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Click on any advisory below to learn about recent cases, trends, legislation, emerging issues, and more that impact your industry and your organization. These periodic publications, compiled by Wiggin and Dana attorneys with frontline legal and industry knowledge, are designed to help you stay on top of developing legal and business matters.

Date	Title
12.23.2002	An Update on Affirmative Action Obligation
12.23.2002	Are Websites Covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act?
12.23.2002	Harassment Cases Continue to Thrive
12.23.2002	In Focus
12.23.2002	New H-1B Visa Extension Law
12.4.2002	Retirement Assets — The New Rules Concerning Required Minimum Distributions
12.4.2002	SEC Issues Proposed Rules Concerning Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys
11.21.2002	Neiman v. Yale University
11.8.2002	Treasury Issues Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Rule for Unregistered Investment Companies
10.29.2002	SEC Issues Proposed Rules Implementing Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
10.28.2002	Review of Key Legislation Relating to Providers of Services to the Elderly
10.28.2002	Special Advisory: HHS-OIG Proposes Guidance For Pharmaceutical Manufacturers: Important Implications For Health Care Providers
10.28.2002	Special Advisory: State Law Amended to Require Dual Medicare and Medicaid Certification of All Nursing Home Beds
10.8.2002	Lead Paint Enforcement
9.23.2002	Section 501(c)(3) Organizations, Intermediate Sanctions, and Reasonable Compensation: A Primer
9.20.2002	Section 501(c)(3) Organizations, Intermediate Sanctions, and Reasonable Compensation: A Primer
9.5.2002	Final Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
9.3.2002	Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - A Calendar of Important Dates
8.27.2002	USPTO 21st Century Strategic Plan
8.12.2002	Corporate Document Retention and Destruction Policies
8.7.2002	The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
7.31.2002	Recent SEC Rule Proposals to Enhance Corporate Disclosure
7.19.2002	In Focus
7.19.2002	Intellectual Property Considerations with Employees
7.19.2002	New Public Act Affects Employment Applications
7.19.2002	Recent Supreme Court Employment Decisions
7.17.2002	Gift and Estate Tax Strategies in Periods of Low Interest Rates
7.2.2002	Inventions by Municipal Employees
6.14.2002	New Federal Requirements For Health Plans
6.14.2002	United States Supreme Court Reinvigorates Patent Law Doctrine of Equivalents
5.19.2002	Copyright: Grant Allowing Electronic Use of Copyrighted Works Must Be Explicit
5.19.2002	Copyright: Potential Extended Copyright Term for Certain Unpublished Works
5.19.2002	E-commerce: U.S. Enforces Encryption Export Rules
5.19.2002	Patents: Effect of American Inventor's Protection Act on Inventions in Biotechnology
5.19.2002	Patents: Recent Case Reveals Problem Claiming Paris Convention Priority
5.16.2002	Electronic Transactions and Code Sets Requirements
5.16.2002	HIPAA Update - Basic HIPAA Implementation Facts
5.16.2002	Privacy Requirements
5.16.2002	Security Requirements
5.1.2002	How to Handle an SEC Inspection
4.24.2002	HIPAA Privacy Implementation
4.19.2002	Research Tool Patents — Opening Loopholes For Offshore Use
4.19.2002	When Is A Reach-Through License Appropriate
4.17.2002	Reminder — New Retirement Plan Rules
4.16.2002	Attachment to New Retirement Plan Rules: Employee Notice Regarding Saver's Credit
4.16.2002	Attachment to New Retirement Plan Rules: Safe Harbor Explanation Regarding Plan Distribution
4.4.2002	Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. v. Surgical Technologies Inc. et al
4.1.2002	BioInsights, April 2002 - Issue 4
3.27.2002	SEC to Propose New Corporate Disclosure Rules
3.26.2002	Supreme Court Holds FMLA Regulation Invalid
2.14.2002	Estate Planning Alert
2.8.2002	Patent Practice Group Client Alert: 18 Month Publication Rule
1.13.2002	Avoiding Liability in Sexual Harassment Claims
1.13.2002	In Focus: Investigating Employee Complaints
1.13.2002	Proposed INS Restructuring After September
1.13.2002	Punitive Damages Alone may be Awarded
1.13.2002	Recent Developments at the OFCCP
1.13.2002	Supreme Court Limits Application of the Americans with Disabilities Act
1.13.2002	Tax Relief for Leave Based Donation Programs
1.4.2002	IRS Proposes Rules Imposing Employment Tax Withholding Upon Exercise of Incentive Stock Options