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07.26.10

Manatt Partners to Discuss Key Enforcement Concerns for Food and Dietary Supplement Companies

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

The Future of the Federal Thrift Charter

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

Advocacy Groups to FTC: Strengthen, Broaden COPPA

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

Congress Passes Financial Reform Bill Impacting The Card Processing Business

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

Breaking News: FTC “Boosts” the Claim Substantiation Standard in Two Settlements

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

HHS Proposed HITECH Rule Changes HIPAA Landscape

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. 


07.13.10

Manatt Represents Football Legend In Appeal Against Electronic Arts

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

Podcast: Manatt Partner Ivan Wasserman On GAO Report About Tainted Supplements

Functional Ingredients' managing editor Hank Schultz spoke with Wasserman at the Natural Marketplace show in Las Vegas.


07.08.10

IRS Issues Notice 2010-41 Outlining Regulations to be Issued

In December 2008, the IRS issued Notice 2009-7 to spotlight a transaction that it suspected was being used by U.S. taxpayers to avoid the current inclusion in gross income of certain income of “controlled foreign corporations” (“CFCs”) pursuant to § 951(a) of the ...


07.01.10

The Dodd-Frank Act Will Open All States To Interstate De Novo Branching

One section, covering half a page in the 2,300 page Conference Committee Report for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, will remove the key political compromise of the 1994 Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act.