IRS Announces New Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program
September 22, 2011
The Internal Revenue Service (the " IRS ") launched a new program yesterday that will allow businesses the opportunity to resolve prior worker classification...
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OFAC Issues New Libyan General Licenses Authorizing Trade with NOC and the Government of Libya
September 20, 2011
On September 19, 2011, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") continued to ease the sanctions imposed on Libya by...
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Large Swaps Trader Reporting Rules Become Effective and CFTC Grants Temporary Relief from Certain Obligations
September 20, 2011
On September 16, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's ("CFTC") Division of Market Oversight granted temporary relief from certain requirements...
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Texas Supreme Court Issues Three Key Energy Opinions in August
September 15, 2011
On August 26, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court issued three opinions with significant implications for Texas energy companies and land and mineral rights owners. The Court...
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Creditors of Insolvent LLCs Lack Standing to Sue Derivatively in Delaware
September 15, 2011
In a recent decision, the Delaware Supreme Court, in CML V, LLC v. Bax ,___ A.3d___,2011 Del. LEXIS 480 (Del. Sept. 2, 2011), ruled that creditors of a limited...
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Managing the Presumption of Patent Validity: Microsoft v. i4i
September/October 2011
Four years ago in the landmark decision of KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., on obviousness, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to reach the intriguing question of...
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Connecting With Otway Denny ’71
September-October 2011
Otway Denny '71 frequently gets to interact with current Texas A&M students, and he invariably comes away impressed by the young men and women he meets...
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CFTC Outlines Derivatives Reform Agenda and Proposes Rules Phasing in Clearing, Trade Execution, Swap Trading Documentation, and Margin Requirements
September 14, 2011
On September 8, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") approved two proposed rules that would phase in certain requirements under Title VII of...
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State of the Unions: Where We Are and Where the Law May Be Taking Us
September 13, 2011
Jeff Wray was a speaker at the Vistage Advisory Board Peer Group Meeting for Human Resource executives, held in Fulbright's Houston office.
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ICC Rules of Arbitration 2012
September 12, 2011
Today marks the launch in Paris of the new Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the "ICC Rules"). The ICC Rules, last revised in 1998...
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OFAC Issues New General Licenses Authorizing Additional Transactions Under the Libyan and Syrian Sanctions Orders
September 12, 2011
On September 9, 2011, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued new general licenses authorizing additional...
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Senate Passes Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Patent Reform Heads to President
September 9, 2011
On September 9, 2011, the Senate approved the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("the Act"), sending the bill to President Obama for signature. The Act represents...
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Market Manipulation” in the Energy Industry: CFTC, FERC, and FTC
September 2011
Market manipulation has been a subject of prosecution for over seventy years. However, the focus on market manipulation in the energy industry is more recent, and now...
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NABL Comments Regarding Business Conduct Standards for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants, SEC Release 34-64766
September 1, 2011
The following comments are submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") relating to Release No. 34-64766, dated June 29, 2011 (the &quo...
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The United States Imposes Significant New Sanctions Against Syria; European Union May Soon Follow Suit
August 19, 2011
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President Barack Obama yesterday signed an Executive Order imposing significant new sanctions against Syria that will vastly curtail the ability of U.S. companies to...
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