CFTC Proposed Rule on Commodity Pools - On November 5, the CFTC issued a proposed rule that would require that all registered introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) become and remain...
In this action brought under 8 Del. C. § 225, Michael Flaa (the “Plaintiff”) sought to confirm the removal of certain members (the “Defendants”) of the board of CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. (“Cardio”) by action taken by written stockholder...
In This Article: Federal Government; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Québec/Quebec; Saskatchewan; and Yukon....
The FCC’s revised rules for telemarketers and text marketers, taking effect in October, could signal a big shift in how companies direct market, posits Julie O’Neill, a Morrison & Foerster attorney specializing in privacy issues. One section...
On November 7, the Fed issued a final policy statement on the processes that it will use to develop scenarios for future capital planning and stress testing exercises. The policy statement is effective on January 1, 2014....
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury jointly issued a long-awaited final rule that implements the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). The final rule...
Introduction - The 19th Conference of the Parties (“COP”) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the “Convention”) opens today at the National Stadium in Warsaw, the Republic of Poland. For those who recall COP 14 in Poznan...
On November 4, 2013 the Center for Food Safety (CFS) sent a letter to the FDA in response to Judge Gonzalez-Rogers’ referral in Cox v. Gruma Corp. (N.D. Cal. July 11, 2013) to the FDA of the question of whether and under what circumstances food...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight issued No-Action Letter No. 13-68, which extends to November 29 the deadline set forth in CFTC No-Action Letters 13-55, 13-56 and 13-58 for swap execution facilities (SEFs) and...
The U.S. Department of Education recently informed Lincoln University, located in Jefferson City, Missouri, that it intends to fine the university $275,000 because it did not comply with the requirements of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus...
