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Venable attorneys produce periodic alerts and newsletters covering a variety of topics and practice areas. For your convenience, we have assembled below a collection of the latest alerts and newsletters from March 2017. | |
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Fund Forum – March 2017 This issue of Venable's Fund Forum provides:
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The Trump Executive Order Train: Why Not All Executive Orders Are Created Equal The Executive Branch has many tools at its disposal for expressing policy preferences and implementing statutes passed by Congress. Agencies can issue regulations and discretionary guidance. The President can sign, revoke, or choose not to enforce or defend Executive Orders. When assessing the impact of a proposed regulation, rumored revocation of a previous Administration's policy, or shiny new EO, it is critical to take a step back and consider what action the Administration is taking, including the type of EO at issue. |
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NIST in the Private Sector The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory agency within the Department of Commerce, is responsible for developing technology, metrics, and standards for federal agencies. Although relatively small and unknown by the public, it is a leader in the data protection, cybersecurity, and privacy fields. In recent years, its reach and influence in such fields have begun to extend to the private sector. Although relatively unknown by the general public, NIST has been providing valuable input to the data protection, cybersecurity, and privacy fields for many years. Recently, its reach and influence has grown along with cybersecurity concerns in all sectors. |
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April 11, 2017: Government Contract M&A: What You Don't Know May Hurt You, a Deloitte-Hosted Webinar April 20, 2017: International Law: Checklist of Key International Issues for Corporate and Business Attorneys at the MSBA Advanced Business Law Institute May 9, 2017: Individual and Executive Liability Panel at MBA's Legal Issues & Regulatory Compliance Conference 2017 May 18, 2017: Moving Money Overseas and Back: What Every Nonprofit Operating Internationally Needs to Know, a Venable Luncheon and Webinar | |
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NY cybersecurity requirements for financial institutions, CFPB hearing on alternative data, and more in the March 3, 2017 issue of Consumer Financial Services Practice Digest CFPB RESPA enforcement, proposed delay of prepaid rule effective date, and more in the March 15, 2017 issue of Consumer Financial Services Practice Digest FTC requirements for debt collectors, credit reporting of public records data, and more in the March 20, 2017 issue of Consumer Financial Services Practice Digest Legal developments for contractors to consider, enforcement outlook for 2017, and more in the March 1, 2017 issue of Government Contracts Update SCOTUS rules on fashion standards, House Judiciary approves a bill to make Register of Copyrights a presidential appointee, and more in the March 2017 issue of IP Buzz Labor and employment under President Trump, news in non-competes, and more in the March 2017 issue of Labor & Employment Law Update CFPB RESPA Enforcement: Alive and Kick(back)-ing Don't "Waive" Your OCI Protest Grounds Goodbye Through Untimely Filing New York FOIL Bill Reappears: Attorneys' Fee Standard Shifts Again What Employers Need to Know About the GOP's Proposed "ACA Replacement" | |