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The following is a list of 104 publications and programs, sorted in reverse chronological order, which were released during the calendar year of 2010. You can sort these by type of publication and return to the date sort by clicking on the appropriate sort button.

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		Summer 2010, Subrogation & Recovery Observer (7/29/2010). Anderson, M., Campise, J., Caraher, K., Cook, A., Datt, R., Farnam, K., Feldman, E., Fox, D., Fruman, H., Goodman, J., Grumbley, B., Halbeisen, S., Hazan-Cohen, M., Hughes, K., Hulburt, L., Kay, R., Maycon, H., McFarland, M., Mullen, M., Noonan, J., Pengelley, P., Poynter, J., Radcliff, S., Roth, M., Schulze, J., Skaggs, J., Stamenkovic, M.
		License for Canned Software is Taxable, Tax Law Alert!The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that a license to use canned software is a license to use tangible personal property and is therefore taxable for Sales and Use Tax purposes. Dechert LLP v. Commonwealth, No. 12 MAP 2008 (Pa., July 20, 2010). Oral argument on the appeal was held over 1 ½ years ago. (7/27/2010). Bright, J.
		Retirees Find that Employer's Bankruptcy May Be a Good Thing, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Alert!In deciding a question never before addressed by a circuit level court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in In re Visteon, No. 10-1944 (July 13, 2010), held that the plain language of section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code forbids a debtor from modifying or terminating retiree benefits without first complying with that section’s procedural and substantive safeguards (7/26/2010). Colton, N., Felger, M., Carroll, J., Fraser, S.
		Update on the Implied Coinsured Rule (Subrogating Against a Tenant), Subrogation and Recovery Alert!A recent Wisconsin case clarifies an insurer's subrogation rights in the landlord-tenant context. When a tenant causes a loss and the landlord's insurer pays to repair the damage, the question in Wisconsin has been: Can the landlord's insurer recover against the tenant? In Wisconsin and other states, the landlord must show the tenant negligently or intentionally caused the damage. For further explanation, (7/22/2010). Lynch, P.
		FCC Offers ‘Third Way’ On Authority Over Internet Service, New York Law JournalThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacked jurisdiction over Comcast’s Internet service. Comcast Corp. v. FCC, Docket No. 08-1291 (D.C. Cir. April 6, 2010). Therefore, the FCC lacked authority to impose upon Comcast nondiscriminatory obligations regarding such services. (7/21/2010). Bronston, D.
		National Australia Bank—Not the Last Word on Foreign-Cubed Securities Litigation, Insurance Coverage Alert!In a recent decision by Justice Antonin Scalia in Morrison v. National Australia Bank (“NAB”) (June 24, 2010), the U.S. Supreme Court answered a question with which lower courts have struggled for more than 40 years—whether section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) provides a cause of action to foreign plaintiffs suing foreign and American defendants for misconduct in connection with securities traded on foreign exchanges—so called foreign-cubed litigation. (7/20/2010). Savino, A.
		Supreme Court Limits Exposure of Directors and Officers to Prosecutions for Honest Services Fraud, Insurance Coverage Alert!In three decisions issued on June 24, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States limited a favorite tool of prosecutors—the honest services statute—to its “solid core.” Justice Ginsburg, delivering the opinion of the Court in Skilling v. U.S., narrowed the Fifth Circuit’s broad interpretation of 18 U.S.C. §1346, which criminalizes “a scheme or artifice to defraud another of the intangible right of honest services,” and remanded the case. (7/14/2010). Savino, A., Johnson, D.
		Philadelphia Enacts New Law Regulating Lobbying, Public Strategies Alert!On June 16, 2010, Mayor Michael Nutter signed into law the first ever registration and reporting requirements for individuals engaged in lobbying with the city of Philadelphia. The law largely tracks the statutes which govern lobbying on the state level. It does not go into effect immediately, but will govern actions taken on or after July 1, 2011. (7/12/2010). Bonin, A.
		Pennsylvania Suspends the Expiration Dates of Development Permits and Approvals Until July 2, 2013, Real Estate Alert!This Alert addresses an Act passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature and signed by the Governor just this week, suspending the expiration dates of development permits and approvals issued by state and local governments and agencies throughout Pennsylvania. The Act applies to permits and approvals that expired after December 31, 2008, as well as those permits and approvals that are otherwise scheduled to expire prior to July 2, 2013. (7/7/2010). Intriligator, M., Witt, T.
		Supreme Court Addresses the Constitutionality of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board..., Securities Offerings and Regulation Alert!On June 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much anticipated decision in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (No. 08-861). Free Enterprise Fund challenged the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) on a number of constitutional grounds, sought to have the PCAOB declared unconstitutional, and sought to enjoin the PCAOB from exercising its enforcement powers. (7/7/2010). De Martino, R., Garvin, J.
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