08.02.10
While the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) is largely directed at reforms within the financial services industry, Congress did not miss its opportunity to adopt regulations on corporate governance and compensation practices applicable to ...
07.30.10
“The rumor of my demise has been greatly exaggerated.” So famously spoke Mark Twain, combating constant stories about his death.
07.26.10
On August 26, 2010, Manatt partners Ivan Wasserman and Christopher Cole will lead a discussion focused on the most significant risk factors facing food and dietary supplement companies and how to prepare for an expected uptick in enforcement activity in the coming months.
07.21.10
Today, when the President signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Reform Act”) into law, he set in motion the beginning of the end for the Office of Thrift Supervision.
07.20.10
Seventeen advocacy groups formally requested that the Federal Trade Commission increase privacy protections for children on the Internet by broadening the definition of “personal information” and extending the reach of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
07.16.10
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Act") was passed by the Senate yesterday afternoon, and it now goes to the President for signature.
07.15.10
On July 14, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission announced two settlements concerning health and weight loss claims for food and dietary supplement products.
07.13.10
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”), enacted on February 17, 2009, was designed to promote the widespread adoption of electronic health records (“EHRs”) and other health information technology tools.
Last week Manatt lawyers filed an opening brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of football legend Jim Brown.
07.08.10
Functional Ingredients' managing editor Hank Schultz spoke with Wasserman at the Natural Marketplace show in Las Vegas.