Dockets

• New Mexico United Food And Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Health ...

  1:2012cv10262
  Filed in Massachusetts District Court
  Type of Suit: Antitrust
  Plaintiff: New Mexico United Food And Commercial Workers Union's and Employers' Health and Welfare Trust Fund. Defendant: Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceutical, Warner-Lambert Company, Warner-Lambert Company LLC, Ranbaxy Inc. and other.
  Cause Of Action: Antitrust Litigation
  (February 8, 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)

• Higgins v. Pool Corporation et al

  2:2012cv00378
  Filed in Louisiana Eastern District Court
  Type of Suit: Antitrust
  Plaintiff: Danny Higgin. Defendant: Pool Corporation, SCP Distributors, LLC and Superior Pool Products, LLC.
  Judge: Sarah S. Vance
  Cause Of Action: Antitrust Litigation
  (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)

• 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)

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 Personal Property Securities (Draft) Bill 2008 – Problems and Why it Will Not Work Australian Property Law Journal, Vol. 17, pp. 119-133, 2009 Lang Thai School of Law, Deakin University Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 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 4 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 72 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 20 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)

• The Oligopoly Problem in EU Competition Law

  Nicolas Petit University of Liege Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Last Revised: February 09, 2012
  (February 8, 2012)

• Classical Contract Law, Past and Present

  Anat Rosenberg Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah - Radzyner School of Law Date Posted: January 24, 2012 Working Paper Series 142 downloads Contracts Meet Henry Ford Barak D. Richman Duke University - School of Law Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Working Paper Series 37 downloads Reference Points and Contract Interpretation: An Empirical Examination Doron Teichman , Yuval Feldman and Amos Schurr Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law , Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Working Paper Series 15 downloads Strengthening the Level of Integrity of Public Procurement at the Execution Phase: Evidence from the Italian National Frame Contracts Gian Luigi Albano and Roberto Zampino Consip S.p.A. - The Italian Public Procurement Agency and Consip S.p.A. - The Italian Public Procurement Agency Date Posted: January 22, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads La Culpa in Contrahendo: Historia, Evolución Y Estado Actual De La Cuestión (Culpa in Contrahendo) Revista E-mercatoria, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2011 Jaime Alberto Mendieta affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Quasi-Contracts and Unjustified Enrichment in French Law (Quasi-Contrats et Enrichissement Injustifié en Droit Français) Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/04 Eric Descheemaeker University of Edinburgh - School of Law Date Posted: January 19, 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)

• 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 25 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 9 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 10 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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