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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 Compromise In Congress Over Bipartisan Energy Reform Law360, New York (April 27, 2016, 11:35 AM ET) -Against the backdrop of the presidential campaigns, stand-alone energy legislation is advancing in Congress for the first time...
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Policy Alert April 28, 2016 If you read only one thing… Congress has passed legislation establishing a federal trade secret law that provides for civil causes of action in the federal courts for misappropriation of trade secrets. President Obama is expected to sign the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) into law soon, which will help companies protect some of their most valuable...
LAWFLASH JAPAN FSA FINALIZES AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLE 63 EXEMPTION February 05, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Christopher P. Wells, Tomoko Fuminaga Final text of the Regulations with respect to the Amendments promulgated has been released as well as the Response to the public comments. On February 3, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (Japan FSA) promulgated the ï¬nal form of...
LAWFLASH CONGRESS CONSIDERS LANDMARK TRADE SECRET REFORMS February 08, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Mark L. Krotoski, Jeffry S. Mann, Ph.D., Greta L. Burkholder If enacted, the legislation would represent the most signiï¬cant trade secret reform in many years. Major federal trade secret legislation is receiving strong bipartisan support and consideration in the US Congress. The...
LAWFLASH UK GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES DRAFT GENDER PAY REPORTING REGULATIONS February 16, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Matthew Howse, Pulina Whitaker, Yulia Chizh The proposed regulations will require businesses to calculate their gender pay gap starting April 2017 and publish the details by April 2018. On 12 February, the UK government published draft regulations[1] that set out the framework for the...
LAWFLASH IRAN SECONDARY SANCTIONS RELAXATION: EFFECT ON SHIPPING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES February 22, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Louis Rothberg, Margaret M. Gatti Shipping companies should be mindful of restrictions that still apply. The relaxation of Iran sanctions that the United States implemented on January 16, 2016—“Implementation Day” for the Joint...
LAWFLASH IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW UK PSC REGIME February 26, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Iain Wright, Ann-Marie Davies UK companies will be obliged to take steps to identify and maintain a public register of persons with signiï¬cant control, and such persons must supply such companies with information for inclusion on the register or face criminal penalties and possibly frozen shareholder...
LAWFLASH EUROPEAN COMMISSION RELEASES DETAILS OF NEW EU-US PRIVACY SHIELD March 02, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Dr. Axel Spies, Gregory T. Parks, Mark L. Krotoski, Pulina Whitaker, Matthew Howse, W. Reece Hirsch The new EU-US Privacy Shield seeks to address the European Court of Justice’s criticisms in Schrems after the decision invalidated the Safe Harbor program for EU-US data...
LAWFLASH UK TAX MEASURES—SPRING 2016 BUDGET March 17, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Paul Beausang, Kate Habershon, Katerina Heal The spring budget includes a number of announcements that relate to taxation, the most signiï¬cant of which is a “roadmap” for UK corporate taxation through 2020. On 16 March, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer made a number of...
Issue 2 – March 2016 IN THIS ISSUE Welcome to the second issue of our EU life sciences alerter that covers some of the most critical developments in the pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors in the last month and is produced by our life sciences lawyers in London, Frankfurt, and Paris. If you have any questions on any of these issues, please contact Paul Ranson. BREXIT...
LAWFLASH ‘BREXIT’ IMPLICATIONS FOR LISTINGS OF SECURITIES ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE March 24, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Carter Brod, William Yonge If Britain decides to leave the European Union as a result of a “Brexit” vote on 23 June 2016, the effect on the UK and EU ï¬nancial services sectors could be signiï¬cant; in particular, there could...
LAWFLASH FALSE CLAIMS ACT TRIAL SETS PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE CASES April 01, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Kathleen McDermott, Howard J. Young, Holly C. Barker, John A. Cosgriff The DOJ’s theory of falsity based on clinical disagreement alone fails as a matter of law. In a closely watched False Claims Act (FCA) proceeding by the healthcare industry and FCA practitioners, the US District...
Alternative funding solutions are needed 3 APRIL, 2016 BY TAREK EL-ASSRA Morgan Lewis’ Tarek El-Assra looks at project financing beyond oil money Tarek El-Assra is a partner at Morgan Lewis. IMF managing director, Christine Lagarde, said on her recent visit to the UAE that the collapse of oil prices is causing a paradigm shift in economic landscapes where stability is hinged on...
LAWFLASH NEW YORK ENACTS PAID FAMILY LEAVE LAW AND MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES April 07, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Christopher A. Parlo, Kenneth J. Turnbull Governor Cuomo signs legislation enacting comprehensive paid family leave policy and minimum wage increases. NEW YORK PAID FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM On April 4, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that will require all employers to...
LAWFLASH AVIATION SANCTIONS UPDATE—IRAN AND CUBA April 20, 2016 AUTHORS AND CONTACTS Carl A. Valenstein, Margaret M. Gatti, Louis Rothberg, Dr. Axel Spies Since the beginning of 2016, there have been a number of changes in US and European sanctions imposed on Iran and US sanctions imposed on Cuba that may beneï¬t the aviation industry. With Implementation Day under the Joint...
