Every university wants to encourage their alumni to include the university in their estate plans or charitable giving plans. But what happens if the gift is designed to occur in the future and the fund for which the alum earmarked his gift no longer exists when the time finally comes for distribution? Can the university still collect the money?

On March 2, 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the right of General Electric Company (GE) to challenge the constitutionality of the unilateral administrative order (UAO) scheme authorized by Section 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9606, and related provisions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) recently released an interpretative letter approving use of the "central post office" by issuers and others who make continuing disclosure filings under Rule 15c2-12 (the Rule). The Web site, <I>www.DisclosureUSA.org</I> (DisclosureUSA), is a "central post office" created by the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas. DisclosureUSA is an Internet-based electronic filing system, designed to provide a simpler way for issuers to meet

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is nearing completion of controversial new rules governing paid political communications on the Internet.

On October 8, 2003, the United States Copyright Office announced that it is seeking input from the public as it formulates various retroactive reporting and record keeping requirements. The reporting and record keeping requirements being drafted by the Copyright Office may affect any radio broadcaster that streamed its broadcast signal over the Internet during the period from October 28, 1998 to the present.

Unsurprisingly, this piqued my interest, and I have been running some tests to determine just how worried we should all be.

The environmental activities of large seagoing vessels have become a focal point for legislation in California and on a national level. Impending regulations in California such as those supported by the California Air Resources Board to reduce particulate matter, sulfur, and nitrogen oxide emissions from category 3 marine diesel engines are just one prominent example of the state’s continuing efforts to mitigate what it believes is a significant, and heretofore under regulated, source of environ

On February 7, 2005, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) ruled that an unlawful solicitation rule was not the basis for overturning a union representation election.

Most California employers with 11 or more employees are required to post between February 1 and April 30 a summary of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2004 from the "Log and Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses" (OSHA Form 300A). Employers with no injuries or illnesses for 2004 should post the 300A with zeros on the total line.

Following a contentious and often gridlocked session, three pieces of key telecommunications legislation were sent to the President only moments before the Senate adjourned the 108<SUP>th</SUP> Congress <I>sine di</I> on December 8.

By passing Proposition 64, voters brought some sanity to California’s Unfair Competition Law (Business & Professions Code §§17200 <I>et seq.</I>) which had allowed individuals – including those not impacted by an alleged unfair business practice – to sue on behalf of the general public as "private attorney generals." Predictably, the unrestricted statute led to a proliferation of lawsuits alleging that unfair policies and practices in the workplace should lead to various remedies.

Operators of multiline telephone systems (MLTS), such as businesses, hospitals and universities, likely will be affected by a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order released on December 1, 2003, that encourages states to adopt new 911 regulations.

Virginia has enacted the nation’s first law that expressly targets "phishing" and makes it a criminal offense. Phishing is the use of fraudulent emails and Web pages to trick Internet users into revealing personal, financial or other confidential information.