Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act Update: SEC Proposes Listing Standards for Compensation Committees William Penn P'ship v. Saliba , 13 A.3d 749 (Del...

In Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Whiting , the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-3 ruling in favor of upholding the Legal Arizona Workers Act (the &ld...

On May 25, 2011, the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc and addressing what it deemed “unintended consequences” of the current inequitable conduct standard, &ldquo...

In response to the global financial crisis, financial regulators have expanded their surveillance of the global economy, in part through the collection of more frequent...

In Austin yesterday, Governor Rick Perry signed the Act of May 25, 2011, 82d Leg., R.S., H.B. 274, more commonly known simply as “ H.B. 274 .” Earlier...

A union did not violate the secondary boycott provisions of the National Labor Relations Act by displaying a 16-foot-tall inflatable rat in front of a hospital with which it...

At an open meeting today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved final rules implementing the whistleblower provisions in section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Act ....

On May 19, 2011, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Jorge Granados, the former Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Miami-ba...

A Safer and Swifter BOEMRE The national economy continues to feel the effects of the slow pace of federal approvals of new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The problem...

On May 2, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its final rule on telemedicine credentialing and privileging. The final rule and...

New exposure limits have been recommended for an odorless powder used in both fine and nanoscale forms in many commercial products ranging from paints and varnishes to...

On April 28, Flavio Ricotti, an Italian citizen residing outside of the U.S. and a former executive of California-based Control Components Inc. (CCI), pled guilty to a...

Siting and permitting of renewable energy projects in the U.S. involves federal, state, and local requirements. On private lands, aside from state and local zoning...

On Monday, Duke University researchers released a study reporting higher levels of methane in well water collected near shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing...

On May 10, 2011, Lindsey Manufacturing Company ("Lindsey Manufacturing"), two of its executives, and a Mexican intermediary were convicted by a federal jury on...