Publications - Legal Alerts

To keep your business apprised of new and noteworthy legal issues, Kilpatrick Stockton offers a variety of Legal Alerts—brief legal analyses of issues that may affect your company and your life. Search these informative articles by date, keyword, legal service, publication, or author below. Some Legal Alerts are in PDF format, which may be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, downloadable through the link to the left.
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HUD Issues Final Rule Amending RESPA Mortgage Loan Disclosures
Banking & Financial Institutions - 11/21/2008


Treasury Announces Capital Purchase Program Terms for Non-Public Companies
Banking & Financial Institutions - 11/18/2008

Department of Labor Issues Revisions to Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations
Labor & Employment - 11/17/2008

Banking Agencies Issue Statement on Meeting Needs of Creditworthy Borrowers
Banking & Financial Institutions - 11/13/2008

FDIC Extends Opt Out Deadline for Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
Banking & Financial Institutions - 11/05/2008

Federal Circuit Makes Business Method Patents Harder to Obtain
Intellectual Property - 11/03/2008

Department of Homeland Security Issues Final Supplemental “No-Match” Rule
Labor & Employment - 10/29/2008

FDIC Adopts Interim Rule Implementing Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/27/2008

FDIC Provides Additional Information on Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/21/2008

2009 Benefit Limits
Employee Benefits - 10/21/2008

Treasury Announces Application Guidelines for Capital Purchase Program
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/20/2008

Federal Reserve Board Includes Preferred Stock Issued to Treasury Department as Tier 1 Capital
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/17/2008

Treasury Department Announces Executive Compensation Rules Under TARP
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/16/2008

Treasury Announces Capital Purchase Program
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/14/2008

FDIC Announces Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/14/2008

Regulators Propose to Reduce Risk-Weighting of Certain Claims on, or Guaranteed by, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/08/2008

FDIC Proposes to Increase Deposit Insurance Assessments
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/08/2008

Federal Reserve to Pay Interest on Reserves
Banking & Financial Institutions - 10/07/2008

Congress Moves Forward on $700 Billion Rescue Plan
Financial Institutions - 10/02/2008

IRS CLARIFIES TREATMENT OF BANK BAD DEBTS AFTER OWNERSHIP CHANGE
Tax - 10/01/2008

Federal Circuit Substantially Changes Design Patent Law
Intellectual Property - Patent Legal Alert - 09/26/2008

Federal Reserve Board Issues Guidance on Equity Investments in Banks and Bank Holding Companies
Banking & Financial Institutions - 09/25/2008

Congress Changes the Face of Disability Discrimination Law with the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Labor & Employment - 09/24/2008

Regulators Propose to Change Regulatory Capital Treatment of Goodwill
Banking & Financial Institutions - 09/19/2008

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Put Into US Government Conservatorship
Banking & Financial Institutions - 09/08/2008

Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act
Consumer Product Safety - 08/18/2008

SEC Issues Guidance on Use of Company Web Sites to Disseminate Information to Investors
Securities - 08/08/2008

DC Circuit Overrules Whole Foods Decision
Complex Business Litigation - 08/06/2008

GEORGIA SUPREME COURT RULES THAT LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CLAUSE IN ENGINEER'S CONTRACT IS UNENFORCEABLE UNDER STATUTE RESTRICTING INDEMNITY PROVISIONS IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Construction - 07/31/2008

SEC Issues No Action Letter Permitting Aggregate Reporting on Forms 4 and 5
Securities - 07/29/2008

FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AMENDS TRUTH IN LENDING REGULATION TO ADDRESS SUBPRIME LENDING CONCERNS
Banking & Financial Institutions - 07/29/2008

Second Circuit Narrowly Construes Nonemployees' Right of Access to Employer's Property
Labor & Employment - 07/25/2008

Seventh Circuit Holds That The Pregnancy Discrimination Act Covers In Vitro Fertilization Treatments
Labor & Employment - 07/21/2008

Bank/Thrift Regulatory Agencies Propose Optional Framework for Risk Based Capital Regulations
Banking and Financial Institutions - 07/16/2008

NEW YORK COURT RULES THAT EBAY CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LISTING AND SALE OF COUNTERFEIT TIFFANY ITEMS BY EBAY SELLERS.
Intellectual Property - Trademark - 07/15/2008

The FTC's “Red Flag Regulations” To Combat Identity Theft Go Into Effect On November 1, 2008
Litigation - 07/14/2008

Conflict of Interest in Claims Decisions – A Critical Analysis of MetLife v. Glenn
Employee Benefits - 07/14/2008

SEC Approves One-Year Extension for Small Businesses from Auditor Attestation Requirement in Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Banking & Financial Institutions - 06/27/2008

Supreme Court Issues Decisions on Use of State Funds in Union-Organizing Campaigns and Age Discrimination Claims Relating to Disability Retirement Plans
Labor & Employment - 06/26/2008

Florida Supreme Court Finds Insurance Coverage for Costs of Repairing Subcontractor's Completed, Defective Work
Insurance Coverage - 06/25/2008

Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act
Employee Benefits - 06/20/2008

Executive Order Requires Federal Contractors to Verify Employment Eligibility Electronically
Labor & Employment - 06/12/2008

Georgia Makes Significant Changes to Its Mechanic's Lien Statute
Construction & Infrastructure Projects - 06/04/2008

Supreme Court Finds Anti-Retaliation Claims Cognizable Under Section 1981
Labor & Employment - 06/02/2008

New Georgia Law Allows Employees to Store Guns in Cars at Work
Labor & Employment - 05/28/2008

ANOTHER TAX WORKPAPER VICTORY
Tax - 05/23/2008

New Federal Law Prohibits Employment Discrimination Based on Genetic Information
Labor & Employment - 05/21/2008

Landmark Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation
Employee Benefits - 05/21/2008

Recent Trend Increases Risk of Exposure to Patent "False Marking" Claims
Patent Litigation - 05/15/2008

D.C. Circuit Overturns FTC's Finding that Patent Holder's Deception of Standard-Setting Organization Violated Antitrust Laws
Antitrust - 05/07/2008

SEC Proposes New Changes to Form ADV Part II
Investment Management - 04/30/2008

"Restrictive Covenants -- Non-Solicitation of Customer Clauses -- Enforceability"
TECHNOLOGY LITIGATION + LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - 04/24/2008

Recent Texas and Hawaii Decisions Raise Questions About the Availability of Coverage Under Predecessor Companies' Insurance Policies
Insurance Coverage - 04/09/2008

PROPOSED NEW PATENT RULES VOIDED — WHAT'S NEXT?
Intellectual Property - Patent - 04/04/2008

SEC Accepts Comments Regarding Proposed “Summary Prospectus” and Related Proposed Amendments
Investment Management - 03/31/2008

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ISSUES PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT REGULATIONS
Labor & Employment - 02/19/2008

DOL Updates FMLA Regulations – A Benefits Perspective
Employee Benefits - 02/19/2008

New EPA Mandate!
Environmental - 02/12/2008

FTC Takes Expansive Approach in Challenging Patent Owner's Refusal to Honor Licensing Commitment to Standard Setting Body
Antitrust - 02/06/2008

Texas Supreme Court Joins Majority of Jurisdictions by Ruling Insurer Must Show Prejudice if Relying on Violation of Notice Requirement to Deny Coverage
Insurance Coverage - 02/05/2008

COURT FINDS INTERNAL INVESTIGATION POLICY MAY BE UNLAWFULLY RETALIATORY
Labor & Employment - 02/04/2008

FTC Updates Merger Reporting Thresholds
Antitrust - 01/30/2008

SEC Adopts Amendments Affording Regulatory Relief and Simplification for “Smaller Reporting Companies”
Corporate and Business - 01/29/2008

DIRECTORS' AND OFFICERS' INSURANCE MAY COVER COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONDING TO A GOVERNMENT SUBPOENA
Insurance Coverage - 01/23/2008

No Private Right of Action Under Section 10(b) Against Third Party Wrongdoers
Investment Management - 01/23/2008

ERISA Preemption on the Run – San Francisco's Health Ordinance
Employee Benefits - 01/23/2008

FCC Commences Aggressive Enforcement of “Junk Fax” Law
Telecommunications - 01/10/2008

Florida Expands Insurance Coverage for General Contractors in “Construction Defect” Lawsuits
Insurance Coverage - 01/08/2008

DOJ Will Not Appeal Dismissal of Indictment-- Amnesty Agreement Upheld
Antitrust - 01/04/2008



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