Dockets

• Cerven et al v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina et al

  5:2012cv00017
  Filed in North Carolina Western District Court
  Type of Suit: Antitrust
  Plaintiff: Kelli R Cerven, Keith O Cerven, Teresa M Cerven, CFW Vending LLC and SHGI Corporation and other. Defendant: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
  Cause Of Action: Antitrust Litigation
  (February 6, 2012)

• Maldonado v. Denso Corporation et al

  3:2012cv01077
  Filed in Puerto Rico District Court
  Type of Suit: Antitrust
  Plaintiff: Luis Maldonado. Defendant: Denso Corporation and Denso International America, Inc.
  Cause Of Action: Fed. Question: Anti-trust
  (February 6, 2012)

• Diaz v. Yazaki Corporation et al

  3:2012cv01076
  Filed in Puerto Rico District Court
  Type of Suit: Antitrust
  Plaintiff: Lilliana Diaz. Defendant: Yazaki Corporation and Yazaki North America, Inc.
  Cause Of Action: Fed. Question: Anti-trust
  (February 6, 2012)

• SOUTH HUNTINGTON WATER DISTRICT v. SIGMA CORPORATION et al

  3:2012cv00734
  Filed in New Jersey District Court
  Type of Suit: Antitrust
  Plaintiff: SOUTH HUNTINGTON WATER DISTRICT. Defendant: SIGMA CORPORATION, MCWANE, INC. and STAR PIPE PRODUCTS, LTD.
  Judge: Freda L. Wolfson
  Cause Of Action: Clayton Act
  (February 6, 2012)

• Crespo v. Yazaki Corporation et al

  3:2012cv01075
  Filed in Puerto Rico District Court
  Type of Suit: Antitrust
  Plaintiff: Zahira Crespo. Defendant: Yazaki Corporation and Yazaki North America, Inc.
  Cause Of Action: Fed. Question: Anti-trust
  (February 6, 2012)

Legislation

• Bill Introduced: H.R.3860 Help Veterans Return to Work Act

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the responsibilities of small businesses with respect to the employment and reemployment rights of veterans.
  (January 30, 2012)

• Bill Introduced: H.R.3851 Small Business Advocate Act of 2012

  To amend the Small Business Act with respect to Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and for other purposes.
  (January 29, 2012)

• Bill Introduced: S.2050 Small Business Tax Extenders Act of 2012

  A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain provisions of the Creating Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, and for other purposes.
  (January 29, 2012)

• Bill Introduced: H.R.3850 Government Efficiency through Small Business Contracting Act of 2012

  To amend the Small Business Act with respect to goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
  (January 29, 2012)

• Bill Introduced: H.R.3840 Narrowing Exceptions for Withholding Taxes Act of 2012

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to provide for employment tax treatment of professional service businesses.
  (January 29, 2012)

Regulations

• Rule - Business Development Program Regulation Changes; Tribal Consultation

  Small Business Administration
  Rule
  Business Development Program Regulation Changes; Tribal Consultation
  ,
  33980-33981 [2011-14156]
  SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 13 CFR Part 124 [Docket No. SBA-2011-0013] 8(a) Business Development Program Regulation Changes; Tribal Consultation AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). ACTION: Notice; correction. SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) published a document in the Federal Register on Friday, May 13, 2011, concerning 8(a) Business Development Program Regulation Changes; Tribal Consultation. SBA announced holding tribal consultation meetings to discuss the... [read document]
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  (June 9, 2011)

• Rule - Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program

  Rural Business-Cooperative Service
  Rule
  Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program
  ,
  31217-31220 [2011-13061]
  Rules and Regulations Federal Register Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 31, 2011 / Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Housing Service Rural Business-Cooperative Service Rural Utilities Service Farm Service Agency 7 CFR Part 1980 RIN 0575-AC83 Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Utilities Service, Farm Service Agency, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule... [read document]
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  (May 30, 2011)

• Proposed Rule - Small Business Size Standards: Transportation and Warehousing

  Small Business Administration
  Proposed Rule
  Small Business Size Standards:
  Transportation and Warehousing
  ,
  27935-27952 [2011-11717]
  SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 13 CFR Part 121 RIN 3245-AG08 Small Business Size Standards: Transportation and Warehousing AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to increase small business size standards for 22 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing. As part of its ongoing initiative to review all size standards, SBA has evaluated... [read document]
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  (May 12, 2011)

• Rule - 8(a) Business Development Program Regulation Changes: Tribal Consultation Meetings

  Small Business Administration
  Rule
  8(a) Business Development Program Regulation Changes:
  Tribal Consultation Meetings
  ,
  27859-27860 [2011-11712]
  SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 13 CFR Part 124 [Docket No.: SBA-2011-0013] 8(a) Business Development Program Regulation Changes; Tribal Consultation AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice of tribal consultation meetings; request for comments. SUMMARY: On February 11, 2011, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) published a final rule in the Federal Register making changes to the regulations governing the section 8(a) Business Development (BD) program. SBA... [read document]
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  (May 12, 2011)

• Proposed Rule - Small Business Size Standards; Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

  Small Business Administration
  Proposed Rule
  Small Business Size Standards; Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
  ,
  27952 [2011-11707]
  SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 13 CFR Part 121 RIN 3245-AG07 Small Business Size Standards: Professional, Scientific and Technical Services. AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of extension of comment period. SUMMARY: On March 16, 2011, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) proposed to increase small business size standards for 35 industries and one sub-industry in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 54,... [read document]
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  (May 12, 2011)

Articles

• A Need for National Regulation on Property Investment Advice and Marketeering - Suggestions Put ...

  Australian Property Law Journal, Vol. 16, pp. 129-146, 2008 Lang Thai School of Law, Deakin University Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads Франчайзинг в праве Европейского Союза (Franchising in the Law of the European Union) Journal of International Law and International Relations, No. 4, pp. 8-11, 2005 Vera Korzun Fordham University - School of Law Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads Comparative Legal Diagnostics Giuseppe Bellantuono University of Trento - Department of Legal Sciences Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Working Paper Series 5 downloads Boomer-Ang Eldercare: Deductible Claim? Tax Notes, Vol. 134, No. 5, 2012 Wendy C. Gerzog University of Baltimore - School of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 61 downloads Empirical Studies of Contract Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Forthcoming, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-02 Zev J. Eigen Northwestern University School of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 15 downloads The Consumer Rights Directive Adopted Caroline Cauffman Universities of Maastricht and Antwerp Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Working Paper Series 7 downloads Infancy Doctrine Inquiries Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 52, pp. 47-80, 2012 Cheryl B. Preston and Brandon T. Crowther Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School Date Posted: February 05, 2012 Last Revised: February 09, 2012
  (February 8, 2012)

• Франчайзинг: сущность, проблемы, правовое ...

  Belarusian Journal of International Law and International Relations, No. 4, pp. 17-19, 2004 Vera Korzun Fordham University - School of Law Date Posted: February 02, 2012 Last Revised: February 09, 2012
  (February 8, 2012)

• Chinese Maritime Law Update - 2010

  Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, Vol. 42, pp. 358, 2011 Sik Kwan Tai , Peter Wong and Owen Tang School of Law, City University of HK , affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series Fictional Commodities in Asset Bubbles – Was Polanyi Right All Along? Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/09 Mark Findlay University of Sydney - Faculty of Law Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Note and Comments on the First Decision Based on the Chinese Regulations on International Maritime Transportation Concerning Terminal Handling Charges Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, Vol. 38, pp. 111, 2007 Sik Kwan Tai , Owen Tang and Peter Wong School of Law, City University of HK , affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads Sustaining the Right to Privacy in E- Commerce Environment: The Legal Approach Duryana Mohamed Dr Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads Франчайзинг в праве Европейского Союза (Franchising in the Law of the European Union) Journal of International Law and International Relations, No. 4, pp. 8-11, 2005 Vera Korzun Fordham University - School of Law Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads Bankers’ Pay after the 2008 Crisis: Regulatory Reforms in the US and the EU Zeitschrift fur Bankrecht und Bankwirtschaft (Journal of Banking Law and Banking), Forthcoming Guido A. Ferrarini and Maria Cristina Ungureanu University of Genoa - Law School and University of Genoa - Law School Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Accepted Paper Series Banks Collect Overdraft Opt-Ins Through Misleading Marketing: Survey Finds Low Opt-In Rate, High Number of Misperceptions Joshua M. Frank Center for Responsible Lending Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Working Paper Series Exclusion as a Core Competition Concern Jonathan B. Baker American University - Washington College of Law Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Working Paper Series 7 downloads Regulatory Enforcement, Politics, and Institutional Distance: OSHA Inspections 1990-2010 Michael D. Makowsky and Juergen Jung Towson University - Department of Economics and Towson University - Department of Economics Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Working Paper Series 4 downloads Will Gene Patents Derail the Next-Generation of Genetic Technologies?: A Reassessment of the Evidence Suggests Not Christopher M. Holman University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Working Paper Series 3 downloads A Yellow Light for "Green Zoning": Some Words of Caution About Incorporating Green Building Standards into Local Land Use Law The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 949-975, 2011 Michael Allan Wolf University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 8 downloads Beyond Compliance: Explaining Business Participation in Voluntary Environmental Programs U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-04, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-06 Jonathan C. Borck and Cary Coglianese Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts and University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads International Payments Law Reform: Introduction of Global Code of Payments Banking & Finance Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 3, p. 405, June 2010 Julius Kiss Charles University in Prague - Law Faculty Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 5 downloads Is Principle Based Legislation Smart Choice for Capital Market’s Regulation? Borut Strazisar Fakulteta Za Komercialne in Poslovne Vede Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Working Paper Series 2 downloads The Constitution and the Substantive Principles of Judicial Review: The Full Scope of the Entrenched Minimum Provision of Judicial Review Federal Law Review, Vol. 39, p. 463, 2011 Will Bateman Australian National University (ANU) Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Last Revised: February 08, 2012
  (February 7, 2012)

• Board Accountability and Risk Taking in Banking – Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

  RWI: Discussion Paper No. 313 Tobias Körner Ruhr Graduate School in Economics Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Working Paper Series 5 downloads How the Gun-Free School Zones Act Saved the Individual Mandate U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 263, Michigan Law Review First Impressions, Vol. 11, p. 44, February 2012 Richard Primus University of Michigan Law School Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Accepted Paper Series Index Funds and Securities Fraud Litigation Richard A. Booth Villanova University School of Law Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Working Paper Series 4 downloads Optimal Specificity in Environmental Standard-Setting CRITICAL ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPTCTIVES, Vol. III, pp. 730-745, C. Dias Soars, J.E. Milne, H. Ashiabor, L. Kreiser, K. Deketelaere, eds., Oxford University Press, 2010 , Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper Forthcoming MICHAEL G. FAURE University of Maastricht - Faculty of Law, Metro Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Working Paper Series 2 downloads The Role of Aspiration in Corporate Fiduciary Duties Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 12-51 Julian Velasco University of Notre Dame Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Working Paper Series 30 downloads Volkswagen and Porsche: One Family, Two Car Companies, & a Battle for Corporate Control Heike Nolte and Alva Wright Butcher University of Applied Sciences Emden-Leer and University of Puget Sound Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Working Paper Series 11 downloads A Review of the WTO Regime for Telecommunications Services THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION AND TRADE IN SERVICES, pp. 319-379, K. Alexander & M. Andenas, eds., Martinus Nijhoff, 2008 Marco Bronckers and Pierre Larouche Leiden University - Leiden Law School and Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) Date Posted: January 31, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads American Entrepreneur in China: Potholes and Roadblocks on the Silk Road to Prosperity Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 12, 2012 Lawrence J. Trautman affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 31, 2012 Last Revised: February 08, 2012
  (February 7, 2012)

• D & O Insurance: A Primer

  American University Business Law Review, Vol. 1, 2012 Lawrence J. Trautman and Kara Altenbaumer-Price affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 21 downloads Excerpt from 'Identity and Invention: The Culture and Ethics of Personalized Medicine Patenting' IDENTITY AND INVENTION: THE CULTURE AND ETHICS OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE PATENTING, Cambridge University Press, 2012, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1188 Shubha Ghosh University of Wisconsin Law School Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 7 downloads Informing and Reforming the Marketplace of Ideas: The Public-Private Partnership for Data Production and the First Amendment Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1189 Shubha Ghosh University of Wisconsin Law School Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 8 downloads Procedural Due Process Under the Australian Constitution Sydney Law Review, Vol. 31, pp. 411, 2009 Will Bateman Australian National University (ANU) Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads Revisiting the Impact of Judicial Review on Agency Rulemakings: An Empirical Investigation William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 53, 2012 Wendy E. Wagner University of Texas - School of Law, The Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads The Matrix: The Board’s Responsibility for Director Selection and Recruitment Florida State University Business Review, Vol. 11, 2012 Lawrence J. Trautman affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Last Revised: February 08, 2012
  (February 7, 2012)

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