JD Supra Weekend Reader: Fracking Wastewater, Virtual Currency, Workplace Violence, Data Privacy

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Is Dodd-Frank at risk? Probably not, but President Obama shouldn’t let down his guard all the same… (Bloomberg Law) 

The amount of freshwater used by the fracking industry is less than that used by golf courses. It doesn’t mean there’s nothing to worry about, though… (Looper Reed) 

Is this the wild, wild west of virtual currency? Not really… (Pillsbury) 

Today’s FCPA charges are brought to you by … Wall Street! (Corporate Law Report) 

Add bank fraud to the list of federal crimes committed by legal medical marijuana dispensaries… (Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph) 

Farmer Bowman’s “blame-the-bean” argument failed to sway the Supreme Court (JD Supra Contributors) 

The new tax law doesn’t look like “relief” from where we’re sitting… (Niles, Barton & Wilmer) 

The EPA just issued a rule that will require fracking operators to disclose the chemicals used in extracting natural gas from the ground (Morgan Lewis) 

Think California lawmakers aren’t concerned about data privacy? Think again… (Reed Smith) 

Oh, baby! (McManis Faulkner) 

How to reduce violence in the workplace? (Corporate Law Report) 

Tough luck, lesser prairie-chicken (Nossaman LLP) 

We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to cook burgers anymore (at least not today…) (FordHarrison) 

Don’t let the recent American Taxpayer Relief Act fool you: now is not the time to be complacent about estate planning… (Cole Schotz) 

Florida judge says the FCC doesn’t know the difference between “implied” and “express” consent… (Foley & Lardner) 

Better let it roll over to voice mail… Federal laws impose significant fines on commercial drivers who use cell phones at the wheel (and their employers, too) (Ogletree Deakins) 

The sun never sets on the IRS empire… Agency signs tax information sharing agreement with Australia and the UK (Looper Reed) 

Thomas Edison never imagined problems like this: who pays to charge my tenant’s Chevy Volt? (Bernstein Shur) 

Using auto-dialers is a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. And using your finger may be as well… (Loeb & Loeb) 

Get the frack off this federal land, says a California court (King & Spalding) 

How can colleges and universities make sure that their internship programs don’t attract unwanted attention from the Department of Labor? (Ogletree Deakins) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Tax Relief, Fracking Chemicals, Data Privacy, Divorce Mediation

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Where in the world does the CEO of one of Europe’s largest real estate management companies plan to invest over the next 6-12 months? Watch (Greentarget) 

Farmer Bowman’s “blame-the-bean” argument failed to sway the Supreme Court (JD Supra Contributors) 

The new tax law doesn’t look like “relief” from where we’re sitting… (Niles, Barton & Wilmer) 

The EPA just issued a rule that will require fracking operators to disclose the chemicals used in extracting natural gas from the ground (Morgan Lewis) 

Think California lawmakers aren’t concerned about data privacy? Think again… (Reed Smith) 

Same-sex couples with green card questions can now get answers (Ronald Shapiro) 

Is divorce mediation right for you? (Is That Legal?) 

Do the words “data breach” strike fear into your heart? You might need a plan… (Schnader) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: SEC and Social Media, Fracking and Force Majeure, CFPB and Indirect Lenders, Employers and Essential Duties

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Chinese companies manufacture about 80% of all the Vitamin C sold in the US (Bloomberg Law) 

The SEC’s social media guidance changes the way corporations communicate with investors. Here’s how… (JD Supra Legal Perspective) 

That moratorium on fracking imposed by New York State? Not a “force majeure” that would extend oil and gas leases held by Chesapeake Appalachia LLC (Phillips Lytle) 

The CFPB plans to hold banks accountable for discrimination committed by indirect auto lenders (Foley & Lardner) 

“Essential” job duties are still essential when an employee rarely performs them… (Ogletree Deakins) 

Whoosh… The EPA plans to revise its effluent limitation guidelines for steam electric generation plants next year (Foley Hoag) 

The Supreme Court gave employers another tool to use in defending against wage & hour lawsuits last week (JD Supra Contributors) 

On second thought, maybe paying doctors for patient referrals wasn’t such a good idea after all… (King & Spalding) 

Your tax dollars at work: federal report finds that a lot of commercial real estate loans went bad when the market collapsed, often leaving small banks holding the bag (Dechert) 

Drafting a contract? It’ll be better if you think like a litigator… (Burns & Levinson) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Telecommuting Policies, Healthcare Prices, Rooney Rule, Japanese Elections

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Not for you, Marissa Mayer… Here’s something for employers who still allow telecommuting (and want to do it right) (Small Business Support) 

Price transparency has the potential to jumpstart the transformation of healthcare (Fenwick & West) 

Is the NFL’s “Rooney Rule” effectively promoting the hiring of minorities as head coaches and general managers? (The California Minority Counsel Program) 

Move over Iran: the EU just updated its sanctions against Syria, North Korea, and Zimbabwe (White & Case) 

Japanese political parties seem to be in agreement that electioneering laws need to change – and that social media will get them there (Morrison Foerster - Social Media) 

Fair question, eh: what can a Canadian condo corporation do to stop a resident from operating a dominatrix dungeon in her condominium? (Heenan Blaikie) 

The EPA first studied fracking risks in 1999 (Spilman, Thomas & Battle) 

Shopping for an employee Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy? Consider a Yugo, or a Cadillac, or anything in-between… (Looper Reed) 

Heads up: new closed-captioning rules for video content delivered online go into effect at the end of the month (Davis Wright Tremaine) 

The good news: your sentence will only be based on the bribes you actually received… (The Kaiser Law Firm) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Threat Spectrum, Human Rights, Unhealthy Snacks, Green Chemicals

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The risks for businesses have never been greater. The key to survival? Understanding – and responding to – the complete “threat spectrum” (Levick) 

Want to make human rights part of your corporate culture and responsibilities? Your FCPA lawyer might be able to help (Foley Hoag) 

The USDA is proposing new rules for keeping unhealthy snacks out of schools. 160 pages worth… (Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard) 

Looks like New Jersey residents will soon be able to gamble online (Ifrah Law) 

Can’t we all just get along? Perhaps, if we stop doing what comes naturally… (Gilbert LLP) 

More than two years and 450,000 comments later, the EPA still has not finalized its coal ash rule (Burr & Forman) 

But “green” chemicals are always better, right? (Sedgwick) 

You may be happy to know that federal law now allows you to give an extra $100 to your political candidate of choice (Womble Carlyle) 

There may be no magic formula for finding a successor to a highly regarded leader, but the wrong choice can turn into Mr. Hyde… (Ogletree Deakins) 

“Grandpa, tell me again what it was like in the olden days when websites all ended in .com…” (McDermott Will & Emery) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Cyber Risk, Human Rights, Fracking Rules, Gun Control

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What to do first when your company is sued? Watch this video… (Fenwick & West) 

Worried about cyber risk? Here are ten ways to manage it… (Sherman & Howard) 

Human rights and related social issues are poised to make progress in 2013 (Foley Hoag) 

California’s draft fracking rules could provide operators with significant trade secret protections (K&L Gates) 

Hallmark recovers more than $700,000 in severance pay from former executive – but did they send a condolences card? (Ballard Spahr) 

Running an internal investigation is tough. These five tips on doing it right should help (MoFo Tech) 

What do President Obama’s proposed gun control measures mean for school safety? (Franczek Radelet) 

Feeling better? Or worse: approximately 81 pharmaceutical chemicals have been found in drinking water at miniscule concentrations (Pepper Hamilton) 

The cost of filing patent applications is going up on March 19, 2013 (Foley & Lardner) 

Dam operators: 1, Atlantic Salmon: 0 (Pierce Atwood) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Back Taxes, Activist Investors, GMO Food, California’s Homeless

Packing for the long weekend? Don’t forget your copy of the JD Supra Morning Brief…

Online advertising and user endorsements? Check. Social media risks and liabilities? Check. FTC and the Hart Scott Rodino thresholds? Check. News you can use?  Check. (Corporate Law Report) 

The proposed California Homeless Person’s Bill of Rights and Fairness Act would grant every person in the state the rights to pray, rest, and urinate in public spaces (Allen Matkins) 

If you owe back taxes to the IRS, there’s no time like the present to get caught up. Really. (Duane Morris) 

Are vegans protected for their beliefs in the workplace? (Small Business Support) 

Legislators in Washington and New Mexico have proposed laws requiring the disclosure of genetically modified food (Morrison & Foerster) 

The Activist Investor Conference begins next week. Get ready, corporations… (Levick) 

Don’t forget to start using the revised Fair Credit Reporting Act disclosure for job applicants and employees (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan) 

Dar es Salaam is a long way from Cleveland. Literally and figuratively… (BakerHostetler) 

UK employees have the right to wear a religious cross in the workplace (Morgan Lewis) 

100 hours: that’s how long diesel backup generators can run before emissions limits kick in (Foley Hoag) 

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JD Supra Weekend Reader: Unpaid Internships, Stealing Secrets, EEOC Priorities, The Batmobile

“Everybody’s working for the weekend…” Is it possible that Loverboy knew more than 30 years ago we’d be putting out the JD Supra Weekend Reader? We like to think so…

The Corp Law Report - it even has a section we like to refer to as “speed dating for executives…” Really. (JD Supra Contributors)  

This update from the archive has been very popular on the site as of late. That doesn’t mean you can ask your intern to print out and read it to you… (Dinsmore & Shohl) 

Don’t want your employees to get away with stealing trade secrets? Have a data-use policy… (Cohen & Gresser LLP) 

Dot .oops? ICANN faces multiple antitrust and IP lawsuits just as the regulator plans to roll out new generic Top Level Domains… (Loeb & Loeb LLP) 

Reading the employment law tea leaves is risky business – but that doesn’t stop Dan Schwartz (Pullman & Comley) 

What do workplace discrimination, immigrant and migrant worker issues, emerging areas of law (like ADA, pregnancy accommodations, and LGBT discrimination), compensation, and harassment have in common? They’re all EEOC priority enforcement areas (Chai Feldman) 

“Pollutant” is a statutorily defined term that does not include stormwater. So butt out, EPA (JD Supra Contributors) 

It’s everything you need to know about the commercial risks and rewards of social media: a 134-page legal guide for global businesses (Reed Smith) 

Holy copyright law, Batman – they’re fighting over your Batmobile (Winthrop & Weinstine) 

The US government may be resurrecting the use of the “Park Doctrine” to prosecute violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (Duane Morris) 

A debt collection law firm will pay $30,000 to settle DOJ charges it violated the American Disabilities Act by refusing to make accommodations for two deaf individuals (Ballard Spahr) 

Survey says: mobile apps often collect and share children’s private information without adequate disclosures (just ask the FTC) (Pepper Hamilton) 

Corporate execs: if you’re not losing sleep over data privacy and security, well, you probably should be… (Michael Volkov) 

Dear Health Care Provider: follow these five steps for managing the use of mobile devices by employees. Signed: your patients’ protected health information (Proskauer) 

FTC ends antitrust investigation of Google with a “slap on the wrist” (Skadden Arps) 

The US Small Business Administration amended regulations governing eligibility for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (Mintz Levin) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: EEOC Strategic Plan, Social Media Risks & Rewards, Copyrighting the Batmobile, Brent Musburger

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You’ve heard it before, but that doesn’t make it any less true: for companies facing white collar crime prosecution, the best defense is a good offense (Levick) 

What do workplace discrimination, immigrant and migrant worker issues, emerging areas of law (like ADA, pregnancy accommodations, and LGBT discrimination), compensation, and harassment have in common? They’re all EEOC priority enforcement areas (Chai Feldman) 

“Pollutant” is a statutorily defined term that does not include stormwater. So butt out, EPA (Holland & Knight) (Foley Hoag) 

It’s everything you need to know about the commercial risks and rewards of social media: a 134-page legal guide for global businesses (Reed Smith) 

The Chinese Food and Drug Administration plans to overhaul the country’s drug registration rules (Ropes & Gray) 

Holy copyright law, Batman – they’re fighting over your Batmobile (Winthrop & Weinstine) 

The FCC’s new telemarketing rules are scheduled to go into effect later this year (Morrison & Foerster) 

If 2012 was the year of Hurricane Sandy, 2013 is likely to be the year of Hurricane Sandy-related litigation (Zelle Hofmann) 

Can work-related stress earn you an FMLA leave of absence? Let’s go to Brent in the booth for the answer… (Franczek Radelet) 

Will European regulators be less forgiving than the FTC of allegations of Google’s search algorithm bias favored Google properties? (Howard Ullman) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Bush’s EPA Legacy, Cybersecurity Gains, Stem Cell Funding, Anti-Semitic Bullying

The law news keeps pouring in, folks. Better grab a chair and start reading as fast as you can:

What’s digital health? Medicine on the cutting edge of technology, that’s what (Fenwick & West) 

Four years after he left office, President George W. Bush’s EPA legacy lives on (and not in a good way…) (Foley Hoag) 

Cybersecurity legislation put on hold? No worries – we’ll find a way to advance our agenda anyway… (King & Spalding) 

The US government may be resurrecting the use of the “Park Doctrine” to prosecute violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (Duane Morris) 

A debt collection law firm will pay $30,000 to settle DOJ charges it violated the American Disabilities Act by refusing to make accommodations for two deaf individuals (Ballard Spahr) 

Want to sue for lost business profits? Be ready to prove your damages… (Brooks Pierce) 

Is the CFPB is a threat to consumer access to credit? Yes, according to the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs (Foley & Lardner) 

A lawsuit seeking to block the National Institutes of Health from funding research using human embryonic stem cells won’t be disputed before the Supreme Court (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff) 

A New York student’s anti-Semitic bullying claim will proceed to trial (Cullen & Dykman) 

Survey says: mobile apps often collect and share children’s private information without adequate disclosures (just ask the FTC) (Pepper Hamilton) 

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