Compliance

SEC Issues Significant M&A No-Action Letter

February 24, 2014

M&A brokers no longer have to register as broker-dealers to facilitate mergers, acquisitions, business sales and business combinations. According to […]

Trade Groups Square Off On Silica Rule

February 20, 2014

OSHA says that a proposed new rule on silica dust exposure will save 700 lives a year, but spokesmen from […]

OSHA: Thirteen Cell Tower Deaths in 2013

February 19, 2014

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has raised the alarm about a recent spate of deaths and injuries in […]

No Protection For Whistleblower In Overseas Tax Case

February 19, 2014

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that an employee was not engaging in protected activity when he reported a […]

The Prospects For The Comcast Time-Warner Deal

February 18, 2014

Bloomberg writers tap a variety of experts and politicians on the prospects for approval of Comcast’s proposed purchase of Time […]

Court Strikes Down Law Barring “Annoying” Behavior While Drunk

February 17, 2014

Indiana’s public-intoxication law, which makes it a crime to annoy someone in a public place while drunk, was successfully challenged […]

Former Official Blasts FTC’s Enforcement Process

February 17, 2014

Washington attorney David Balto, an antitrust defense attorney formerly with the Federal Trade Commission, argues that the FTC’s enforcement protocol […]

U.S. Legal Developments To Watch In 2014: The Take From Linklaters

February 13, 2014

Heading the list is the Supreme Court’s reconsideration of the fraud on the market theory. But the UK-based behemoth also […]

Court-Appointed Monitor To Stay At Apple

February 12, 2014

Apple, Inc.’s request to put a temporary hold on Michael Bromwich’s job as court-appointed compliance officer related to an ongoing […]

Business and Temp Agency Both Get OSHA Fines

February 10, 2014

Less than a year ago an OSHA official, speaking publicly, decried dangerous working conditions encountered by temporary workers, “who often […]

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