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: 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 Morning Brief: Dodd-Frank, Chevy Volt, Internship Program, At-Will Employment

A rose by any other name smell as sweet, wrote William Shakespeare. Our question: would a Monday by any other name be less unpleasant? 

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

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) 

The 411 on the Obamacare “Pay or Play” rules… (Davis Wright Tremaine) 

Thinking of making your competitor’s lead sales rep an offer she can’t refuse? Read this first… (Carlton Fields) 

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

At-will employment: employer and employee are each free to terminate the relationship at any time, for any reason. But there are still rules… (Looper Reed) 

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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: Corporate Communication, Background Checks, Cellphone Cramming, Un-Fair Play

For our next act, we’ll make that boring commute zip by in a flash… 

The first step in responding to a corporate problem? Admitting you have a problem… (Bloomberg Law) 

Employer background checks? There’s a proposed class action for that (Saul Ewing) 

We’re pretty sure we’ve seen this movie before, maybe online? (JD Supra Contributors) 

Cell phone cramming operators: the FTC has your number… (Jeff Ifrah) 

What’s new in say-on-pay trends and litigation developments? Funny you should ask… (Skadden Arps) 

Is having a US subsidiary reason enough to require a foreign company to stand trial in the US for the activities of a separate, non-US-based subsidiary? Sounds like a question for the Supreme Court… (Foley & Lardner) 

What are the prospects for the federal bill prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace? Not good, according to this Senator (Pullman & Comley) 

Fair play? A federal court of appeals just granted a publisher a perpetual license in a video game due to the developer’s fraudulent conduct and egregious breach of a game development agreement (Pillsbury) 

What’s going on with the rules for implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act? Unfortunately, not much… (Varnum) 

Hey – we can all dream, can’t we? (Reed Smith) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Doing Time, China Strategy, Marketplace Fairness, Human Genes

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New California rules will require the disclosure of energy usage in any commercial building sale, lease, or financing transaction as of July 1, 2013 (Allen Matkins) 

Will doing time become a requirement for those convicted of white collar crimes? (Saul Ewing) 

Businesses around the world must have a China strategy to remain competitive and succeed in the global marketplace (Pillsbury) 

Is Congress really considering limits on 401(k) contributions as a means of increasing tax revenues? It looks that way… (Baker Donelson) 

“Neither admit nor deny” settlements of SEC charges may not be very satisfying, but without them the agency would lack an important enforcement tool… (Orrick) 

Everything you wanted to know about successfully navigating the regulatory landscape for biosimilars (but were afraid to ask) (Knobbe Martens) 

School officials have no unlimited right to search content on a student’s phone, says a federal appellate court (Franczek Radelet) 

The Marketplace Fairness Act would spell the end of tax-free purchases on the Internet (Dinsmore) 

Can human genes be patented? (JD Supra Legal Perspective) 

President Obama’s efforts to curb gun violence by improving the flow of information regarding individuals with specific mental health issues is running into an unexpected challenge: HIPAA privacy rules (Mintz Levin) 

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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: Accessibility Disclosure, Tax Evasion, Bitcoin Competitor, Driverless Cars

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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 Weekend Reader: Salmon, Dodgeball, Google, Sexting. And Much Much More

Today’s JD Supra Weekend Reader? Chock full ‘o good. Happy reading! 

Dodd-Frank is taking some pretty hard hits in court, and we all stand to lose from it (Bloomberg Law) 

Q: How long should we keep these insurance policies? A: Probably a lot longer than you think… (McNees Wallace & Nurick) 

Trademark owners are responsible for policing their marks. Here’s how to do it (Mintz Levin) 

According to the FTC, websites that provide tenant rental histories to landlords are consumer reporting agencies and as such subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Ballard Spahr) 

If salmon had hands they’d be clapping: Washington was ordered to remove barriers to fish passage in hundreds of highway culverts across the state (Lane Powell) 

Don’t get whacked like Wackenhut: provide your employees with FMLA notices regarding their eligibility and rights (Franczek Radelet) 

About 70 percent of security breaches are committed by employees (both willing and unwilling) (Sheppard Mullin) 

President Obama unveiled his new BRAIN Initiative last week – how much did US taxpayers pay to come up with that name? (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff) 

Banks in Cyprus were saved not by a bail-out, but by a bail-in (Harney Westwood & Riegels) 

Tick tock, tick tock – 89% of healthcare workers use their personal smartphones for work purposes, and that’s a HIPAA / HITECH time bomb waiting to explode… (BakerHostetler) 

Same-sex married couples must act now to protect their right to file an amended 2009 tax return should DOMA be overturned (Carlton Fields) 

French, Italian, British, German, Spanish, and Dutch data protection authorities agree: Google’s privacy policy isn’t what it should be… (Proskauer) 

Dodgeball and other “human targeting” games eliminated from a New Hampshire school district (Cullen & Dykman) 

Are we all a guilty of a little “robosigning” from time to time? (Ifrah Law) 

Bill Maher trumps The Donald: Donald Trump dismisses his unwinnable breach-of-contract lawsuit against the comedian (Greenberg Glusker) 

Student sues university over right to keep a guinea pig in her dorm room, and other higher education legal news (Saul Ewing) 

Four national mortgage insurers have been fined a total of $15 million for provided kickbacks to lenders in exchange for business (Leonard, Street and Deinard) 

The European Union is beefing up its cyber-defense strategy (Skadden Arps) 

Maximizing the value of your business for your heirs requires a long-term transfer program. Here’s how to get started (Pepper Hamilton) 

Is China planning to get rid of its “one-child” policy so that it can stay competitive? (Fisher & Phillips) 

Consumer data privacy and data breach claims are beginning to gain traction, and that means companies improve data security now (Sedgwick LLP) 

New York wants to give sexting juveniles a second chance – instead of jail time (Raiser & Kenniff) 

What’s in President Obama’s Rebuild America Partnership plan? (Ballard Spahr) 

First to file means, well, file your patent application as soon as you possibly can. Or risk losing patent rights to a competitor… (Foley & Lardner) 

Is there really a commercial database containing the names of employees suspected of stealing from their retail employers? Looks like it… (Perkins Coie) 

Have you installed a dashboard camera in your car yet? (Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Mediated Prenups, Paid Sick Leave, Flood Insurance, Human Trafficking

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Does the futures industry need bankruptcy reform? The chair of the National Futures Association thinks so (MarketsReformWiki) 

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) 

At least one California lawmaker thinks cities in the state should still have the right to require affordable housing (Sheppard Mullin) 

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

No flood insurance? You may still be able to claim your Hurricane Sandy losses under other provisions of your business coverage (Lowenstein Sandler) 

Truck stops, adult businesses, emergency rooms, and other business establishments in California must now post notices regarding human trafficking and slavery (BakerHostetler) 

Can businesses get in trouble for March Madness office pools? (And who do you like in this year’s tournament, anyway?) (Small Business Support) 

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