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Impact Of Supreme Court Decision In Sereboff v. Mid-Atlantic Medical Services
On May 15, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Sereboff v. Mid-Atlantic Medical Services, holding that a health care plan fiduciary may enforce a reimbursement provision against a participant. The Court's decision should be of interest to any employer that sponsors a health...
Read MoreOption Grant Backdating: What Boards, In-House Counsel And Executives Need To Know About The Issue
Policies and practices regarding the granting of stock options have never been subject to greater scrutiny. Scores of public companies are now subject to investigations by prosecutors and regulators, and plaintiffs' class action attorneys are not far behind, making derivative demands on boards and...
Read MoreProtecting Intellectual Property In China - Part II
Editor: What courts and agencies handle patent matters in China? Hu: The court structure in China includes local courts at the district and county level, intermediate courts at the city level, high courts at the provincial level and a supreme court at the national level. There are...
Read MoreProtecting Intellectual Property In China - Part I
Editor's Note: This is another in our series of "seminar interviews" in which we capture some of the highlights of presentations on significant legal issues for corporate counsel sponsored by leading law firms. This interview is based on the presentation that was given by Mr. Hu at a program that...
Read MorePreparing For And Surviving The New Class Actions Game - Part II
Editor: I understand that a number of plaintiffs' law firms have worked out sweetheart arrangements with pension and other employee funds. Please tell us about these. Mannino: Some of the larger plaintiffs' firms have blanket retainers with certain large employee pension funds. Under these...
Read MoreNot-So-New Source Review: D.C. Circuit Signals A Return To NSR Enforcement
On March 17, 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated a rule issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that had lain at the heart of EPA's efforts to reform the New Source Review (NSR) program under the Clean Air Act. New York v. EPA, No. 03-1380 ( New York II )....
Read MorePreparing For And Surviving The New Class Actions Game - Part I
Editor: Defense counsel and their corporate clients now face new challenges. Among these, what would you single out as the most important? Mannino: At one time you litigated the class action and that was the end of it. The most significant new development is the proliferation of additional...
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