Today’s Buzz: Tax Fraud, Iran Sanctions, Google, HIPAA Audits, More

What we learned in law today, from JD Supra:

Citizens United aside, there are strict regulations on campaign donations made by corporations (Lawline.com) 

There’s a lot of money to be made blowing the whistle on tax fraud (Duane Morris LLP) 

Google has started to filter pirated content from its search results (Mintz Levin) 

Banks are beginning to “fire” business and individual customers connected to criminal or regulatory investigations (Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C.) 

New San Francisco legislation means that fewer students might be sleeping on floors in the city (McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP) 

New rules for filing health care claim payments are expected to save doctors and hospitals billions of dollars over the next ten years (King & Spalding) 

The new U.S. sanctions on Iran apply to non-U.S. companies, too (Skadden Arps) 

The most significant change to U.S. patent law will take place in a little over six months when the U.S. becomes a “first-to-file” country (Dickinson Wright) 

The federal government’s HIPAA audit program is likely to be expanded soon (Trenam Kemker) 

The statute of limitations for criminal antitrust violations in the U.S. is five years. Except when it’s not (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati) 

Not being invited to regular meetings and workplace events might be sign you’re about to be fired (Jaburg Wilk) 

The 2014 Green Card Lottery is just seven weeks away (Mintz Levin) 

—- 

Follow @JDSupraBuzz on Twitter»