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FTC Scrutinizing Information-Sharing Agreements

Jaclyn Jaeger February 14, 2012

A recent FTC enforcement action against three businesses for collusion via an industry trade association is sounding alarm bells, since the practice is so common. A consent decree with one of the businesses even overturns established safe-harbor practices. "This should be of interest to any company involved in competitor information exchanges," says Kathryn Fenton of law firm Jones Day.

Paper: Bank Pay Not Much Better Post-Crisis

Melissa Klein Aguilar December 01, 2010

Wall Street pay practices have improved somewhat since the global financial crisis of 2008, but banks still aren't tying compensation to long-term gains in performance, a whitepaper commissioned by the Council of Institutional Investors says.Little or no Wall Street compensation was linked to long-term future performance measures, according to the report,...

Carpenters' Triennial SOP Proposals Withdrawn

Melissa Aguilar September 14, 2009

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters has withdrawn 18 proposals urging companies to hold triennial advisory votes on executive compensation.As originally reported by RiskMetrics Group, UBC had filed 20 proposals. Two were successfully challenged by companies at the Securities and Exchange Commission.The move follows the House of Representatives' approval on July...

HIPAA HITECH Breach Notification Rule Posted

Melissa Aguilar August 24, 2009

Health care providers, health plans, and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act take note: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued new rules requiring those entities to notify individuals when their health information is breached.The "breach notification" regulations implement provisions of the...

Recovery Act Model COBRA Notices Posted

Melissa Aguilar March 25, 2009

The Department Of Labor has published four model notices for group health plans to notify certain current and former employees and beneficiaries about health care continuation coverage and premium reductions as required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.Group health plans subject to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation...

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