U.S. Supreme Court Rules on the Constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley and the PCAOB Supreme Court Limits the Ability of Foreign Plaintiffs to Assert...

OIG Report Cites Physician Overpayments Related to Incorrect Place-of-Service Codes The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“O...

As the use of a two-step acquisition structure, such as a front-end tender offer followed by a merger, continues to rise steadily in the United States public company M&...

On July 9, 2010, the FAA issued a Final Rule[1] relating to all U.S. registered civil aircraft. The Final Rule amends existing FAA Regulations so that effective October 1,...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently found in United States v. Deloitte that documents related to a company's LLP tax...

The FERC’s recent order in Arizona Public Service Co ., 132 FERC ¶ 61,064 (2010), may have important implications for the natural gas and oil pipeline industries...

Fulbright partners Evelyn Biery and Louis Strubeck authored the U.S. chapter in the book  Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2010 , which covers 35...

On July 21, 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the United States intends to impose new economic sanctions against North Korea. Secretary Clinton...

On July 16, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued its second Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Opinion Procedure Release of 2010. The...

Motivated by the recent oil spill incident in the Gulf of Mexico, dozens of federal bills and resolutions have been introduced in the United States Congress that touch upon...

On July 14, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published in the Federal Register the long-awaited proposed rule implementing changes to...

House Ways and Means Committee Hearing Addresses Meaningful Use Final Rule On July 20, 2010, representatives of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS...

I. Introduction On July 1, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (“C...

The recent passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act" or the "Act") by the U.S. House of...

The Texas Association of Business and the Society for Human Resource Management Texas State Council (SHRM-TSC) partnership brings the highest quality human resource training...