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01/07/2009	Reminder: Information Statements Due by January 31, 2009 for 2008 Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan Transactions
01/07/2009	Update on UK’s Short-Selling Measures: FSA Proposes to End the Ban but to Extend the Disclosure Regime
01/07/2009	SEC Study Recommends Keeping Mark-to-Market Accounting
01/07/2009	New HSR Filing Thresholds Announced
01/06/2009	New European Ruling on Website Disclosure Requirements
01/06/2009	New York Governor Proposes Taxing Nonresidents on “Carried Interest”
01/02/2009	Revised M&A Accounting Rules Now in Effect: New Standards May Affect Structure, Timing, and Other Considerations
01/01/2009	Financial Crisis Legal Updates and News
12/31/2008	Communications Law Bulletin
12/30/2008	Court-Appointed Receivers for Ponzi Schemes Republished with permission of the New York Law Journal. (c) 2008 ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. First published in the December 30, 2008 edition of the New York Law Journal.
12/30/2008	State & Local Tax Insights -- Winter 2008
12/29/2008	Limiting a Taxpayer’s Right to Recover Tax Costs Through Line Item Surcharges
12/29/2008	The Manifest Justice of the Manifest Injustice Doctrine: The Time Has Come to Invoke the Ex Post Facto Clause to Bar Retroactive Tax Increases
12/29/2008	California’s New 20% Underpayment Penalty
12/29/2008	International Briefings: Banking M&A First published in International Financial Law Review December 2008. Used by permission.
12/22/2008	California Court Allows Retailers to Collect Zip Code Data
12/19/2008	MoFo Tax Talk: Volume 1, Issue 4
12/19/2008	Update – SEC Regulation of Indexed Annuities
12/19/2008	Bankruptcy Year In Review 2008 (UK)
12/19/2008	UDAP Final Rules and Board Regulatory Actions
12/18/2008	Intellectual Property Newsletter IP Quarterly Newsletter – Winter 2008
12/18/2008	NCUA Releases Final UDAP Rules
12/18/2008	Feed-In Tariffs: A Valuable Tool
12/17/2008	Bidding for a Copyright Injunction After eBay
12/17/2008	New Law Expected to Add Teeth to Current Counterfeiting Laws
12/17/2008	Intervening Rights: Protection from Liability After Reexamination
12/17/2008	Opinions of Counsel Ride Again: Federal Circuit Finds Opinions Relevant to Intent for Induced Infringement in Broadcom v. Qualcomm
12/17/2008	Research Tool Patents: A Light At The End Of The Tunnel?
12/16/2008	Release of Final Rule Amending Regulation Z Expected Thursday
12/16/2008	Outsourcing and the Economic Crises, Part II: Re-structuring Existing Outsourcings
12/16/2008	CESR and ERGEG Recommend a Bespoke EU Market Abuse Framework for the Energy Markets
12/16/2008	Illegal Immigration Worksite Enforcement: How to Safeguard Your Company in an Era of Unprecedented Raids and Regulations Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 12, December 2008
12/12/2008	SEC Provides Companies with More Flexible Framework to Conduct Concurrent Public and Private Offerings
12/12/2008	GAO Calls for Increased Oversight of TARP Contractors
12/12/2008	JFTC Issued Microsoft Ruling on its NAP Clause Practice
12/12/2008	Collateral Trapped is Collateral Damage in the Wake of the Lehman Brothers Debacle
12/11/2008	IRS Issues Temporary Guidance on REIT Taxable Stock Dividends
12/09/2008	Six States Now Require Social Security Number Protection Policies
12/09/2008	Navigating the Economic Storm: Considerations for Public Companies
12/08/2008	Financial Services Report, Winter 2008 Financial Services Report, Vol. 4, No. 4 Winter 2008
12/08/2008	The EU Commission’s New Communication on the Application of Article 82 to Exclusionary Conduct – Compromise, Pastiche, Holding Action, Tight-Rope Walk, Exercise in International Antitrust Diplomacy
12/05/2008	Bankruptcy Year In Review 2008
12/05/2008	Qualcomm v. Broadcom – The Federal Circuit Weighs in on “Patent Ambushes”
12/05/2008	Update on the FSA’s Approach to Covered Bond Issuance and Asset Encumbrance
12/05/2008	mergermarket/Morrison & Foerster IT M&A Survey
12/04/2008	SEC’s New and Proposed Credit Rating Agency Rules
12/04/2008	Recent Developments in Public Procurement Law in the UK
12/03/2008	New York Law Limits Use and Disclosure of Employees’ Personal Identifying Information
12/03/2008	FERC Clarifies Requirement for Advance Approval of Public Utility Company Stock Acquisition by Investment Advisers
12/03/2008	InBev-Anheuser-Busch: China’s First Public Merger Decision Under the AML
12/03/2008	Euro-Class Actions: The Next U.S. Export?
12/02/2008	Opportunities for Venture Capitalists at Department of Energy Laboratories
12/02/2008	European Commission’s Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry Report Finds Certain Practices May Delay Entry of Generic Medicines
11/26/2008	TARP’s Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility: Can Wall Street Help Main Street?
11/26/2008	Employment Law Commentary, November 2008 Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 11, November 2008
11/25/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, November 2008
11/23/2008	FDIC Approves Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program Final Rule
11/23/2008	Insurance Companies Adopt Thrift Holding Company Structure to Become Eligible for Treasury Capital Purchase Program and FDIC Liquidity Guarantee
11/21/2008	Has Your Company Done Everything It Can to Minimize Its Exposure to Employment Claims in the Current Economic Downturn?
11/20/2008	FDIC Publishes General Counsel’s Opinion Concerning the Insurability of Funds Underlying Stored Value Cards
11/19/2008	New Mandatory Disclosure and Compliance Requirements Will Impact All Government Contractors
11/18/2008	IMF Working Group Clarifies Sovereign Wealth Fund Objectives, Structures, and Governance with Santiago Principles
11/18/2008	CaPP: Private Bank Program
11/18/2008	California’s Proposed Mortgage Modification Program – Updated
11/18/2008	Corporations are leading the way on Global Warming Solutions; Obama’s election will contribute to the Effort
11/17/2008	CFIUS Issues Final Regulations Governing National Security Reviews of Foreign Investment in the United States
11/17/2008	Final E-Verify Rule for Government Contractors Issued
11/14/2008	Massachusetts Delays Effective Date of New Data Security Regulation
11/13/2008	TARP UPDATE: Troubled Assets Will Not be Purchased
11/12/2008	California’s Proposed Mortgage Modification Program
11/11/2008	SIFMA TARP Conference
11/11/2008	OFAC Strengthens Iranian Embargo by Revoking Authorization of “U-turn” Transactions
11/10/2008	The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act's Effect on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
11/03/2008	Outsourcing Services in the Face of an Economic Downturn
11/03/2008	Throwout Appeal Moves Forward: New Jersey Supreme Court Grants Our Requests to Hear Facial Constitutionality Issue on the Merits
10/31/2008	In re Bilski: The Federal Circuit Defines New Rules for Patenting Business Methods
10/31/2008	Effects of Same-Sex Marriage on Employee Benefits
10/30/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, October 2008
10/28/2008	Issues to Consider in Connection with the Reevaluation of Credit Card Lending and Charge-Off Policies
10/27/2008	Employment Law Commentary, October 2008 Employment Law Commentary, Volume 20, No. 10, October 2008
10/27/2008	Second Circuit Issues Ruling on Foreign Issuer Securities Case
10/24/2008	FDIC Issues Interim Rule to Implement Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
10/24/2008	CESR Consultation Paper on UCITS Management Company Passport
10/22/2008	SEC Adopts Revisions to its Cross-Border Transaction Exemptions and Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules
10/21/2008	Update to Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program
10/21/2008	Federal Reserve Announces Creation of Money Market Investor Funding Facility
10/20/2008	New Tax Rules Re Certain Investment Fund Managers’ Deferred Compensation
10/17/2008	New Liquidity and Capital Alternatives for Financial Institutions
10/17/2008	New Jersey Governor Supports Repeal of Throwout and Regular Place of Business Requirement, Extension of Loss Carryovers to 20 Years, and a Switch to Single Sales Factor
10/16/2008	The AB 32 Train is About to Leave the Station: California Air Resources Board Releases Key Climate Change Planning Document
10/16/2008	The Federal Circuit Cipro Decision: Another Blow to the FTC's Fight Against Reverse Payment Settlements
10/15/2008	TARP and the Various Federal Tent Poles: Will it be Enough?
10/15/2008	Amended Regulations Could Open Telecoms Sector First published in China Law & Practice, October 2008. Republished with permission.
10/15/2008	Federal Circuit Limits ITC’s Authority to Issue Downstream Exclusion Orders
10/15/2008	SEC Adopts Foreign Issuer Reporting Enhancements
10/14/2008	Fifth Circuit Issues Ruling on Standards for Transferring Venue
10/14/2008	Steps for Lenders to Consider in Connection with Mortgage Modification Programs
10/14/2008	U.S. Supreme Court Adds Only One Case To Docket
10/13/2008	Fair Value and the Recent Market Turmoil
10/08/2008	Hexion v. Huntsman: Delaware Court Reiterates High Bar to Finding an MAE; Provides Guidance on Requirements of “Reasonable Best Efforts”
10/07/2008	Proposed Changes to Compliance Standards for the Trade Agreements Act May Add Complexity
10/07/2008	Website Accessibility – Once a Technical Advantage, Now a Point of Vulnerability for Retailers
10/07/2008	SEC Amends the Rule 12g3-2(b) Exemption from Registration for Foreign Private Issuers
10/06/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, September 2008
10/06/2008	Credit Default Swaps as Insurance: One Regulator or Many?
10/03/2008	Recovery Legislation Creates Both Opportunities and Risks for Government Contractors
10/03/2008	Bailout Bill Tax Provisions – An Executive Summary
10/03/2008	Summary of Cleantech Provisions in the Bailout Bill
10/03/2008	Economic Stabilization Act: Overview of Transactions Involving Troubled Assets
10/03/2008	Economic Stabilization Act: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
10/02/2008	SB 375 Becomes Law, Pushing Greenhouse Gas Reduction to the Forefront of California Transportation, Economic and Land Use Planning
10/02/2008	Notice 2008-83: The IRS Offers Reassurance to Troubled Banks
10/01/2008	The U.S. Supreme Court Prepares For Its New Term
10/01/2008	Update Regarding UK's Short-Selling Prohibition
09/30/2008	Seventh Circuit Holds Rescission Cannot Be Pursued on a Class-wide Basis Under TILA
09/30/2008	MoFo Tax Talk, Volume 1, Issue 3
09/30/2008	Schwarzenegger Signs Green Chemistry Bills Published with permission of Portfolio Media, Inc. © 2008. Originally published in Product Liability Law360.
09/29/2008	Vault: Company Green Practices - Morrison & Foerster LLP Reprinted with permission, Vault, Inc. © 2008.
09/29/2008	California Vows To Fight As Oil-Drilling Ban Ends Published with permission of Portfolio Media, Inc. © 2008. Originally published in Energy Law360.
09/29/2008	SEC Clarifies Short Sale Restrictions and Related Disclosure Requirements
09/28/2008	Ken Muller Named by Institutional Investor as one of 10 Rising Stars in Private Equity One of only 10 attorneys worldwide to make list of top 10 Rising Stars in Private Equity and M&A
09/26/2008	Employment Law Commentary, September 2008
09/24/2008	Money Market Fund Bailout Update; First Look: New Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Liquidity Facility
09/23/2008	New Massachusetts Regulation Requires Encryption of Portable Devices and Comprehensive Data Security Programs
09/23/2008	Federal Reserve Board Liberalizes Rules for Investments in Banks
09/23/2008	Federal Circuit Abandons Abandonment as Defense: Federal Circuit Holds Improper Revival of Abandoned U.S. Patent Application is No Defense in an Action Involving the Validity of a U.S. Patent
09/21/2008	New Restrictions on Short Sales; Disclosure Requirements for Short Sales and Positions; and Relaxed Issuer Repurchase Requirements
09/21/2008	First Look at Treasury Plan; Money Market Fund Bailout
09/19/2008	UK’s New Short-Selling Prohibition
09/17/2008	SEC Enacts New Short Selling Rules; South Dakota Short Selling Ballot Initiative
09/16/2008	Israel Practice Group News Fall 2008
09/15/2008	Federal Circuit Gives Big Nod to the Patent Office
09/09/2008	Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Clash Over Section 2 Enforcement Standards
09/05/2008	Financial Services Report, Fall 2008
09/04/2008	Product Recall Requirements Under the New Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
09/03/2008	SEC Regulation of Indexed Annuities?
09/03/2008	Communications Law Bulletin, July-August 2008
09/02/2008	SEC Amends Reporting, Registration and Business Combination Rules for Foreign Private Issuers
09/01/2008	Greenwashing -- Avoiding Greenwashing: The Brave New World of Environmental Marketing Claims
09/01/2008	Danger and Opportunities in Distressed Financial Institutions for Private Equity Investors Reprinted with permission of II News © 2008 Institutional Investor, Inc. First published in II News: Global Private Equity and M&A Legal Guide September 2008.
08/29/2008	Institute of International Finance's (IIF) Final Report on Market Best Practices for Financial Institutions and Financial Products
08/29/2008	Amendment to California Law Enables California Corporations to Take Full Advantage of New Federal E-Proxy Rules
08/28/2008	California Case Law Potpourri: Age Discrimination, Text Message Privacy, No-Match Letters, Meal Period Decision, and Cost of Training Reimbursement
08/27/2008	Quarterly Cleantech Update: Green Marketing, “Greenwashing,” and False Advertising
08/27/2008	Extension of the UK Statutory Regime for Liability of Issuers of Securities
08/26/2008	California Presses Its Green Chemistry Initiative
08/26/2008	Regulations on Land Conservation in the People’s Republic of China
08/26/2008	Climate Change Bill Imminent: Lawyers Published with permission of Portfolio Media, Inc. © 2008. Originally published in Enviromental Law360.
08/25/2008	Technologically Speaking Published with permission of bizSanDiego © 2008.
08/25/2008	Upcoming Expiration of Shelf Registration Statements: Avoiding a Blackout Period
08/22/2008	CESR and ERGEG Expected to Recommend a Bespoke EU Market Abuse Framework for the Energy Markets
08/22/2008	Shareholder Resolutions: Sustainability as the Next Executive Compensation Published with permission of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the International Section of the ABA © 2008.
08/21/2008	California’s Edwards v. Arthur Andersen Decision And The Future for Employee Noncompetition Agreements And Other Post-Employment Restraints
08/21/2008	New Regulations on Mineral Exploration in China
08/19/2008	President Bush Signs Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Imposing Sweeping New Safety and Enforcement Standards for Children’s Products
08/15/2008	Defining Hybrid Capital
08/13/2008	Resigning to Work for a Competitor? Damages could follow...
08/11/2008	The Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group III Report Includes Detailed Suggestions for Financial Intermediaries (PDF)
08/06/2008	Building a Greener San Francisco
08/05/2008	Your North Carolina Refunds Are Saved By the Bill: Refund Claims Should Not Expire on August 14, 2008
08/05/2008	China Takes First Steps in Implementing New Anti-Monopoly Law by Revising Pre-Merger Notification Filing Thresholds and Dividing Enforcement Responsibility
08/04/2008	SEC Proposals for Credit Rating Agency Reform: Potential Impact on the Asset-backed Markets
07/31/2008	Congress Enacts New Laws Affecting REITs
07/30/2008	Bridging the Gap: Regulatory Moves in the U.K. and U.S. Seek to Close the Gap with Europe on Covered Bonds First published in Institutional Investor News: The 2008 Global Securitization Guide. Used by permission.
07/30/2008	A Short Summary of Short Selling Regulations
07/30/2008	Reexamination Filings Continue Their Upward Trend
07/29/2008	Treasury Announces Best Practices for Covered Bonds
07/29/2008	Japanese New Anti-Spam Law
07/29/2008	Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter, Summer 2008
07/29/2008	Knocking Infringement Out of Joint: Infringement Liability in the Wake of BMC Resources, Inc. v. Paymentech, L.P. and Cross Medical Products, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.