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insightOSHA civil penalties jumped dramatically on August 1, 2016, creating a daunting burden for employers. Last year, Congress enacted the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 0f 2015.
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insightIt’s a simple question – if a U.S. exporter sells its product to a foreign customer, and the customer resells the product to a prohibited country such as Iran, can the U.S. exporter have liability for an export violation? The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia handed down an important decision regarding obligations of U.S. exporters in such situations. This is a sobering decision that every exporter should read.
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insightCongratulations to Steve Test on being inducted as a Fellow by the American College of Trial Lawyers. Steve was officially inducted on Sept. 17 at the College's annual meeting in Philadelphia. He joins Howard Dobbins and the late Donald Clark as Williams Mullen attorneys who have been inducted into the college.
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insightLast week, Williams Mullen was one of several companies involved in the launch of the Unmanned Systems Association of Virginia (USAV). Kevin Pomfret will serve as the Interim Executive Director of the USAV and Patrick Cushing will serve as one of the association’s registered lobbyists before the Virginia General Assembly and Administration.
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insightEarlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) finalized regulations under Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits certain “covered entities” from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability with respect to any health program or activity.
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insightOn Wed. Sept 7, Kevin Pomfret presented before the Committee on Science, Space and Technology in the U.S. House of Representatives on Commercial Remote Sensing: Facilitating Innovation and Leadership. Specifically, Kevin discussed whether the Land Remote Sensing Act of 1992 should be updated, particularly those sections pertaining to the licensing of commercial remote sensing satellites by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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insightThe Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) within the State Department has relaunched its “Company Visit Program.” Under the Company Visit Program, DDTC officials come to your office to review your company’s compliance activities under the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (“ITAR”). DDTC has recently resumed conducting company visits and has issued additional information about the program - every company that is regulated under ITAR should be familiar with this.
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insightOn Thursday, Sept. 8, federal prosecutors announced they would drop their corruption case against former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife. White Collar & Investigations attorney Chuck James analyzed the decision for several media outlets.
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peopleGrady Palmer focuses his practice on land use regulations and state and local government law. After 10 years of service in the City of Chesapeake’s City Attorney’s office and five years in the private sector, he has experience with residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use projects, including development agreements, public finance, public-private partnerships, transportation and utilities.
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insightThe Internal Revenue Service has offered some reprieve to individuals who receive a distribution from a retirement Plan or an individual retirement arrangement (IRA) and inadvertently miss the 60-day time limit for rolling these amounts into another retirement plan or IRA.