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Court finds NSL gag orders unconstitutional, this time for real

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2013

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that the federal law allowing the government to issue National Security

An overview of the implementation of the Reinsurance Directive into Belgian law

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Belgium
  • -
  • September 30 2009

On 16 February 2009, Belgium implemented the Reinsurance Directive ("RID") into national law

OFAC and BIS amend Cuba sanctions regulations to ease travel and telecommunications restrictions

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Cuba, USA
  • -
  • September 23 2009

As previously reported, President Obama issued a press release on April 13, 2009, indicating the Administration’s intent to ease certain aspects of the US-Cuba trade sanctions regime in order to improve telecommunications connections between Cuba and the United States, and to make it easier for US persons to visit family members in Cuba and send money to them

Trio of data privacy bills pass Senate Judiciary Committee

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 20 2011

The Senate Judiciary Committee last month approved three data security and privacy bills (S. 1151, S. 1408, and S. 1535) that would preempt state breach notification laws and create a single, nationwide notification rule

Google challenges NSL

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2013

On the heels of the district court's decision, Google reportedly filed suit in the same court (pursuant to 18 USC 3511) to set aside or modify

CFI ruling on national preconditions for EU measures to freeze funds of individuals suspected of terrorism

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 8 2009

On 30 September 2009, the European Union’s Court of First Instance (the CFI) handed down yet another important judgment concerning the freezing of funds of individuals suspected of terrorism

A detailed summary of the cap and trade program provisions contained in HR 2454

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2009

On June 26, 2009, the United States House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454), a comprehensive bill addressing climate change and energy issues, by a vote of 219 to 212

UK company to pay £6.6 million in foreign bribery conviction

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 30 2009

On Friday, 25 September 2009, UK bridge-building company Mabey & Johnson Ltd. received a £6.6 million fine in the United Kingdom’s first successful prosecution of a company for foreign bribery offences

Duty suspension requests due by the end of the month

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 15 2009

Last week, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, called upon their colleagues in the Senate to submit duty suspension requests to the Committee by October 30

President delegates authority for congressional notification on missile equipment & technology exports

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2009

On October 2, 2009, the Federal Register published Presidential Determination 2009-31 (dated September 29, 2009) which addresses the congressional notification requirement of 1512 of the Strom Thurmond Defense Authorization Act of 1999 ("Thurmond Act"