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We are pleased to welcome you to the first edition of The Legal Canvas, a publication of the Art and Museum Law Group at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP.

On March 17, 2011, the New York Attorney General issued guidance concerning the New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act ("NYPMIFA").

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently re-proposed and published for comment new rules intended to facilitate the process by which non-U.S. companies may terminate the registration of their securities under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), and their ongoing SEC reporting obligations under the Exchange Act.

On August 17, 2006, President Bush signed the Pension Protection Act of 2006 ("PPA"), the legislation that capped a long and contentious Congressional process to enact significant pension reform. The main thrust of the PPA is provide a new framework for the funding rules affecting defined benefit pension plans.

In 1995, the Commercial Division was formed in New York. Since its formation, the Commercial Division has seen an increase in the number and complexity of cases being filed.

Art and law share a sometimes uneasy co-existence. While as lawyers we like to think that both fields speak to society's higher values, each does so in a very different way.

In Notice 2012-52, the IRS announced that taxpayers may make tax deductible contributions to domestic single-member limited liability companies wholly owned by U.S. charities.

On March 27, 2007, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules intended to facilitate the process by which non-U.S. companies may terminate the registration of their securities under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), and their ongoing SEC reporting obligations under the Exchange Act.

With world financial markets down dramatically, and losses magnified by far-reaching financial fraud, many charities are facing difficult questions about what they can and must do with endowment funds that are underwater.

Foreign companies entering the U.S. market for the first time will want to consider how their operations can be structured to minimize U.S. taxes.

The PPA provides for fiduciary protection for an employer when it is choosing a default investment fund or funds under its defined contribution plan. The protection is contingent upon participants receiving advance notice (and yearly reminders) of what the default investment is and of the participant’s ability to make a different investment election.

President Obama recently signed into law two pieces of legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (for purposes of this Alert, these Acts will be referred to collectively as "PPACA"), which, among other things, significantly alter employer responsibilities with respect to providing group health plan coverage to employees.

Art and law share a sometimes uneasy co-existence. While as lawyers we like to think that both fields speak to society's higher values, each does so in a very different way.

On February 18, 2009, the New York Department of Labor (the "N.Y.D.O.L.") published emergency/ proposed regulations interpreting New York's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ("N.Y. WARN" or "N.Y. Act"), which went into effect earlier this month.

This fall marks the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the European Medicines Agency's Guideline on Similar Biological Medicinal Products.

The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury Department recently issued proposed regulations and related frequently asked questions concerning the Health Care Penalty.