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Healthcare Law News

Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:16:54 GMT -

Talk about a paperwork nightmare: Tucked into the massive new health care law is a demand that nearly 40 million U.S. businesses file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods.

Geron says FDA lifts hold on stem cell trial
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:07:25 GMT -

The developer of the treatment, Geron Corp. , said the Food and Drug Administration removed a clinical hold on its GRNOPC1 therapy.

Employment / Labor Law News

SCC sets hearing on worker's compensation level adjustments
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:36:50 GMT -

The State Corporation Commission will hold a hearing about a proposal to decrease the premium levels for worker's compensation insurance.

Disability rights
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:27:24 GMT -

It would be easy to miss some things that have happened since President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act 20 years ago.

Environmental Law News

EPA to Crack Down on Farm Dust
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:48:11 GMT -

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a crackdown on farm dust, so 21 senators have signed a letter addressing their concerns on the possible regulations.

EPA Rejects Cuccinelli's Greenhouse Gases Challenge
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:32:50 GMT -

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's challenge to the federal government's conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerous to people has failed on the regulatory front but remains alive in court.

Corporate / Securities Law News

Wealthy Dallas brothers become SEC fraud target
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:36:57 GMT -

TEXT SIZE The Associated Press Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip.

WaPo Puts GOP Donor Scandal on Front Page, But Buried Dem Donor Scandal
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:32:00 GMT -

Some very persuasive evidence of a double standard at work in The Washington Post came to light today.