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| 1 | Wage & Hour Investigations Update John W. Robinson; Fowler White Boggs Banker; July 26, 2008, previously published on July 9, 2008 Jim Schmidt, District Director of the Tampa Office of the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor, spoke at our firm on June 13, 2008. Director Schmidt identified some targeted local investigations. |
| 2 | Agricultural Commodity Price Increases: Spurring a New Farm Crisis? Jacob D. Bylund, Michael R. Stewart; Faegre & Benson LLP; July 26, 2008, previously published on July 2008 According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of food, as that term is used in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased 5.1 percent for the year that ended May 31, 2008. |
| 3 | Congress Approves Latest Farm Bill with Implications for Ethanol Trade Mark R. Ludwikowski, Matthew R. Nicely; Thompson Hine LLP; July 17, 2008, previously published on June 27, 2008 On June 18, the U.S. Congress overturned for the second time President Bush's veto of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - H.R. 6124, also known as the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill (hereafter referred to as the "2007 Farm Bill" or "Farm Bill"). |
| 4 | CFTC Update David S. Mitchell, Mark Molle; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; June 28, 2008, previously published on June 11, 2008 Several significant developments have recently occurred: (1) The CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008, which was included as a separate title of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (better known as the "Farm Bill"), was enacted into law on May 22, 2008, when Congress overrode... |
| 5 | Congress Considers Energy Measures Andrea Jill Grant, Lisa L. Jones; DLA Piper; June 18, 2008, previously published on May 28, 2008 As crude oil and gasoline prices soar and the summer road trip season begins, both parties in Congress are trying to demonstrate to the American public that they are taking action to lower petroleum prices. |
| 6 | Farm Bill Enacted; House Passes Extenders Bill--President Threatens Veto Laura Ellen Jones, Douglas E. Lamb, Timothy L. Jacobs, Andrew Kintzinger; Hunton & Williams LLP; June 16, 2008, previously published on May 2008 On May 21, 2008, the House, by a vote of 316-108, overrode the President's veto of the "Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008" (H.R. 2419, the "Farm Bill"). The following day, the Senate, by a vote of 82-13, also overrode the veto. |
| 7 | Farm Bill Passage Could Delay Changes to First Sale Valuation Until 2011 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; June 16, 2008, previously published on May 2008 The conference version of H.R. 2419, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill), has passed in the House and the Senate. |
| 8 | Protection of Plant Varieties of Foreign Breeding Nataliya Shapovalova; McGuireWoods Kazakhstan LLP; May 16, 2008, previously published on May 8, 2008 Since the Republic of Kazakhstan law on the protection of selective breeding achievements was enacted in 1999, the system of protection -- including plant varieties -- has not been noticeably amended. Currently, the issue of Kazakhstan acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of... |
| 9 | Counsel to Counsel Magazine -- May 2008 Complete Issue April 29, 2008 President's Letter: These are difficult times for many companies, but such times usually call the legal function to the fore. It's clear that the current economic slowdown has put real strain on corporations. The cash crunch has tightened business lending and made restructuring a more... |
| 10 | Impact of Unforeseen Events on Contracts: Part 1 - "Strikes in Argentina" Kyri Evagora, Charles Weller, Lisa Mason, Paul Dillon, Nick Shaw; Reed Smith LLP; May 6, 2008, previously published on April 7, 2008 As many of you will already know, Argentina is currently experiencing problems affecting the agricultural commodities sector. A poor domestic wheat yield led the government to impose "temporary" export restrictions in November 2007. These were lifted in December then re-imposed. They are... |
