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Jeffrey DeBoer on the intersection of Washington and commercial real estate [Video]

by Greentarget on 5/10/2013

John Corey, Founding Partner of Greentarget, interviews Jeffrey De Boer, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Real Estate Roundtable, on the intersection of Washington and commercial real estate....more

EEOC Diversity Luncheon: Discussions of Budget Hurdles and Enforcement Priorities with Hon. Jacqueline Berrien and Hon. Victoria...

by Alyesha Asghar Dotson | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/10/2013

When the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Jacqueline A. Berrien, and EEOC Commissioner Victoria A. Lipnic sat down for an informal conversation regarding workplace diversity during the...more

IRS Pressures Build: Budgetary Constraints, the Aging IRS Workforce and Changes in IRS Focus

by Thomas Cullinan, Joseph DePew, John Lanier, Mary Monahan, Daniel Schlueter | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 4/25/2013

On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Budget of the U.S. Government. The budget calls for an increase in funding for the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), which has faced budget cuts in...more

Sequestration And The Continuing Resolution’s Effect On Government Contracting

by Alecia Schmuhl | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 4/25/2013

On March 26, 2013, President Obama signed the Continuing Resolution, which will fund government operations through the end of Fiscal Year 2013 or September 30. While this may assuage some of the uncertainty of...more

The Present and Future of ADR

by JAMS, The Resolution Experts on 4/24/2013

At the recent ABA Dispute Resolution Section conference in Chicago a panel that included myself, Debbie Masucci, past president of the DR section; India Johnson, CEO of AAA; and Dale Matschullat of Schiff Hardin, discussed...more

Sequestration and its Impact on the Construction Industry

by Elizabeth Cappiello | Ober|Kaler on 4/24/2013

Pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011, sequestration is the process by which automatic across-the-board spending cuts are being imposed on government programs. Because Congress was unable to reach an agreement by its...more

Capital Thinking Update - April 15, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Alexis Early, Jared Fleisher, Mara Giorgio, Karen Kudelko, Erin McGrain, Jessica Monahan, Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Joseph Urso, Sarah Vilms, more +Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 4/24/2013

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

Business News Digest – April 2013

by Michael Baader, Jamie Barnett, Andrew Bigart, Amanda C. Blunt, Edward Boyle, Gregory Braker, Robert Burton, Emilio W. Cividanes, John F. Cooney, Krista Coons, Ashley Craig, Daniel Danello, more +Robert P. Davis, Paul Debolt, Douglas Emhoff, Lisa Jose Fales, Matthew R. Farley, Kathryn Floyd, Thomas Gilbertsen, Nancy Grunberg, Michael Hartmere, J. Scott Hommer, Stuart P. Ingis, Jay Johnson, Jonathan King, Mitchell Kolkin, George Kostolampros, Dismas Locaria, Elizabeth Lowe, Melissa McLaughlin, Lindsay B. Meyer, Parker B. Morrill, Jonathan L. Pompan, Hillary Profita, Matthew R. Rabinowitz, Megan Roberts-Satinsky, Anthony Rosso, Martin Saad, Sejal Shah, Raymond Shepherd, Eric R. Smith, Robert Smith, Margaret Strand, Joeann Walker, Ariel S. Wolf, Jason Wool, Brian Zimmet | Venable LLP on 4/15/2013

In this issue: - Finders May Pose Risk in Private Capital Raising - NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework - NIST Issues Request for Information, Begins Developing...more

CFTC Commissioners Bicker About Budget And Performance Report

by Stephen M. Quinlivan | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 4/15/2013

There continues to be significant public discord amongst the Commissioners at the CFTC. According to Commissioner Scott O’Malia “Given the vast deficit spending challenges this country is facing, I do not believe it is...more

Short Wins - More On The Federal Defender Budget Mess And The Withering Sixth Amendment

by Matthew G. Kaiser | The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC on 4/1/2013

Two wins in the Eighth Circuit - nice. Other than that, it's a whole lot of resentencing news. In news related to last week's short wins post, though, where I lamented that Assistant Federal Public Defenders will be...more

Sequestration to Reduce Government Payments to Issuers of Certain Qualifying Bonds

by Dickinson Wright on 3/27/2013

March 2013 On March 1, 2013, $85 Billion in automatic reductions in federal spending occurred as mandated by federal law. The automatic budget cuts are known in the parlance of the Beltway as “sequestration.” For issuers of...more

Sequester the Sequestration Cuts, Please! Why the Health Care Industry Must Brace Itself for More Change...

by Chelsea Trotter | Nossaman LLP on 3/27/2013

As the federal government scrambles to cut burgeoning health care costs, yet increase health care coverage to the uninsured or underinsured, the paradox of expansion, on the one hand, yet constriction, on the other, has...more

Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- March 25‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 3/26/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Members rushed out of town at the end of last week for a two-week...more

Under Construction - March 2013: The Ever-Shrinking Federal Budget: Preparing for Contract Cut-Backs

by Brett W. Johnson | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 3/22/2013

On March 1, 2013, President Obama signed the order directing “sequestration” to go into effect. As has been repeated constantly leading up to sequestration, $85 billion will now be cut from the federal government’s budget...more

Second Continuing Resolution Expected to Cut Department of Energy Program Funding by $44 million – ML Strategies Weekly Energy and...

by Mintz Levin - Energy & Clean Technology on 3/21/2013

To avoid governmental shutdown, the House and Senate are committed to passing a second continuing resolution (H.R. 933) before the current one expires on March 27. The new continuing resolution (CR) is expected to provide...more

Health Care Reform Update -- March 19, 2013

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/20/2013

In This Issue: Leading the News – Budgets and the Continuing Resolution (CR); Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other...more

Immigration Related Government Updates: 1. USCIS Announces That H-1B Cap May Be Reached Early In the First Week Of April; 2....

by Hallie Cohen, David Grunblatt, Valarie McPherson, Praveena Swanson, Jennifer Wexler | Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/19/2013

On Friday, March 15, USCIS announced how it plans to process FY 2014 H-1B cap filings. In the USCIS press release, USCIS indicated that it was preparing for the likelihood that the H-1B cap may be reached during the April 1 –...more

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Jeffrey DeBoer on the intersection of Washington and commercial real estate [Video]

EEOC Diversity Luncheon: Discussions of Budget Hurdles and Enforcement Priorities with Hon. Jacqueline Berrien and Hon. Victoria...

IRS Pressures Build: Budgetary Constraints, the Aging IRS Workforce and Changes in IRS Focus

Sequestration And The Continuing Resolution’s Effect On Government Contracting

The Present and Future of ADR

Sequestration and its Impact on the Construction Industry

Capital Thinking Update - April 15, 2013

Business News Digest – April 2013

CFTC Commissioners Bicker About Budget And Performance Report

Short Wins - More On The Federal Defender Budget Mess And The Withering Sixth Amendment

Sequestration to Reduce Government Payments to Issuers of Certain Qualifying Bonds

Sequester the Sequestration Cuts, Please! Why the Health Care Industry Must Brace Itself for More Change...

Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- March 25‚ 2013

Under Construction - March 2013: The Ever-Shrinking Federal Budget: Preparing for Contract Cut-Backs

Second Continuing Resolution Expected to Cut Department of Energy Program Funding by $44 million – ML Strategies Weekly Energy and...

Health Care Reform Update -- March 19, 2013

Immigration Related Government Updates: 1. USCIS Announces That H-1B Cap May Be Reached Early In the First Week Of April; 2....

Medicaid Receiving Startlingly Little Attention As Everyone Discusses Medicare [Video]

Sequestration Tango: Taking Steps to Assess Risk and Mitigate Impacts

Over-the-Cliff: Advice to Contractors Facing Sequestration

Effects Of American Taxpayer Relief Act Overshadowed By Sequester Talk

Sequestration: Federal Subsidy Payments for BABS and Other Direct-Pay Subsidy Bonds will be Reduced 8.7%

Looming Budget Cuts Could Delay Travel

Federal Sequester Likely to Affect Construction Industry

The Sequestration, Funding for Plug-In Electric Vehicle Projects, and D.C.’s New Energy Leadership

Jeffrey DeBoer on the intersection of Washington and commercial real estate [Video]

Medicaid Receiving Startlingly Little Attention As Everyone Discusses Medicare [Video]

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