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1 0 Competitive Bes t Practic es f or W inning Government Contracts BYCharles Capito Ten ways com advantage overpanies can gain the and avoid comm the competition competing for on mistakes when federal govern important U.S. ment contract s. 70 Contract Management | June 2016 10 COMPETITIVE BEST PRACTICES FOR WINNING GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Counsel for companies engaged in bid protests over...
130 days, 1,500 notifications: Does Dutch breach rule foreshadow GDPR? Lokke Moerel and Alex van der Wolk 05/17/2016 Privacy + Data Security Client Alert As we write this, it is now four months since the new data breach notification law in the Netherlands went into effect. Since 1 January 2016, data controllers are obliged to notify the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) and individuals if...
Client Alert May 16, 2016 FinCEN Finalizes Customer Due Diligence Rule for Legal Entity Customers On May 11th, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, published a Final Rule (the “Rule”) on customer due diligence after a four-year rulemaking process. The Rule requires covered financial...
Client Alert May 16, 2016 The Supreme Court’s Spokeo Decision: Concrete Shoes For Consumer Class Actions? By Angela E. Kleine, Jim McCabe, Ben Patterson Today the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins. The decision takes on a hot topic in consumer class action law today—what must a plaintiff plead and prove to have standing to sue for...
Portfolio Media. Inc. | 111 West 19th Street, 5th Floor | New York, NY 10011 | www.law360.com Phone: +1 646 783 7100 | Fax: +1 646 783 7161 | customerservice@law360.com The Metaphysics Of Systemic Risk Law360, New York (May 13, 2016, 11:37 AM ET) -On April 18, 2016, the Financial Stability Oversight Council again warned that asset managers present systemic risk to financial stability in five key...
Client Alert May 13, 2016 Treasury Issues White Paper on Online Marketplace Lending By Donald C. Lampe, Jeremy R. Mandell, and Calvin Funk* On May 10, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued a white paper, entitled “Opportunities and Challenges in Online Marketplace Lending” (“White Paper”). The White Paper...
Client Alert May 11, 2016 Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for April 2016 By the MoFo FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption Team In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: What...
Special Issue May 4, 2016 Implications of the DOL Fiduciary Rule for Structured Products On April 6, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its final conflict of interest regulations, which significantly expand who is considered a fiduciary when dealing with a retirement account. The new regulations, together with a number of amended and final prohibited transaction...
Client Alert April 26, 2016 Possible Worlds Versus Probable Worlds − the Metaphysics of Systemic Risk: FSOC Revisits Asset Managers By Jay G. Baris and Oliver I. Ireland On April 18, 2016, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) again warned that asset managers present systemic risk to financial stability in five key areas: • liquidity and...
Volume 255—NO. 80 Outside Counsel 88 8 SER V AND www. NYLJ.com H NC THE BE ING 1 BA R SINCE Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Expert Analysis Corporate Disclosure of Government Investigations Under Securities Law W hen a public company learns that it is the subject of a government investigation, the company must decide whether and when to publicly disclose the investigation. While...
Client Alert April 25, 2016 New Executive Compensation Rule At-A-Glance On April 21, 2016, the National Credit Union Administration approved a proposed rule on incentive compensation under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The other appropriate Federal regulators, as defined in Section 956, are expected to follow suit shortly. Following is a chart of the key provisions of the proposal....
Client Alert April 22, 2016 Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for March 2016 By the MoFo FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption Team In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. March closed out an...
EU Parliament Approves General Data Protection Regulation Alex van der Wolk and Ronan Tigner 04/15/2016 Privacy + Data Security Client Alert After four years of intense negotiations, EU institutions have finally closed the deal on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which was introduced by the EU Commission on January 25, 2012 as part of its data protection package.[1] The EU...
A N E W Y O R K L A W J O U R N A L S P E C I A L Intellectual Property Volume 255—NO. 63 S E C T I O N www. NYLJ.com Monday, april 4, 2016 Breaking Down Four Big Changes In Patent Litigation By Michael A. Jacobs And Richard S.J. Hung T he patent landscape arguably has never undergone so much change so quickly as in the last few years. Some of the intense judicial scrutiny of...
The EU General Data Protection Regulation: A Primer for International Business Alex van der Wolk and Sotirios Petrovas 03/23/2016 Privacy + Data Security Client Alert 1. Introduction The European Union will soon enact the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to regulate the collection and processing of personal information of EU individuals. When the GDPR comes into effect in 2018, it...
Client Alert March 22, 2016 Tax Treatment of “Bad Boy Guarantees” Challenged by Recent IRS Memorandum By Michelle Jewett, Matthew Lau, and Nicole Humphrey I. OVERVIEW A recently released legal memorandum by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel, CCA 201606027 (the “Memorandum”), concluded that a so-called “bad boy...
MORRISON & FOERSTER INSIGHTS CONSUMER OUTLOOKS ON PRIVACY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Privacy is a social norm, sometimes captured in laws and regulations, which sets limits on the collection, protection, processing, and deletion of personal information. As has become increasingly clear in recent years, privacy presents real business risks that have the potential to negatively impact a...
Government Contracts Compliance Backgrounder ©2012 Morrison & Foerster LLP | All Rights Reserved | mofo.com Government Contracts Compliance Backgrounder What You Need to Know About Government Contracts Compliance PRACTICE GROUP CHAIRS Richard J. Vacura 1650 Tysons Boulevard Suite 400 McLean, VA 22102 (703) 760-7764 rvacura@mofo.com The Government Can Be a Good...
MOFO GLOBAL PROCUREMENT QUARTERLY Spring 2015 IN THIS ISSUE Right to Modify? Page 1 International Brands May Trigger Cross-Border Interest in EU Tenders Page 3 Q&A with James Koukios Page 5 GSA Data Reporting Page 7 International IT Companies Face Continuing Headwinds in China Page 9 RIGHT TO MODIFY? When can an existing public contract be amended without undergoing a new procurement...
The Rise of the “Private Surgeon General” William L. Stern and Janelle J. Sahouria, Morrison & Foerster LLP This Article is published by Practical Law Company on its PLCLaw Department web service at http://us.practicallaw.com/6-503-9607. An Article discussing some of the major challenges that “private Surgeon General” suits pose to product...
