, Capital Gains, Fiscal Cliff, Gain Exclusion, Income Taxes	See All Updates »
Teresa Jacobs	California Energy Commission Amends Nonresidential Building Energy Disclosure Regulations The California Legislature adopted Section 25402.10 of the California Public Resources Code in 2007. The Code requires each nonresidential building owner throughout the state to document and disclose a building’s energy use…more	See All Updates »
Julie Jones	CEQA Reform: The Cure May Be Worse Than The Disease According to the author’s April 23, 2013 press release, the amended version of Senate Bill 731 is a “comprehensive reform” of CEQA, “modernizing the law to aid California’s economic growth.” But a close review shows that the…more Amended Legislation, CEQA, CEQA Reform, Notice Requirements, Public Transit	See All Updates »
Sandra Jones	Quarterly Investment Update – 4th Quarter 2012 Trust & Investment Services In This Issue: - Economic Review & Outlook - Bond Market Review - Bond Market Outlook - Stock Market Review - Stock Market Outlook - Overview Of Washington Supreme Court Decision - Estate Tax Impact Of…more Bonds, Fiscal Cliff, Investors, Stocks	See All Updates »
Zachary P. Jones	Supreme Court to Hear Another Case on Class Arbitration Waivers On November 9, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider the enforceability of a class action waiver clause in agreements between American Express and merchants that accepted its cards. The merchants filed a proposed class…more Arbitration, Arbitration Agreements, Class Action Arbitration Waivers	See All Updates »
Calvin (Cal) Keith	Portland Adopts Mandatory Sick Leave Law Portland has become just the fourth U.S. city to require that employers provide sick leave. The Portland ordinance goes into effect January 1, 2014. Following is a brief summary of the ordinance. As the effective date…more Local Ordinance, Medical Leave, Municipalities, Notice Requirements, Paid Leave	See All Updates »
Todd Kerr	Supreme Court Holds Securities Fraud Class Certification Does Not Require Showing Of Materiality, With Strong Dissents Questioning The Fraud-On-The-Market Theory In its long-awaited decision in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds, No. 11-1085 (U.S. Feb. 27, 2013), the U.S. Supreme Court held that plaintiffs in a securities-fraud class action do not need to establish…more Amgen Inc. v Connecticut Retirement Plans, Class Action, Class Certification, Fraud, Fraud-on-the-Market	See All Updates »
Christine J. Kim	New Rules Will Be “Taxing” On Medical Device Manufacturers The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued much-anticipated final regulations under Section 4191 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), which imposes a 2.3% tax on sales of any…more Excise Tax, IRS, Manufacturers, Medical Devices, Sales & Use Tax	See All Updates »
Karl Klassen	Let The Race Begin: U.S. Joins The World In Rewarding The First Inventor To File On March 16, 2013, the America Invents Act (AIA) changes U.S. patent law from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system, which moves U.S. patent law into closer harmony with most industrialized nations…more America Invents Act, Derivation Proceeding, First-to-File, First-to-Invent, Grace Period	See All Updates »
Stephen Kostka	New Significance Standard For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is Not New Information Triggering Supplemental CEQA Review In an opinion published on March 28, 2013, a California court of appeal answered three questions under the California Environmental Quality Act that the published decisions have not yet addressed..…more CEQA, CEQA Reform, Environmental Impact Report, Greenhouse Gas Emissions	See All Updates »
Betsy Kristoferson	Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds To Increase, Clayton Act Section 8 Interlocking Directorates Thresholds Increased The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that the reporting thresholds under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino (H-S-R) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the Act), will be increased. …more Filing Fees, FTC, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, Interlocking Directorate, Premerger Notifications	See All Updates »
Amy Kunkel-Patterson	Check Your Arbitration Agreements After New Washington Supreme Court Case A recent Washington Supreme Court case, Gandee v. LDL Freedom Enterprises, Inc., No. 87674-6 (Feb. 7, 2013), provides important insights into how Washington courts approach the enforceability of arbitration agreements in the…more Arbitration Agreements, AT&T Mobility v Concepcion, Choice-of-Law, Federal Arbitration Act, Preemption	See All Updates »
Regina LaMonica	SEC Speaks: Agency Takes Back-To-Basics Approach In Face Of Changing Leadership, Congressional Mandates And New Technologies The annual “SEC Speaks” conference, in which Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) representatives review the agency’s efforts over the past year and preview the year to come, was held on February 22-23, 2013. A…more CFTC, Citigroup, Crowdfunding, Dodd-Frank, Emerging Trading Technologies	See All Updates »
Bates McIntyre Larson	Illinois Supreme Court Issues New Rules Affecting Mortgage Foreclosures The Illinois Supreme Court has issued new court rules that become effective on May 1, 2013, modifying the evidentiary requirements for obtaining foreclosure judgments, among other things. The rules are the result of the work of…more Affidavits, Foreclosure, Loss Mitigation, Mortgages, Required Documentation	See All Updates »
Joel R. Levin	Getting Ready For The Physician Payment ‘Sunshine’ Rule Originally Published in BNA Bloomberg, Medical Devices Law & Industry Report on March 20, 2013. On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations for…more Affordable Care Act, CMS, Disclosure Requirements, Healthcare, Manufacturers	See All Updates »
Selena J. Linde	Don't Let a Data Breach Diminish Your Retail Profits This Holiday Season For the first time, online retail sales exceeded $1 billion on Black Friday and reached nearly $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday this year. Analysts expect this increase in e-commerce to continue, and Forrester Research estimates…more Data Breach, E-Commerce	See All Updates »
Richard London	Fifth Circuit Decisions Concerning Confirmation Of Plans Of Reorganization The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently issued two decisions that affect a borrower’s ability to confirm a bankruptcy plan, Western Real Estate Equities, L.L.C. v. Village at Camp Bowie I, L.P. (In re Village at…more Artificial Impairment, Bankruptcy Plans, Borrowers, Cramdown, Lenders	See All Updates »
Jose Lopez	SEC Speaks: Agency Takes Back-To-Basics Approach In Face Of Changing Leadership, Congressional Mandates And New Technologies The annual “SEC Speaks” conference, in which Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) representatives review the agency’s efforts over the past year and preview the year to come, was held on February 22-23, 2013. A…more CFTC, Citigroup, Crowdfunding, Dodd-Frank, Emerging Trading Technologies	See All Updates »
Sarah E. Lysons	New HIPAA Omnibus Rule Implementing Provisions Of The HITECH Act: An Overview Of Changes Final implementing regulations for many provisions of the HITECH Act (Health Insurance Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) were issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently, and appeared in…more Business Associates, Compliance, Covered Entities, Data Breach, Enforcement	See All Updates »
Robert (Bob) L. Mahon	No Oregon Income Tax Nexus For Company Owning Intangibles Used In State A federal bankruptcy court judge has held that Washington Mutual, Inc. (WMI), a parent holding company that owned bank subsidiaries conducting business in Oregon, did not have nexus in Oregon by virtue of its ownership of the…more Chapter 11, Commerce Clause, Due Process, Excise Tax, Nexus	See All Updates »
Jenica D. Mariani	Ninth Circuit Holds Dukes v. Wal-Mart Certification Requirements Apply To Small Class Actions And In The Wage And Hour Context On Tuesday, on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit held that the certification requirements set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court for a multimillion plaintiff gender discrimination class action in Dukes v…more Class Action, Class Certification, Dukes v Wal-Mart, Wage and Hour, Wang v Chinese Daily News	See All Updates »
Winfield (Win) Martin	$8 Million Trade Dress Infringement Verdict: Is Your Trade Dress Protected? A recent $8.1 million verdict in a trademark and trade dress infringement action is an emphatic reminder that businesses of all sizes should protect their trade dress as well as their trademarks. Although smaller or startup…more Infringement, Startups, Trade Dress, Trademarks	See All Updates »
Robert Maynard	U.S. Supreme Court: NPDES Permits Are Not Required For Logging Road Stormwater Runoff The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a 2010 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision and reaffirmed that a federal Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) point source discharge permit is not…more Clean Water Act, Discharge of Pollutants, EPA, Logging, NPDES	See All Updates »
James McCullagh	Data Breach Class Actions Can't Survive Certification Without Expert Testimony On Classwide Damages This is the latest opinion in the ongoing litigation arising out of a massive data breach suffered by Hannaford Bros. grocery stores. In re Hannaford Bros. Privacy Litigation, __F. Supp. 2d __, Case No. 2:08-MD-1954-DBH, 2013 WL…more Class Action, Class Certification, Data Breach, Expert Testimony, Hannaford Brothers Company	See All Updates »
Jeffrey Miller	CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act or Sunshine Act). The Sunshine Act requires drug,…more Biologics, CHIP, CMS, Common Ownership, Covered Recipients	See All Updates »
Keith Miller	SEC Speaks: Agency Takes Back-To-Basics Approach In Face Of Changing Leadership, Congressional Mandates And New Technologies The annual “SEC Speaks” conference, in which Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) representatives review the agency’s efforts over the past year and preview the year to come, was held on February 22-23, 2013. A…more CFTC, Citigroup, Crowdfunding, Dodd-Frank, Emerging Trading Technologies	See All Updates »
Cori Gordon Moore	Supreme Court Limits State Action Immunity In Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health Systems In a closely watched decision, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has reversed an 11th Circuit decision that invoked the state action doctrine to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from challenging a state hospital…more Competition, FTC, Governmental Immunity, SCOTUS, State Action Doctrine	See All Updates »
J. Sue Morgan	What’s New in Executive Compensation for the Upcoming Proxy Season: Compensation Committee and Adviser Independence, ISS Guidelines and Shareholder Litigation Public companies preparing for the upcoming 2013 proxy season will need to keep in mind a number of new developments related to executive compensation, including: - New Securities and Exchange Commission rules that require…more Compensation Committee, Executive Compensation, ISS, Listing Standards, Nasdaq	See All Updates »
Andrew Moriarty	Check Your Arbitration Agreements After New Washington Supreme Court Case A recent Washington Supreme Court case, Gandee v. LDL Freedom Enterprises, Inc., No. 87674-6 (Feb. 7, 2013), provides important insights into how Washington courts approach the enforceability of arbitration agreements in the…more Arbitration Agreements, AT&T Mobility v Concepcion, Choice-of-Law, Federal Arbitration Act, Preemption	See All Updates »
Tina Moss	No Clear Disclosure? No Third-Party Release In Ch. 11 Originally published in Law360 on January 28, 2013. A recent appellate decision requires strict adherence to disclosure requirements before third-party releases contained in a Chapter 11 plan may be approved…more Disclosure Requirements, Indenture Trustee, Settlement, Third-Party Release Agrements	See All Updates »
Charles Mulaney	Getting Ready For The Physician Payment ‘Sunshine’ Rule Originally Published in BNA Bloomberg, Medical Devices Law & Industry Report on March 20, 2013. On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations for…more Affordable Care Act, CMS, Disclosure Requirements, Healthcare, Manufacturers	See All Updates »
Alan Murphy	California Cities And Counties Can “Just Say No” To Medical Marijuana Dispensaries The California Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a local ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, holding that the ban was not preempted by state statutes governing medical marijuana. The decision does not come as a surprise,…more Dispensaries, Local Ordinance, Medical Marijuana, Municipalities, Preemption	See All Updates »
Lisa Oratz	FTC Expands Scope Of Children's Privacy Law To Keep Pace With New Technologies On December 19, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (the Rule), which applies to operators of commercial websites or online services that (1) are…more Behavioral Advertising, COPPA, Data Collection, Data Protection, FTC	See All Updates »
Jerica L. Peters	Getting Ready For The Physician Payment ‘Sunshine’ Rule Originally Published in BNA Bloomberg, Medical Devices Law & Industry Report on March 20, 2013. On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations for…more Affordable Care Act, CMS, Disclosure Requirements, Healthcare, Manufacturers	See All Updates »
Chelsea Dwyer Petersen	U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Attempt To Manipulate Federal Jurisdictional Threshold Under Class Action Fairness Act The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, 568 U.S. __, No. 11-1450, 2013 WL 1104735 (Mar. 19, 2013), that plaintiffs attempting to bring a class action lawsuit cannot escape federal…more Amount in Controversy, CAFA, Class Action, Damages, Jurisdiction	See All Updates »
Richard (Rich) E. Peterson	New Rules Will Be “Taxing” On Medical Device Manufacturers The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued much-anticipated final regulations under Section 4191 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), which imposes a 2.3% tax on sales of any…more Excise Tax, IRS, Manufacturers, Medical Devices, Sales & Use Tax	See All Updates »
Tobias Piering	U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Attempt To Manipulate Federal Jurisdictional Threshold Under Class Action Fairness Act The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, 568 U.S. __, No. 11-1450, 2013 WL 1104735 (Mar. 19, 2013), that plaintiffs attempting to bring a class action lawsuit cannot escape federal…more Amount in Controversy, CAFA, Class Action, Damages, Jurisdiction	See All Updates »
Nicholas (Nick) Price	Is Your Company's Mobile App Violating CalOPPA? On December 6, 2012, the California attorney general filed suit against Delta Airlines for failing to provide mobile application users with adequate notice of its privacy practices. According to the complaint, the "Fly Delta"…more Compliance, Delta Airlines, Kamala Harris, Mobile Apps, Online Privacy Protection Act	See All Updates »
Pravin Rao	DOJ Fraud Official Offers An Insider’s View Of The FCPA Resource Guide Charles Duross, deputy chief of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Fraud Section, offered white collar crime practitioners rare insight into the DOJ’s and the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recently…more Declination, DOJ, FCPA, FCPA Resource Guide, Morgan Stanley	See All Updates »
Anne Redman	New HIPAA Omnibus Rule Implementing Provisions Of The HITECH Act: An Overview Of Changes Final implementing regulations for many provisions of the HITECH Act (Health Insurance Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) were issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently, and appeared in…more Business Associates, Compliance, Covered Entities, Data Breach, Enforcement	See All Updates »
Lawrence Reichman	FDA Issues Proposed Rules And Explanatory Fact Sheets For FSMA On January 4, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two long-awaited proposed rules implementing important aspects of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). These rules are intended to help prevent…more FDA, Food Safety, FSMA, Manufacturers	See All Updates »
Barry Reingold	Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds To Increase, Clayton Act Section 8 Interlocking Directorates Thresholds Increased The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that the reporting thresholds under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino (H-S-R) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the Act), will be increased. …more Filing Fees, FTC, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, Interlocking Directorate, Premerger Notifications	See All Updates »
Joshua Reiten	California Supreme Court Decision Signals Victory For Online Retailers The California Supreme Court recently issued a landmark ruling in Apple Inc. v. Superior Court (formerly Krescent v. Apple Inc. in trial court proceedings), a case with wide-reaching implications for consumer privacy in…more Apple, Credit Cards, E-Commerce, Internet Retailers, Personally Identifiable Information	See All Updates »
Carla L. Reyes	New FinCEN Guidance Changes Regulatory Landscape For Virtual Currencies And Some Prepaid Programs To address a perceived gap in regulatory treatment of increasingly popular virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released new guidance on March…more Bank Secrecy Act, Bitcoins, FinCEN, Money Services Business, Virtual Currency	See All Updates »
Brander Richmond	Quarterly Investment Update – 4th Quarter 2012 Trust & Investment Services In This Issue: - Economic Review & Outlook - Bond Market Review - Bond Market Outlook - Stock Market Review - Stock Market Outlook - Overview Of Washington Supreme Court Decision - Estate Tax Impact Of…more Bonds, Fiscal Cliff, Investors, Stocks	See All Updates »
David B. Robbins	Hospitals Provided Temporary Relief In Medicare Rebilling Policy The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a ruling and an interim rule that, effective immediately, will allow hospitals to rebill certain inpatient hospital services as outpatient services for one year after…more American Hospital Association, Audits, Billing, CMS, Hospitals	See All Updates »
Geoffrey Robinson	CEQA Year In Review 2012 In This Issue: - Project Approvals Triggering CEQA ..Chung v City of Monterey Park (2012) 210 CA4th 394 ..Tuolumne Jobs and Small Business Alliance v Superior Court) 210 CA4th 1006 (petition for review pending, Supreme…more Ballot Measures, CEQA, Environmental Impact Report, Exemptions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions	See All Updates »
John Roche	Are You Recording Your Customers’ Calls? Better Listen Federal law and most states only require one party to a phone call to consent to recording it, which means the person recording the call doesn’t need anyone else’s permission; however, a minority of states, including California,…more All-Party Consent, Audio Recording, Commerce Clause, Nexus, One-Party Consent	See All Updates »
Luke Rona	Check Your Arbitration Agreements After New Washington Supreme Court Case A recent Washington Supreme Court case, Gandee v. LDL Freedom Enterprises, Inc., No. 87674-6 (Feb. 7, 2013), provides important insights into how Washington courts approach the enforceability of arbitration agreements in the…more Arbitration Agreements, AT&T Mobility v Concepcion, Choice-of-Law, Federal Arbitration Act, Preemption	See All Updates »
Heidi Sachs	New Laws Increase Criminal Liability For Disclosure Of Trade Secrets: Are You Protected? Two new criminal laws underscore the value of trade secrets as a critical asset to a corporation. These new laws, the Trade Secrets Clarification Act (TSCA) and the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act…more Criminal Sanctions, Economic Espionage Act, Trade Secrets, TSCA	See All Updates »
Rajiv Sarathy	CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp.: Still No Definitive Guidance On Patent-Eligibility Under Section 101 On May 10, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released its much-awaited en banc decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp. A majority of the court affirmed a district court's holding that Alice's…more CLS Bank, CLS Bank v Alice Corp, Patent-Eligible Subject Matter, Patents	See All Updates »
Barbara Schussman	CEQA Reform: The Cure May Be Worse Than The Disease According to the author’s April 23, 2013 press release, the amended version of Senate Bill 731 is a “comprehensive reform” of CEQA, “modernizing the law to aid California’s economic growth.” But a close review shows that the…more Amended Legislation, CEQA, CEQA Reform, Notice Requirements, Public Transit	See All Updates »
Michael Sink	Perils Of The Global Supply Chain Series, Part 3: Groundbreaking ‘Honey Laundering’ Sting Signals New Era In Supply Chain Enforcement Supply chain compliance is on the government’s enforcement radar like never before. If the recent Executive Order on Trafficking in Government Contracts and final SEC Conflict Minerals Rules were not notice enough, the…more Antidumping Duties, China, Compliance, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, DOJ	See All Updates »
Bryan Smith	Investment Window For Capital Gains Tax Exclusion For Certain New Investments In Small Businesses Extended To December 31, 2013 On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the Act). Among other provisions, the Act provides that the 100% exclusion from gross income of certain capital gains from sales of…more American Taxpayer Relief Act, Capital Gains, Fiscal Cliff, Gain Exclusion, Income Taxes	See All Updates »
Paul B. Smyth	Bureau Of Safety And Environmental Enforcement Announces New Rule For Safety And Environmental Management Systems In an effort to reduce the occurrence of accidents, injuries and spills during oil and gas activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) of the U.S. Department of the…more Bureau of Safety and Envirnonmental Enforcement, Environmental Management Systems, Oil & Gas	See All Updates »
Kirk Soderquist	Software Developer Accused Of Aiding And Abetting Illegal Gambling On January 8, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York conducted a hearing in a criminal case that may cause concern among software developers whose software could be used for illegal activities…more Aiding and Abetting, Internet Gambling, Licenses, Online Sportsbooks, Software	See All Updates »
William Stafford	Supreme Court Rules FLSA Collective Action Is Moot When The Individual Plaintiff's Claims Are Resolved Before Certification On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded, in a 5-4 decision, that when the individual plaintiff in a "collective action" under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) resolves her own claims before certification, the case…more Collective Actions, FLSA, Genesis HealthCare, Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, Mootness	See All Updates »
Grace Han Stanton	ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse For Expanded gTLDs To Launch March 26: Are You Ready? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is charged with enabling and securing the Internet, has been hard at work on a significant expansion project. This expansion includes changes to the…more gTLD, ICANN, Trademark Clearinghouse, Trademarks	See All Updates »
Lee Stein	DOJ Fraud Official Offers An Insider’s View Of The FCPA Resource Guide Charles Duross, deputy chief of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Fraud Section, offered white collar crime practitioners rare insight into the DOJ’s and the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recently…more Declination, DOJ, FCPA, FCPA Resource Guide, Morgan Stanley	See All Updates »
Michael Sussmann	Don't Let a Data Breach Diminish Your Retail Profits This Holiday Season For the first time, online retail sales exceeded $1 billion on Black Friday and reached nearly $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday this year. Analysts expect this increase in e-commerce to continue, and Forrester Research estimates…more Data Breach, E-Commerce	See All Updates »
Brian Svoboda	Political Giving, Like Charitable Giving, Raises Special Year-End Issues Just as the end of the year can be a good time to make charitable donations, it can also be a good time to make political contributions for those who give frequently in federal elections…more Charitable Donations, FEC, Individual Biennial Aggregate Limit, PACs, Political Contributions	See All Updates »
Nidhi Thakar	D.C. Circuit Rules That CFTC – Not FERC – Has Authority To Regulate Futures Trades On March 15, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over natural gas futures contracts and that the Federal…more CFTC, Commodity Futures Contracts, Exclusive Jurisdiction, FERC, Natural Gas	See All Updates »
Robert (Bob) P. Thibault	Bureau Of Safety And Environmental Enforcement Announces New Rule For Safety And Environmental Management Systems In an effort to reduce the occurrence of accidents, injuries and spills during oil and gas activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) of the U.S. Department of the…more Bureau of Safety and Envirnonmental Enforcement, Environmental Management Systems, Oil & Gas	See All Updates »
Caryn Lara Trombino	DOJ Fraud Official Offers An Insider’s View Of The FCPA Resource Guide Charles Duross, deputy chief of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Fraud Section, offered white collar crime practitioners rare insight into the DOJ’s and the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recently…more Declination, DOJ, FCPA, FCPA Resource Guide, Morgan Stanley	See All Updates »
Margret Warrick Truax	The Affordable Care Act’s “Play-Or-Pay” Mandate: Who Is A Full-Time Employee For Purposes Of The Employer Shared Responsibility Payment? Recently, we published a Client Update explaining how the Play-or-Pay mandate, or Employer Shared Responsibility provision, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) generally works. To summarize, we described how an employer counts…more Affordable Care Act, Full-Time Employees, Healthcare, Minimum Essential Coverage, Pay or Play	See All Updates »
Linda Walton	New HIPAA Omnibus Rule Implementing Provisions Of The HITECH Act: An Overview Of Changes Final implementing regulations for many provisions of the HITECH Act (Health Insurance Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) were issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently, and appeared in…more Business Associates, Compliance, Covered Entities, Data Breach, Enforcement	See All Updates »
Edgar Washburn	D.C. Appeals Court Says EPA May Revoke Fill Permit After It Has Been Issued In addressing an important legal issue of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “veto” authority under Section 404(c) of the…more Clean Water Act, Coal Mines, EPA, Permits, US Army Corps of Engineers	See All Updates »
Tyler Welti	CBD v. Salazar And The Way Forward For Fracking In Federal Minerals On March 31, 2013, a magistrate judge with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in issuing…more Environmental Assessments, Fracking, Government Land, Leases, Minerals	See All Updates »
Mel Wheaton	Preparing for the 3.8% Medicare Surtax on Net Investment Income The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act) institutes a new 3.8 percent Medicare surtax on net investment income effective January 1, 2013. In addition, absent congressional action to extend the…more 3.8% Medicare Tax, Affordable Care Act, Medicare	See All Updates »
Christine Williams	New HIPAA Omnibus Rule Implementing Provisions Of The HITECH Act: An Overview Of Changes Final implementing regulations for many provisions of the HITECH Act (Health Insurance Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) were issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently, and appeared in…more Business Associates, Compliance, Covered Entities, Data Breach, Enforcement	See All Updates »
Bobbie Wilson	California Supreme Court Decision Signals Victory For Online Retailers The California Supreme Court recently issued a landmark ruling in Apple Inc. v. Superior Court (formerly Krescent v. Apple Inc. in trial court proceedings), a case with wide-reaching implications for consumer privacy in…more Apple, Credit Cards, E-Commerce, Internet Retailers, Personally Identifiable Information	See All Updates »
Kevin Ylvisaker	Quarterly Investment Update – 4th Quarter 2012 Trust & Investment Services In This Issue: - Economic Review & Outlook - Bond Market Review - Bond Market Outlook - Stock Market Review - Stock Market Outlook - Overview Of Washington Supreme Court Decision - Estate Tax Impact Of…more Bonds, Fiscal Cliff, Investors, Stocks	See All Updates »
Jacqueline Young	U.S. Supreme Court Throws Into Question Proof Of Damages Requirements For Class Certification On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 569 U.S. ___, No. 11-864, 2013 WL 1222646 (Mar. 27, 2013). In a 5-4 decision, the Court reemphasized its recent precedent in Wal-Mart…more Class Action, Class Certification, Comcast, Comcast v. Behrend, Damages	See All Updates »
Michael Young	Ninth Circuit Holds Dukes v. Wal-Mart Certification Requirements Apply To Small Class Actions And In The Wage And Hour Context On Tuesday, on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit held that the certification requirements set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court for a multimillion plaintiff gender discrimination class action in Dukes v…more Class Action, Class Certification, Dukes v Wal-Mart, Wage and Hour, Wang v Chinese Daily News	See All Updates »

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