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On April 18, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

The Federal Circuit recently handed down the long-awaited “In re Bilski” opinion, which has broad implication on the patentability of “business method” inventions.

On June 13, 2011, the United States Supreme Court rendered a 5-4 decision ruling that only a mutual fund, and not its investment adviser, can be held liable in a private right of action under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and SEC Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder for false statements in a fund prospectus.

On March 23, 2012, the Coast Guard issued a long awaited Final Rule, Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters, amending the existing ballast water management ("BWM") regulations

Recent amendments to the federal removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441, may have far-reaching implications for the practice of maritime law, nationally.

On June 17, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a Notice of proposed permit issuance for two general permits to cover discharges incidental to the normal operation of commercial and recreational vessels under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”).

In recent months, the states of Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York have each taken legislative steps to encourage the development of solar generating facilities.

In October 2008 we advised our clients of the IRS compliance project that would examine colleges and universities.

In light of this decision, entities collecting consumer debt should avoid the use of account numbers and/or QR codes on envelopes or within the viewing area of clear plastic envelope windows.

Front-page headlines revealing devastating cyber attacks on government agencies and the world's largest companies have become a regular occurrence.

This newsletter briefly discusses several recent developments in employee benefits and executive compensation that may be of interest. For more details on any item reported herein, please contact any member of Blank Rome’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has issued long-awaited proposed regulations implementing amendments to Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 that were enacted last year as the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (the “Act” or “FINSA”).

As they have in many other areas of life, the Internet and e-mail have raised nettlesome issues concerning the scope of workplace "privacy". Can an employer consent to a government search of the contents of an employee’s computer, or must the government obtain a search warrant to do so? If an employee emails his attorney from a work computer, is the e-mail protected by the attorney-client privilege, or has the privilege been waived? How a business drafts and implements its Internet usage policy

In the past two months, four highly experienced federal judges from districts around the country have issued a series of scathing opinions finding that federal prosecutors engaged in repeated, egregious violations of statutory and constitutional discovery obligations.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued a Notice of Inquiry on April 19th ("NOI") seeking comment on its policy regarding capacity priority rights and open access on developer-owned interconnection facilities that connect generation facilities to the integrated transmission grid ("Interconnection Facilities").

On July 21, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or the "Commission") issued a final rule ("Order No. 1000" or the "Order") amending transmission planning and cost allocation rules affecting public utility transmission providers.

The District of New Jersey held that a plaintiff cannot sustain a private cause of action under the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act absent sufficient evidence.

In a victory for potentially responsible parties ("PRPs") at multiparty contamination sites, a federal district court in United States v. NCR Corp., No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wis. May 15, 2015)...