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OFCCP Seeks Extension for NLRB Poster Directive

by Matt Nusbaum | Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 5/21/2013

The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend its authority to enforce Executive Order 13496, which requires federal contractors to post...more

CFTC Adopts Final Rules for Execution Facilities and Other Matters

by Blake Brockway, Kevin M. Foley | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/21/2013

During an open meeting on May 16, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted a final rule establishing core principles and other requirements for swap execution facilities, which will become effective 60 days after...more

Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- May 20‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 5/20/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - The conflation of three scandals clearly tainted President Obama...more

Affordable Care Act Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Minimum Value, Actuarial Value and Accreditation

by Erin Jones Adams | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/20/2013

On February 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final rule (the Final Rule) setting forth standards for health insurance issuers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the...more

Dodd-Frank Act Rulemaking: SEC and CFTC Issue Red Flags Rules to Address Identity Theft

by Cole Beaubouef, Scott H. Moss | Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 5/20/2013

On April 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”, together with the SEC, the “Commissions”) jointly issued final rules to require certain regulated...more

Investment Management Legal + Regulatory Update -- May 2013

by Luke T. Bagley, Jay G. Baris, Thomas M. Devaney, Kelley A. Howes, Robert E. Putney, III, Isabelle Sajous | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/17/2013

In This Issue: Regulatory Updates - SEC Allows Limited Use of Social Media for Public Disclosure; Federal Reserve Board Publishes a Final Rule Specifying when Nonbank Firms are “Predominantly Engaged in...more

IRS Issues Final Regulations Treating Qualified Stock Dispositions as Asset Sales

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/16/2013

On May 10, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department released the long-awaited final regulations under Section 336(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, treating certain sales, exchanges, and distributions...more

IRS Issues Final Regulations On Employer Identification Numbers

by Rena Pirsos | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 5/13/2013

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations (T.D. 9617) (+2013 IRB LEXIS 257, May 3, 2013) requiring employers that have an employer identification number (EIN) to provide updated EIN application...more

CFPB proposes delay in effective date of Reg Z prohibition on financing credit insurance premiums

by Alan S. Kaplinsky | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/13/2013

The CFPB has issued a proposal to temporarily delay the June 1, 2013 effective date of the Regulation Z prohibition on financing credit insurance premiums (Section 1026.36(i)). The proposal responds to concerns raised by...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - May 10, 2013

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/13/2013

In this issue: - SEC Roundtable Discusses Current Securities Law Topics at 33rd Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute - SEC Reopening Comment Periods for Certain Rulemaking Releases and...more

HHS Expands HIPAA Privacy Compliance Requirements

by Robert Bohner | Sedgwick LLP on 5/10/2013

On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its final rule, which implements the regulatory changes imposed on business associates found in the Health Information Technology for Economic...more

Final Medical Marijuana Regulations Approved in Massachusetts

by Dianne Bourque, M. Daria Niewenhous | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/10/2013

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Public Health Council approved, by unanimous vote, final regulations for the implementation of the medical marijuana ballot initiative law that will allow qualifying patients with...more

InfoBytes Special Alert: CFPB Issues Final Civil Penalty Fund Rule With Request For Comment

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/10/2013

On April 26, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) issued a final rule, effective immediately, that sets forth procedures for the administration of the Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund (Civil...more

CFPB Explains Use Of Civil Penalty Fund

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/7/2013

On April 26, the CFPB issued a final rule that (i) establishes the governance structure of the Civil Penalty Fund, including the position of Civil Penalty Fund Administrator, (ii) identifies categories of victims who may...more

CFPB Modifies Foreign Remittance Rules And Sets New Effective Date

by Joseph D. Simon | Cullen and Dykman LLP on 5/6/2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has revised its previously issued rules on foreign remittance transfers to ease some of the disclosure concerns raised by financial institutions. The revised rules, which are...more

CFPB eliminates independent ability-to-pay requirement for credit card applicants 21 or older

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/2/2013

The CFPB has amended Regulation Z to remove the requirement that a card issuer must consider the independent ability to pay of an applicant who is 21 or older. The final rule, which will be effective upon publication in the...more

BLM Issues Right-of-Way Application Rule In An Effort To Spark Renewable Energy Development

by Ben Rubin | Nossaman LLP on 5/1/2013

As reported earlier today by a number of news outlets (see for example this KCET article by Chris Clarke), the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") will be issuing a Final Rule to facilitate right-of-way applications for lands...more

Gaming Legal News - April 24, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 11

by Patrick Sullivan, Dennis J. Whittlesey | Dickinson Wright on 4/26/2013

In This Issue: - THE MASSACHUSETTS MUDDLE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE MASHPEE WAMPANOAG? The Mashpee Wampanoag casino project planned for the town of Taunton in southeastern Massachusetts received a major...more

SEC and CFTC Issue Final Joint Rules on “Red Flags” Compliance

by Cynthia Larose, Adam Veness | Mintz Levin - Corporate & Securities on 4/25/2013

The Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity and Futures Trade Commission (“CFTC”) (together, the “Commissions”) have issued final joint rules and guidelines that require certain entities regulated by the...more

Federal Reserve Adopts Retail Forex Rules

by P. Georgia Bullitt, Michael M. Philipp, Michael A. Piracci, Dana D.C. Westfall | Morgan Lewis on 4/25/2013

Standards for banking organizations regulated by the Federal Reserve for Retail Forex are generally comparable to rules adopted by other regulators. ...more

Coming to a Steam Electric Generating Plant Near You in May 2014 — New Effluent Limitation Guidelines

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 4/23/2013

Last Friday, EPA announced release of its draft proposal to revise the effluent guidelines and standards for the steam electric power generating industry, last revised in 1982. The proposal was in conformance with a...more

Pay Attention: Final Rules on Loan Originator Compensation

by Michael Dailey | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 4/19/2013

January, 2013, was a watershed month for mortgage standards after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the long-awaited final rules on ability to repay, qualified mortgages, mortgage servicing, and appraisal...more

HIPAA Privacy And Security Compliance: More Important Than Ever

by William Dillon | Messer & Caparello, P.A. on 4/18/2013

On January 25, 2013 the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule modifying the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Enforcement rules. The effective date of the final rule was March 26, 2013, however, covered...more

Federal Reserve Board Issues Final Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions Rule

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/17/2013

On April 9, the Federal Reserve Board published a final rule that allows supervised entities to engage in off-exchange foreign currency transactions with retail customers. Covered transactions include foreign exchange...more

Protections to Be Extended for Electronic Health Record Donations

by Heather Deixler, W. Reece Hirsch, Albert Shay, Howard Young | Morgan Lewis on 4/17/2013

CMS and OIG issue similar proposed rules to modify the electronic health record exception and safe harbor. On April 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of...more

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