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A number of inquiries and initiatives instigated by the IRS in 2008 focused on the amount of resources charities are expending to further their exempt activities.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued its final Vessel General Permit for discharges incidental to the normal operation of commercial vessels (except fishing vessels, unless they discharge ballast water) on December 18, 2008.

On March 28, 2011 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected an appeal by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association ("PMSA"), a mutual benefit corporation comprised of owners and operators of U.S. and foreign-flag vessels, in which it sought to prevent the state of California from expanding its enforcement of vessel fuel standards to 24 miles, well beyond the state's traditional 3-mile territorial limit.

Over the past few months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ("NOAA") has issued several Notices of Violation and Assessment ("NOVAs") to commercial vessels for violating the U.S. East Coast seasonal 10-knot speed limit established to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale, which is protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Although the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is not new, as commercial usage explodes over the next several years, unique insurance issues will arise.

The powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, which crippled nuclear power plants on Japan's east coast, have caused a growing concern over the potential radioactive contamination of vessels sailing in the vicinity of Japan.

On June 28, 2010, EPA signed a final rule for Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases from Magnesium Production facilities, Underground Coal Mines, Industrial Wastewater Treatment facilities, and Industrial Waste Landfills, thereby adding these four source categories to the list of source categories already required to report greenhouse gas emissions ("GHGs") under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program set forth at 40 C.F.R. Part 98.

Do you own a Shopping Center, Industrial Building, Parking Lot, unimproved parcel or any Commercial, Industrial, Institutional or Multi-Family Residential property in the City of Philadelphia?

The weekend’s disclosure that a U.S. Government contractor employee at Booz Allen Hamilton leaked top secret information to the press will have lasting repercussions for all government contractors working with sensitive information.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently approved a Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2012 through 2016.

Patent trolls—those who seek to enforce patent rights, but do not actually manufacture or supply services based on the patents—are a problem for almost all companies, large and small.

Under the FDCPA, a debt collector is liable to a consumer for contacting third parties in pursuit of that consumer's debt unless the communication falls under a statutory exception.

Action Item: Employers and investors should identify how their business and workforce may benefit from the wide range of business immigration changes that will follow President Obama's announcement.

Insurance-related issues are a critical aspect of any merger or acquisition and should be addressed early in the deal process.

Action Item: Based on the rising number of issues related to highly communicable diseases like measles, mumps, flu, and Ebola, employers should be proactive rather than reactive in preparing and implementing an infectious disease response policy.

The U.S. Department of Treasury is proving it is nothing if not flexible.

In a recent case, the Fourth Circuit found that Virginia Code §55.58.1(2), which allows only Virginia-based banks or national banks that have their principal place of business in Virginia to act as trustees on Deeds of Trust recorded in Virginia, is pre-empted under the National Banking Act, 12 U.S.C. §92a.