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The U.S. Department of the Interior issues proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issues draft Underground Injection Control program permitting guidance for wells that use diesel fuels.

The Colorado Supreme Court recently found that when a liability insurance company fails to fund a reasonable settlement within policy limits, the policyholder may settle the underlying lawsuit, assign its bad-faith claim to the injured person, who then can pursue bad-faith damages against the breaching insurer.

The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that a liability insurer’s duty to indemnify its insured for settlements or judgments is determined by the evidence, not merely the pleadings, and may be invoked even when the duty to defend did not initially appear to attach.

In Kwikset Corp. v. Superior Court of Orange County (Benson), ___ Cal. Rptr. 3d ___, No. S171845, 2011 WL 240278 (Jan. 27, 2011), the Supreme Court of California held that consumers who allege that a product’s allegedly deceptive labeling caused them to purchase the product, and that they would not have purchased the product but for the labeling, have properly alleged "lost money or property" within the meaning of Proposition 64, and thus have standing to sue under the California Unfair Competit

Taxpayers should act now to protect refund claims based on the New York Supreme Court's recent determination that the MTA Payroll Tax is unconstitutional.

At the 26th annual National Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), held November 8 and 9, 2011, officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stressed that both agencies are committed to FCPA enforcement and will continue their aggressive pursuit of companies that violate the FCPA.

At its meeting on May 31, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) tentatively agreed that it will not require employers to disclose an estimate of withdrawal liability for each material multiemployer defined benefit plan in which they participate, as it had previously proposed.

On July 26, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that 2012 amendments to Pennsylvania's Oil and Gas Act (Act 13) that preempt local zoning ordinances conflicting with the act are unconstitutional.

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its June 2011 Visa Bulletin.

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its March 2011 Visa Bulletin.

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its November 2010 Visa Bulletin.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released details regarding its new Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) in Announcement 2011-64.

In the second of two anticipated rulings on the issue, Judge David C. Norton of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina issued a decision striking down the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's or Board's) final rule (the Rule) requiring all employers subject to the Board's jurisdiction—the vast majority of employers doing business in the United States—to post a notice in the workplace informing employees of certain of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NL

In his first speech at the New York City Bar Association since his election, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. said that he would expand his office’s use of the Martin Act, New York’s securities fraud statute, in targeting financial fraud, and that he would lobby lawmakers to toughen penalties under the measure and to extend the statute of limitations.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have announced a newly revised Employment Eligibility Verification form, Form I-9, which employers are required to use to verify the identity and employment authorization of newly hired employees.

New QCA code highlights the importance of relationships between companies and their shareholders.

Unlike so-called "merger control" laws in most countries, the U.S. HSR Act applies to individual executive officers and directors acquiring shares of the employing corporation as part of their compensation if certain jurisdictional thresholds are satisfied.