An informal governing principle used by Republican Speakers of the House of Representatives since the 1990s to only allow bills to come up for a vote on the House floor that have support from the "the majority of the majority" of Members of Congress.

Spending caps are limits imposed on the amount of budget authority provided in annual appropriations bills.

On June 10, Eric Cantor, Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, lost his primary to Tea Party candidate, David Brat in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.

Earlier today, a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found independent insurance producers Michael Binday, James Kergil, and Mark Resnick guilty of mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those offenses.

On December 31, 2013, SolarWorld Industries America Inc. (Petitioner) filed petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) requesting that antidumping duties (AD) be imposed on certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic (c-Si PV) products imported from China and Taiwan, and that countervailing duties (CVD) be imposed on c-Si PV products imported from China.

On October 12, 2011, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a final notice amending the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations (SSR) and the Iranian Transactions Regulations (ITR) to authorize the exportation and re-exportation of "food" to individuals and entities in Iran and Sudan.

In March 2009, Mexico imposed retaliatory tariffs on approximately 90 products from the United States due to a 16-year-old trucking dispute related to NAFTA.

Employers across the country are dealing with innumerable challenges as a result of health reform and other legislation enacted this year. However, employers may find at least one bright spot -- in a new tax law addressing their provision of cell phones and similar telecommunications equipment to their employees.

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled in favor of the petitioners in Blackhorse v. Pro -Football, Inc.

Plan sponsors of insured medical plans that are not grandfathered will be relieved to know that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice delaying the compliance date for the new nondiscrimination requirements imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the related Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (together, the Health Care Reform Law).

The Eleventh Circuit ruled that the TCPA's prohibition on prerecorded calling applies to numbers reassigned from a consenting subscriber to a new, presumably nonconsenting one.

Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr., recently rejected statutory and contractual challenges to exclusive forum bylaws adopted unilaterally by the boards of directors of Chevron Corporation and Federal Express Corporation.

On August 28, a federal district court in Tennessee dismissed two shareholders’ claims in a derivative lawsuit against BlackRock’s iShares Trust and iShares, Inc., Blackrock Fund Advisors, the Funds’ investment adviser, Blackrock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., the Funds’ securities lending agent, and the directors of the Funds.

ISS has released a modified governance ratings methodology called QuickScore 2.0.

On March 6, 2014, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls within the Department of State announced it had entered into a $20 million settlement agreement with Esterline Technologies Corp., a Washington-based specialized manufacturer.

The Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation agreed to plead guilty to a criminal information charging a conspiracy to violate the FCPA.

According to the California Court of Appeal, a partner in a partnership is protected under the provisions of the California Fair Employment Housing Act.

Employers need to know that an employer can be held liable for accidents and injuries caused by their employees who over indulge themselves with alcohol at the party, even if the employee initially made it home safely!

The California Court of Appeal, in Purton v. Marriott International, Inc., recently held that the company was potentially liable for a fatal motor vehicle accident caused by one of its employees who had attended the company's hosted party.

In its recent guidance titled "Questions and Answers: The Application of Title VII and the ADA to Applicants or Employees Who Experience Domestic or Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking," the EEOC cautions employers against unwittingly violating Title VII and the ADA in addressing employment-related issues involving victims of domestic violence.