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: Baby Pre-Nups, Workplace Violence, Prairie Chickens, Fast Food

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A federal judge says that DynCorp was not responsible for exposing several thousand Ecuadorian citizens to toxins during the “Plan Columbia” anti-drug effort (Bloomberg Law) 

Oh, baby! (McManis Faulkner) 

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

Hospice providers take note: the Justice Department is watching your Medicare billings… (Fowler White Boggs) 

California’s Supreme Court gives cities in the state the right to ban medical marijuana facilities (Sedgwick) 

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) 

Even the IRS had to spend five years on higher education… (Mintz Levin) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Law School, Comp Time, Express Consent, IRS Empire

Happy 65th birthday, Israel! 

Maybe it’s a good time to go to law school after all… (Bloomberg Law) 

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

Fans of comp time take heart: there’s a draft bill in the House that could allow employers to offer comp time in lieu of paid overtime (Franczek Radelet) 

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

What bothers FINRA about the marketing of real estate investment products? Funny you should ask… (Morrison & Foerster) 

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) 

Student loan “affordability” is top of mind at the country’s consumer financial watchdog (Ballard Spahr) 

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JD Supra Weekend Reader: Tip Pools, Bitcoin Regulation, Medical Marijuana, Workplace Bullying

Big plans for the weekend? Better get your law news fix right now then:

This interview of Christine Beshar, the first female partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in 1971, will make your day (Bloomberg Law) 

Do you know your rights under HIPAA privacy and security rules? You’d better… (Proskauer) 

There’s more to an employee tip pool than a jar on the counter… (McNees Wallace & Nurick) 

You can’t sell ice in the wintertime or neckties in a nudist colony. Is it the same for lawyers helping companies deal with climate change? (McCarter & English) 

Twinkies and a Beer? Ah, yes, you must be talking about buying a bankrupt company… (Rogers Towers) 

Bitcoin isn’t Monopoly money, and that worries the nation’s futures trading watchdog (Shipkevich) 

Colorado has allowed medical marijuana use for more than 12 years. So why was a licensed user fired from his job for failing a drug test? (Is That Legal?) 

No good deed goes unpunished by the IRS… unless you can structure your Paid Time Off and leave donation program right (Davis Brown) 

Senators to FERC and the CFTC: you’d better figure out how to play nicely together… (Ballard Spahr)

Could you recognize workplace bullying amongst your employees? (Fisher & Phillips) 

SEC to Harrisburg, PA: securities laws apply to municipal officials, too… (Leonard, Street and Deinard) 

Can Congress write cybersecurity legislation that allows the sharing of threat information while protecting the privacy of personal information? (Orrick) 

“Gray divorce” involves a particular set of issues. Here’s what you need to know… (Burns & Levinson) 

The new FTC guidance on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is out. And none too soon… (Morrison & Foerster) 

Think you might install solar panels in the new house you’re building? If you live in Lancaster, CA, it’s the law… (Foley & Lardner) 

New Mexico’s new Fair Pay for Women Act will go into effect on June 14, 2013. Here’s what it means for employers in the state (Proskauer) 

IRS to higher education: you’re not doing it right (and we’re going to teach you how…) (Morgan Lewis) 

How’s that transition to a paperless I-94 going? Well, it’s complicated… (Dinsmore) 

Yours, mine, and … mine again. And I’m pretty sure that one’s mine, too (Law Offices of Adrian H. Altshuler & Associates) 

Everything you need to know about social media password protection and privacy in the workplace (Littler) 

Mistreated by a money transfer company? Tell the CFPB… (Davis Wright Tremaine) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Monopoly Money, Criminal Antitrust, Medical Marijuana, NLRB Poster

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You had us at “a case that bankruptcy nerds will love” (Bloomberg Law) 

Bitcoin isn’t Monopoly money, and that worries the nation’s futures trading watchdog (Shipkevich) 

The DOJ’s Antitrust Division will no longer be ratting out “carved-out” employees before formally filing criminal antitrust charges against them… (BakerHostetler) 

Colorado has allowed medical marijuana use for more than 12 years. So why was a licensed user fired from his job for failing a drug test? (Is That Legal?) 

The NLRB “mandatory posting” rule is back. Well, not really… (JD Supra Contributors) 

Senators to FERC and the CFTC: you’d better figure out how to play nicely together… (Ballard Spahr) 

No good deed goes unpunished by the IRS… unless you can structure your Paid Time Off and leave donation program right (Davis Brown) 

We’re in the money… Ohio’s governor wants to give a $1 billion workers compensation rebate to public and private employers in the state (Fisher & Phillips) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Burma Investments, COPPA Guidance, Solar Panels, College Taxes

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This interview of Christine Beshar, the first female partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in 1971, will make your day (Bloomberg Law) 

Burma has acceded to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. And that’s good news for investors (Orrick) 

The new FTC guidance on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is out. And none too soon… (Morrison & Foerster) 

After 41 years, the IRS is challenging Sumner Redstone’s transfer of stock in a family company to other family members as a taxable gift (Charles “Chuck” Rubin) 

Ready or not, here I (9) come! (Sherman & Howard) 

15 minutes to save 15%? How about 15 minutes to make sure you and your family have adequate protection? (Hoffman DiMuzio) 

Think you might install solar panels in the new house you’re building? If you live in Lancaster, CA, it’s the law… (Foley & Lardner) 

New Mexico’s new Fair Pay for Women Act will go into effect on June 14, 2013. Here’s what it means for employers in the state (Proskauer) 

IRS to higher education: you’re not doing it right (and we’re going to teach you how…) (Morgan Lewis) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Accessibility Disclosure, Tax Evasion, Bitcoin Competitor, Driverless Cars

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Boston. Life is fragile. Tell your loved ones - at every opportunity - that you love them.

New commercial leases in California must contain an accessibility disclosure as of July 1 (Allen Matkins) 

Don’t plan to pay your taxes? You could end up like these folks… (Greenberg Glusker) 

This 73-page analysis of President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal is an amazing resource (Patton Boggs) 

California’s new “Right to Know” law would give residents unprecedented access to information collected about them online (Orrick) 

Bitcoin? That’s so passé… (Ifrah Law) 

Heads up, nonprofits: you may be investigated by the IRS… (Polsinelli Shughart) 

Maybe putting our name on the waitlist for a driverless car was a bit premature… (Foley & Lardner) 

Lose money in the Cyprus bailout? You may be able to get some back… (Morgan Lewis) 

Firing an employee for refusing to commit a crime is still wrongful termination even when the illegal act turns out not to have been a crime after all… (Winthrop & Weinstine) 

What to do about a bad online review? (Sands Anderson) 

Can you patent human DNA? (Is That Legal?) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Human Gene Patents, Expensive Facebook Posts, Maximum Building Heights, IRS Phishing Scams

As it turns out, April 15 wasn’t designated as “Tax Day” until 1955. Before that? March 15. So there’s really no reason to complain, right? 

Can you patent human genes? No, says the ACLU (Bloomberg Law) 

According to the EPA, only 21% of the country’s rivers and streams are in “good” biological condition… (Burr & Forman) 

Your mother was right: some things ARE better left unsaid (or at a minimum, left unposted on Facebook…) (Lerners LLP) 

Even President Obama appears to growing weary of the ongoing NLRB nominations saga (Barger & Wolen) 

Nearly 600 companies, from 70 different countries, have signed on to the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (Foley Hoag) 

ConocoPhillips has joined Shell in suspending arctic offshore drilling operations due to the uncertain regulatory environment (Davis Wright Tremaine) 

Heads up! The FAA is considering lowering the maximum allowable height of buildings in Miami (Bilzin Sumberg) 

First step to avoid falling for IRS phishing scams: read this update (Looper Reed) 

Looks like the 34 people who gambled online with Legendz Sports have hit a streak of bad luck… (Snell & Wilmer) 

What’s in Connecticut’s restrictive new gun law? (Pullman & Comley) 

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JD Supra Weekend Reader: Online Civility, Human Trafficking, Child Abductions, Stolen Sperm

The weekend starts now: Step away from the keyboard. Turn off the smart phone. Power down and go home. We won’t tell a soul…

Think we need more civility in online communications? So does Andrea Weckerle (Levick) 

Hey – do you think the IRS will cut us some slack with this $1 billion deduction? Nope… (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan) 

Have you posted your human trafficking notice? (Littler) 

Emergency manager for Detroit? Is that even legal? (Mintz Levin) 

Law, meet technology. Think you can keep up? (Downs Rachlin Martin) 

Ever consider a private judge? You can in seven states… (Baker Donelson) 

What can schools do to protect students against child abductions? (Fisher & Phillips) 

The SEC just let corporate communications move into the 21st century (Corporate Law Report) 

No more National Security Letters for you, Special Agent… (Pullman & Comley) 

Can you stop at Target on the way home and pick up some pure honey? Yes and no… (Morrison & Foerster) 

Terrorism insurance? Yep… (Dechert) 

Nothing like a mediated prenuptial agreement to start a marriage off on the right foot… (Law Offices of Marlo Van Oorschot) 

Are paid sick leave laws giving you a headache? (Foley & Lardner) 

Who’s funding European football clubs? The European Commission wants to know… (McDermott Will & Emery) 

ExxonMobil just dodged a $1 billion bullet in Maryland (Sedgwick LLP) 

No matter how you look at it, sexting is a bad idea (and may even become a crime) (The Byrd Law Firm) 

The good news: we got a bunch of new hits on the Internet. The bad news: they’re all in the Consumer Financial Protect Bureau’s consumer complaint database… (Loeb & Loeb) 

Massachusetts has published proposed rules for the use of medical marijuana in the state (Mintz Levin) 

Maybe prevention efforts have been targeting the wrong group – study finds adults text behind the wheel more than teens… (Johnston, Moore & Thompson) 

Do we need to notify the SEC before we “like” this tweet about the performance of our investment fund? (Dechert) 

Here’s an interesting take on efforts to eliminate “disparate impact discrimination” in auto financing (Ballard Spahr) 

Frito-Lay says the Department of Labor cannot come back for seconds when auditing the company (Proskauer) 

We’ve said it before, and we’ll certainly say it again: if you’re hiding money overseas, it’s time to come clean (Pepper Hamilton) 

What should employers now do to prepare for implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014? Quite a bit, actually… (Manatt, Phelps & Phillips) 

What so great about the fracking performance standards recently developed for the Marcellus and Utica Shales? Environmental groups AND oil and gas companies are on board (Reed Smith) 

Truth is stranger than fiction: woman steals ex-boyfriend’s sperm from sperm bank, has child, likely to get child support from donor (Lanier Law Group) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Human Trafficking, India Patents, 3D Printers, Private Judges

It’s Friday, the sun is shining, and the JD Supra Morning Brief is here. Seriously: does it get any better than this? 

Global M&A is down. But all signs point to a rebound by year’s end (Bloomberg Law) 

Hey – do you think the IRS will cut us some slack with this $1 billion deduction? Nope… (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan) 

Earlier this month the SEC charged two Oppenheimer advisers with misleading investors (Brooks Pierce) 

Have you posted your human trafficking notice? (Littler) 

Emergency manager for Detroit? Is that even legal? (Mintz Levin) 

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, we all want to print a gun… Or a shoe or a toy or just about anything if you can afford a 3D printer… (Downs Rachlin Martin) 

Always read the fine print at the auction house: you might end up buying a lot more than you bargained for… (JD Supra Contributors) 

No patent for Novartis’ cancer drug Glivec in India, says the country’s highest court (Miller Canfield) 

Ever consider a private judge? You can in seven states… (Baker Donelson) 

The America Invents Act isn’t even two, and it’s already being fixed (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff) 

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