HB 14-1375, a bill that will negatively impact the use of the urban renewal tool of tax increment financing throughout the state, passed the Senate on Wed., May 7, 2014, and is headed to Gov. Hickenlooper’s desk for signature. Upon receipt, the...
White v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation - USCA, Ninth Circuit, May 2, 2014 - Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of copyright infringement claims related to Farrelly brothers’ films and television show, finding purported similarities...
On Monday, May 5, 2014, CMS published in the Federal Register an unexpected notice seeking additional public comment specifically around the Dispute Resolution process, which is the process CMS is establishing to give physicians who receive payments...
Last week, the Third District Court of Appeal resolved any questions concerning the applicability of the Daubert standard in Florida following the legislative changes to Florida's evidence code in July 2013....
In This Issue: - Enforcing Oral Contracts: The Presumption is Against You - You’ve Been Served... A Lawsuit Via Facebook?!?! - Excerpt from Enforcing Oral Contracts: The Presumption is Against You: Oral contracts are often difficult to...
Last month, anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International released its first-ever corruption and integrity risks report. Titled “EU Integrity System (EUIS) Report” the report focused specifically on EU institutions, which include European...
In EPA v. EME Homer City Generation L.P., the Supreme Court recently upheld regulations adopted by the EPA restricting the discharge of pollutants from coal plants that drift from Midwestern and Appalachian states to the East Coast. The regulations...
On May 5, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") announced an opportunity to submit comments on the dispute resolution and correction procedures proposed in the final rule on the Open Payments reporting system, which CMS created...
On April 8, 2014, at an event commemorating National Equal Pay Day (an annual public awareness event that aims to draw attention to the gender wage gap), President Obama signed two executive orders designed to limit workplace discrimination. The...
Venture capitalist Jason Mendelson, in a speech he gave last year, was not venturing much oral capital into the concept of investing in legal services.
