JD Supra Weekend Reader: JOBS Act, EU Cybersecurity, “Green” Chemicals, California Rainwater

Planning a long weekend of celebrations for Abe and George and all those other guys who have run the country? Have fun, but don’t forget that somebody has to pay their salaries. That’s right: taxes are due in just two short months (you can thank me later).

Oh yeah - enjoy this JD Supra Weekend Reader:

It’s what love contracts, anti-corruption laws, FMLA military leave, and California taxes have in common… (Corporate Law Report) 

Remember the JOBS Act, passed last April, that was to revolutionize capital-raising by allowing crowdfunding? Yeah, regulators are still working out the details. The good news: they are making progress… (Pillsbury) 

Five days before President Obama signed his cybersecurity executive order, the EU published its own Cyber Security Strategy (Reed Smith) 

Whether or not you watched President Obama’s State of the Union address this week, you’ll want to read this 19-page analysis of the speech and its implications for the country (Patton Boggs) 

President Obama signed a cybersecurity executive order on Tuesday. Here’s what it looks like (Corporate Law Report) 

Wait - you mean you CAN judge a book by its cover? (Heenan Blaikie) 

The long arm of the FCPA regulators is getting longer… (Morgan Lewis) 

According to the CFTC, dozens of UBS employees engaged in more than 2,000 instances of illegal contact while manipulating LIBOR. And that’s just one of the banks involved… (Michael Volkov) 

SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to use the company to make man an ‘interplanetary species,’ while still realizing value for shareholders (MoFo Tech) 

Drink up, California! New law allows CA residents to capture and use rainwater collected on rooftops (Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck) 

Neutrogena wipes out wrinkle-cream false advertising lawsuit (Morrison & Foerster) 

Bank of America’s $8.5 billion settlement related to Countrywide’s mortgage abuses could get bigger… (Bilzin Sumberg) 

“Hey, Mr Tambourine Man, extend a copyright for me…” (BakerHostetler) 

Hi-tech HIPAA Hackers? Nope. Ordinary thieves steal unencrypted data of 300,000 people – names, SSNs, credit card and checking account numbers, addresses, driver’s license numbers – from the car of an employee of the Cbr blood bank (Ifrah Law) 

Madame Cezanne in the Conservatory will in fact be staying in the Metropolitan Museum of Art… (Sheppard Mullin) 

Debt collectors continue to learn the hard way that the FTC really is cracking down on the industry (Ballard Spahr) 

Note to employers: if recently terminated employees have access to your Twitter account, CHANGE THE PASSWORD (Field Law) 

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 of regulations… (Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard) 

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) 

“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: Office Love, Cybersecurity, Sunshine Act, Interplanetary Species

Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s a JD Supra Morning Brief we know you’ll love:

Yes, there is such a thing as a “love contract,” and yes, your employer can make you sign one. But hey – you would do anything for love, right? (JD Supra Law News) 

President Obama signed a cybersecurity executive order on Tuesday. Here’s what it looks like (Corporate Law Report) 

Wait - you mean you CAN judge a book by its cover? (Heenan Blaikie) 

The long arm of the FCPA regulators is getting longer… (Morgan Lewis) 

According to the CFTC, dozens of UBS employees engaged in more than 2,000 instances of illegal contact while manipulating LIBOR. And that’s just one of the banks involved… (Michael Volkov) 

It’s gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day. Yes, we’re talking to you, drug, medical device, biological and medical supply manufacturers (Perkins Coie) 

The EU Unitary Patent Court will open its doors on February 18, 2013 (Baldwins) 

Do your employees face automatic termination after a set period of leave expires? Well, stop doing that. Now. (Partridge Snow & Hahn) 

SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to use the company to make man an ‘interplanetary species,’ while still realizing value for shareholders (MoFo Tech) 

Business associates: beware. You’re on your own if you violate the HIPAA Security Rule (Akerman) 

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JD Supra Weekend Reader: JOBS Act, “Harbowl” Trademark, Hopper Fight, Debt Collectors

You know how you can tell that it’s going to be a good weekend? When it starts off with the JD Supra Weekend Reader:

It’s what managing cyber risks, BYOD, Iran sanctions, and NLRB recess appointments all have in common… (Corporate Law Report) 

The JOBS Act: What We Learned in the First Nine Months (Skadden) 

Strong offense is the best defense? The NFL ended this fan’s play for a “Harbowl” trademark (Ifrah Law) 

According to a 2012 Associated Press poll, 83% of Americans believe there should be some limits on political spending by corporations and labor unions. So lawmakers are knocking themselves out to get campaign finance reform law passed, right? (King & Spalding) 

See what you’ve started, Kamala Harris? Legislation intended to standard mobile app privacy policies is being reviewed in the U.S. House of Representatives (Carlton Fields) 

The City of Chicago is now requiring debt collectors to obtain a Regulated Business License (BuckleySandler) 

“Mary Jo White will bring a level of judgment and expertise in evaluating enforcement proceedings that few can claim to match” (Morvillo Abramowitz) 

Dish Network has got ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC hopping mad… (Foley Hoag) 

BYOD? Bring your own hassles is more like it… (MoFo Tech) 

Writing a business plan? Read this first (Scott Legal Services) 

Want to know how businesses around the world are dealing with the growing use of social media in the workplace? Read this (Proskauer) 

Welcome to the jungle. The nanotechnology patent jungle, that is… (Foley & Lardner) 

No organization – not even the US government – is immune from data security breaches (Ifrah Law) 

School sports must be open to students with disabilities, says the Department of Education (Cullen & Dykman) 

Yipee! The Dodd-Frank rulemaking process is nearly 50% complete (Leonard, Street and Deinard) 

Regulators have proposed rules to govern financial institution use of social media (BakerHostetler) 

Charging a software developer for crimes committed by its users is a slippery slope… (Perkins Coie) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Business Plans, iPhone Technology, Nursing Homes, Global Exporters

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Apple just lost its first big patent infringement lawsuit, to patent licensing firm MobileMedia, for making iPhones using technology patented by Sony and Nokia in the 1990s (Bloomberg Law) 

BYOD? Bring your own hassles is more like it… (MoFo Tech) 

Wake up and smell the new trade agency, global exporters (Baker Donelson) 

Writing a business plan? Read this first (Scott Legal Services) 

Nursing homes must have compliance and ethics programs in place by March 23, 2013 (even if the rules haven’t been established yet) (Duane Morris) 

Want to know how businesses around the world are dealing with the growing use of social media in the workplace? Read this (Proskauer) 

Should CFPB Director Richard Cordray be concerned about his job? (Ballard Spahr) 

Are financial institutions ready for cloud computing? (Morrison & Foerster) 

Welcome to the jungle. The nanotechnology patent jungle, that is… (Foley & Lardner) 

Workplace investigations unmasked (Ogletree Deakins) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Recess Appointments, Arbitration Agreements, Nuclear Iran, Sex Offenders

It’s Monday morning, and the coffee’s brewing. Now sit down and read the JD Supra Morning Brief:

Like playing with Legos? So does this guy… (Bloomberg Law) 

Your move, Mr. President (JD Supra Contributors) 

Tax law advice from accountants is no longer protected by privilege in the UK, says the country’s Supreme Court (Skadden) (Bennett Jones) (McDermott Will & Emery)

You may have included an arbitration agreement in your contract without even knowing… (Leonard, Street and Deinard) 

Indiana’s law prohibiting sex offenders from using social media is unconstitutional, says the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Ifrah Law) 

Preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear capabilities is one of the United States’ preeminent national security objectives (King & Spalding) 

Canada’s anti-spam law is one step closer to implementation (Mintz Levin) 

Regulators have proposed rules to govern financial institution use of social media (BakerHostetler) 

Charging a software developer for crimes committed by its users is a slippery slope… (Perkins Coie) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Year-end Tax Planning, Criminal Antitrust Fines, Social Media in the C-Suite, Good Advice from Bad Santa

Made your dinner plans for New Year’s Eve yet? Our recommendation: smoked salmon, sparkling wine, and the JD Supra Morning Brief.

Q: when is 30 hours a week full time? A: when the Affordable Care Act is counting (McNees Wallace & Nurick) 

What’s all the uproar about arbitration, anyway? (BakerHostetler) 

Corporate executives can get into a lot of hot water on social media. Here’s how to state cool (Social Media Today) 

How’s your year-end tax planning coming? ‘Cause you only have, like, two weeks… (JD Supra contributors) 

Will big data help us avert the next mortgage loan crisis? (Foley & Lardner) 

It’s been a good year at the DOJ’s criminal Antitrust Division (and by good year we mean record fines and prison sentences) (Pepper Hamilton) 

Bad Santa gives good advice – if you do the opposite of what he says, that is… (Constangy, Brooks & Smith) 

UBS just agreed to a $1.5 billion fine for manipulating the LIBOR rate. But that’s not even the biggest bank fraud settlement of the week (Shipkevich PLLC) 

Can Congress ban paid political ads from public television? We’ll know soon enough (Jackson Walker) 

“Stevia in the Raw” is composed of approximately 5% stevia and 95% bulking agent (Foley Hoag) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Protecting Whistleblowers, Patenting Cats, Reforming Taxes, the End of the World

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Tax reform has become a revenue-raising exercise, and that is hurting the country’s credibility (Levick) 

Don’t laugh: patenting cats is serious business (even when done by Mr. Ditto) (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff) 

True or False: the Chief of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program thinks corporate lawyers too often try to find ways to prohibit employees from blowing the whistle. Bonus question: Is it legal if they do? (Proskauer) 

The end of the world isn’t coming, so you’ll have to go to work on December 22. Your consolation prize? The best damn update on labor and employment law we’ve read all year (Fisher & Phillips)  

Eat your heart out, BCS: the latest battle between the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Iowa takes place in the courtroom, not on the gridiron (Lewis and Roca) 

Big Data could save the healthcare industry $300 billion a year. That buys a lot of tongue depressors (Fenwick & West) 

Wondering what the Feds’ record False Claims Act settlements mean for nonprofits? Read this update (Venable) 

High school basketball in Indiana is more cutthroat than you might think (Franczek Radelet) 

What’s a bigger deterrent to insider trading: longer sentences or more convictions? The answer might surprise you (Morvillo Abramowitz) 

UK employee unfairly demoted over Facebook posts, English High Court rules (Orrick) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Human Trafficking, Attorney-Client Privilege, Healthcare Data Breaches, More

What’s more fun than a barrel full of monkeys? The JD Supra Morning Brief, of course:

You should know: holiday parties, human trafficking, fiscal cliff, 2013 proxy season, and more (Corporate Law Report) 

CEOs: mind your tweets (Looper Reed) 

Is attorney-client privilege at risk? (Duane Morris) 

94% of healthcare organizations surveyed have had at least one data breach in the last two years (BakerHostetler) 

Why should entrepreneurs set up a corporate entity? For starters, to segregate individual liabilities from business liabilities (techies, this means you) (Polsinelli Shughart) 

The rules of the game have changed for foreign state-owned-enterprises investing in Canada (Osler) 

Is it safe to serve on the Board of Directors of a public company? (Lane Powell) 

Want to know the key dates for complying with Dodd-Frank mandated regulations established by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission? You’ve come to the right place (Skadden Arps) 

The time has come to pay the healthcare reform piper (Fisher & Phillips) 

What can companies learn from the SEC’s Second Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program? Plenty (Cadwalader) 

Doctors and medical professionals: be the first amongst your peers to adopt the new model policy guidelines for social media in the medical profession (Pillsbury Social Media) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Patenting Human Genes, Branding Babies, Facing the Feds at Your Door…

Did you enjoy yesterday’s Supra du Jour? Then you’re gonna love today’s blend:

The FTC is losing patience with Google, Attorney Generals from Colorado and Washington are talking to US AG Eric Holder, and law firms are growing by leaps and bounds (Bloomberg Law) 

Myriad thinks the ACLU is barking up the wrong molecule by asking the Supreme Court to determine if human genes are patentable (Foley & Lardner) 

The DOJ and SEC have released a 130-page guide to complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Morvillo Abramowitz) (Perkins Coie) (Foley Hoag) (Manatt, Phelps & Phillips) (Duane Morris) (Davis Wright Tremaine) (XpertHR) (Leonard, Street and Deinard) (Warner Norcross & Judd) (Miller Canfield) 

The Supreme Court of Canada’s rejection of Pfizer’s Viagra patent sets the company up for some stiff competition from generic drug maker Teva (Heenan Blaikie) 

When branding your baby, always remember to strike while the iron is hot, er, trademark the goods and services for which you plan to use your brand (Baldwins) 

mHealth isn’t the latest style of Campbell’s chicken soup, but the budding mobile Health industry. Here’s why the FCC has a vital role to play in its success (Duane Morris) 

Federal agents appearing unannounced at your home with a search warrant is but one sign that your financial institution is the target of a federal investigation (Spilman Thomas & Battle) 

Great quotes in Georgia Supreme Court history: “The legislation expressly using the word ‘send’ is to be construed to mean ‘send’ and not ‘receive.’” (Burr & Forman) 

Things don’t look good for Chinese-owned Ralls Corporation’s lawsuit seeking relief from President Obama’s order to divest from a wind farm project in Oregon (King & Spalding) 

ExxonMobil’s policy requiring alcoholic employees to totally abstain from alcohol and submit to breathalyzers to prove abstinence ruled illegal (Fox Rothschild) 

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JD Supra Morning Brief: Solyndra, Synthetic Pot, $130B in Sports Revenues, Sole Survivors

Here’s what’s buzzing in law news on JD Supra right now. Your morning legal brief:

The first round of Solyndra’s Chapter 11 goes to: Solyndra’s owners, who stand to save $200 – 350 million in taxes if the bankruptcy plan holds up (don’t hold your breath) (Bloomberg Law) 

Worried about medical marijuana in the workplace? Get ready for synthetic pot (Miller & Martin) 

Global revenues from sports – sponsorships, gate revenues, media rights – is expected to top $130 billion in 2013 (Lewis and Roca) 

Canadian employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy on their work computers (Osler) 

Last shoes standing… From now on, Christian Louboutin and YSL will be fighting solely on the runway (Winthrop & Weinstine) 

11,000 Arizona companies have received health insurance rebate checks worth more than $16 million. They have one week to figure out what to do with them (Jaburg Wilk) 

The IRS has identified 2000 tax exempt organizations for questioning about the tax filings of their chapters and other subordinate groups (Polsinelli Shughart) 

Lenders might get more than they bargained for if they deviate from the traditional debtor-creditor relationship (Poyner Spruill) 

New York’s Attorney General just raised the bar for cause marketing in the state (Venable) 

Employers who rely on criminal records when making hiring decisions just might find themselves on the wrong side of  the law (Spilman Thomas & Battle) 

Limited partnerships have to be smart about the ways they invest their money. Just like the rest of us [VIDEO] (Fenwick & West) 

The cost of doing business with Iran continues to go up (McDermott Will & Emery) (Reed Smith) (Sheppard Mullin)  

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