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

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and … the JD Supra Weekend Reader? You bet!

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: Dodd-Frank, Spider-Man, Paperless Visas, Money Transfers

Nothing like a long weekend of Bitcoin farming to make you appreciate heading back to the office on a Monday morning…

If Dodd-Frank already fixed “Too Big To Fail,” why do we need another law? (Bloomberg Law) 

Sleep easy, America: “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” won’t be going dark anytime soon… (Foley Hoag) 

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) 

Coming to America: the manufacturing edition. Brought to you by the US fracking industry… (King & Spalding) 

Yeah, but it’s going to be a lot harder to turn the city around now that wrestling is off the agenda… (Foley & Lardner) 

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

Sacré bleu – theft of trade secrets could become a crime in France… (Orrick) 

Small and mid-sized companies face important cybersecurity risks, too (Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn) 

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JD Supra Weekend Reader: Online Gambling, Digital Goods, Cretaceous Park, Appropriation Art

Quitting time? Not quite. But if you sneak out early with your iPad, you can call it “legal research” (and call it a day). We won’t tell a soul…

Is it ever NOT a good idea to delete a social media account? (JD Supra Law News) 

Fire up the laptop – Daddy needs a new pair of shoes! (Jeff Ifrah) 

Think you want to invest in Bitcoins? Read this first… (Pepper Hamilton) 

Maybe if they’d spent a little less time at the hookah and a little more time reading their cable contract, they wouldn’t be in this situation… (Varnum) 

Will it ever be legal to sell digital goods? (JD Supra Legal Perspective) 

FMLA leave test: does taking my pregnant girlfriend’s mother to the doctor count? (Davis Brown) 

Take Your Dog to Work Day? Really? (Bean, Kinney & Korman) 

The Video Privacy Protection Act has finally caught up with the 21st century… (Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn) 

Businesses are now free to put the “charge” back in charging to a credit card… (Schnader) 

We’ve already bought our tickets for a stay at Cretaceous Park… (MBHB) 

Yes, jerk.com, cheaterville.com, and datingpsychos.com are real websites. Here’s what to know if you end up on one… (Duane Morris) 

Yes Rasta appropriation is art, says appeals court #Irie (Foley Hoag) 

Mistaken eyewitness identification has underpinned 75% of the convictions overturned by DNA analysis… (Raiser & Kenniff) 

A glimmer of hope for online merchants? (Dinsmore) 

Remember Jeffrey Skilling? He’s been toiling for a reduced sentence since he went to jail in 2006 – and his efforts may be successful… (Jeff Ifrah) 

Ah yes – the ole “she tricked me into firing her” defense… (Cozen O’Connor) 

Even a guilty person can suffer a miscarriage of justice… (The Kaiser Law Firm) 

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

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

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) 

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

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Deleting Evidence, Taxing Derivatives, Gambling Online, Selling MPGs

Time to get serious. Or at least get a second cup of coffee (and a cherry Danish) to go with this JD Supra Morning Brief:

Is it ever NOT a good idea to delete a social media account? (JD Supra Law News) 

A tax of $0.0006 per derivatives transaction could raise $300 million a year for the CFTC… (Shipkevich) 

Workplace violence can have a devastating toll that continues long after the violence ends (Fisher & Phillips) 

Maybe if they’d spent a little less time at the hookah and more time reading their cable contract, they wouldn’t be in this situation… (Varnum) 

“Can we fire that guy in France?” “Hold on, lemme check…” (White & Case) 

Fire up the laptop – Daddy needs a new pair of shoes! (Jeff Ifrah) 

Former NFL players are finally getting their day in court to talk about football-related head injuries (The Rothenberg Law Firm) 

Think you want to invest in Bitcoins? Read this first… (Pepper Hamilton) 

Getting a credit card just got easier for stay-at-home spouses and partners (Ballard Spahr) 

Will it ever be legal to sell digital goods? (JD Supra Legal Perspective)  

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Cretaceous Park, Rasta Appropriation, Pregnancy Discrimination, Eyewitness Identification

Happy Law Day! How are you celebrating? Our suggestion: a double espresso, a blueberry scone, and the JD Supra Morning Brief…

Developing a mobile app? Develop a data collection and user privacy policy first… (Fenwick & West) 

We’ve already bought our tickets for a stay at Cretaceous Park… (MBHB) 

Yes, jerk.com, cheaterville.com, and datingpsychos.com are real websites. Here’s what to know if you end up on one… (Duane Morris) 

Yes Rasta appropriation is art, says appeals court #Irie (Foley Hoag) 

The EEOC continues to target pregnancy-related discrimination in the workplace (Poyner Spruill) 

April was a busy month for FCPA regulators (and the individuals they prosecuted, too) (Thomas Fox) 

Is “being green” easier now than it was for Kermit the Frog? Not when trying to obtain insurance coverage… (Sedgwick) 

Mistaken eyewitness identification has underpinned 75% of the convictions overturned by DNA analysis… (Raiser & Kenniff) 

The best defense against trade secret theft begins at home… (Snell & Wilmer) 

What’s to know about California’s Right to Know Act? Plenty… (Mintz Levin) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Toxic Chemicals, Maid Costume, Cross Trademarks, Myriad Lessons

Sure it’s Monday. But doesn’t the JD Supra Morning Brief soften the blow? Especially sandwiched between a double espresso and a blueberry scone… 

Happy Earth Day!  

Do corporate in-house lawyers use social media to hire law firms? You bet (Bloomberg Law) 

More and more states have begun to consider laws that would require the disclosure of toxic chemicals in consumer products (Davis Wright Tremaine) 

True or False: telling an employer she needs to clean a construction site trailer in a French Maid’s Costume is not sexual harassment. No, it’s not a trick question. And yes, you might be surprised by the answer… (Fenwick & West) 

Apparently, the Red Cross and Blue Cross Blue Shield get very cross when health care companies try to trademark crosses (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings) 

Will lawmakers succeed in imposing a financial transactions tax on Wall Street? (Duane Morris) 

Does your business comply with the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act? (Foley & Lardner) 

What to do to fight counterfeit products? Start by reading this update (Knobbe Martens) 

There are Myriad lessons in this update (and yes, we have been waiting for a long time to say that…) (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff) 

What did the Bosley CEO say to the Hair Club CEO? Competitively sensitive, nonpublic information about their hair transplantation businesses, according to the FTC (BakerHostetler) 

Can you trademark at store design? Ask Apple (Winthrop & Weinstine) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Immigration Reform Released, Crowdfunding Completely Unfeasible, Kentucky Wagering Questioned, Antitrust Perp Walk Ended

Ever feel like the week was one day longer than it should have been? ?No matter: a jumbo cup of coffee, a blueberry scone, and the JD Supra Morning Brief make it all better…

The first rule of thumb regarding bribery and corruption has got to be “don’t do it.” But if you do, take a lesson from the BizJet executives and cooperate, cooperate, cooperate (Thomas Fox) 

At long last – the immigration reform bill has been introduced (Lane Powell) 

It’s the “look before you leap” of the 21st century (McAfee & Taft) 

Patrons at two Kentucky horse racing tracks spent nearly $230 million dollars over 16 months wagering on historical horse races… (Dinsmore) 

[Food for thought] Is global warming as catastrophic as some reports may lead to believe? (Looper Reed) 

Today’s Top 10 list: 10 reasons why crowdfunding is not a feasible option for start-ups (Pepper Hamilton) 

Is mediation of business disputes for you? (Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley) 

The Antitrust Division of the DOJ will no longer be doing its version of the “perp walk” when announcing corporate antitrust plea arrangements (Wilson Sonsini) 

The latest point in the ongoing Chevron v. Ecuador battle goes to Chevron (King & Spalding) 

In 2012, Chinese courts heard 19,815 trademark civil cases and 1,123 trademark administrative and unfair competition cases (K&L Gates) 

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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 Morning Brief: BRAIN Initiative, Cyprus Bail-In, HIPAA Time Bomb, Cruel & Unusual Punishment

Can you believe there’s only five more days to do your taxes? Might as well get started… right after you read the JD Supra Morning Brief:

Universities need a top-to-bottom review of the America Invents Act to see how it impacts monetization of their R&D (Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox) 

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. Our question – 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) 

“Well, your Honor, we’ve tried to serve process on these defendants in India via Federal Express and local courier with no luck.” “Did you try Facebook?” (Morrison & Foerster) 

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

A growing number of inmates are suing California counties for cruel and unusual punishment because they claim to have been deprived of basic medical and mental health care (Best Best & Krieger) 

Trying to keep your employees healthy with a wellness program? Be careful – the “tax liability” flu might be going around… (Ogletree Deakins) 

Good to know: merely using the US postal service when committing fraud may not automatically mean “mail fraud” has occurred (Morvillo Abramowitz) 

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