Litigation

Section 9006 Tax Reporting for Small Businesses
Section 9006 of the new Health Care Reform bill states that businesses have to submit a Form 1099 for all purchases of goods and services of more than $600 a year made from any vendor...

How the Wall Street Reform Act Impacts Smaller Businesses: Shareholder Reporting Schedule 13D and Section 16(a)
The Act amends § 13(d) and § 16 of the 1934. Section 13(d) imposes certain reporting requirements on persons who own more than 5 percent of the outstanding securities of a company registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act...

Whats wrong with economic reporting
Justin Wolfers wonders about what he sees as an economics-reporting arbitrage: given this chart, he says, why aren't editors and reporters doing a better job of moving resources into economics reporting?

FERC: Kenai LNG Export Facility Subject to Same Reporting Requirements as Other U.S. LNG Facilities
On January 15 FERC issued an order clarifying that the Kenai LNG liquefaction facility must comply with the same reporting and inspection requirements under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act that apply  to other U...

Orcutt on 404 Certification for Smaller Reporting Companies
The Case Against Exempting Smaller Reporting Companies from Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Why Market-Based Solutions are Likely to Harm Ordinary Investors, by John L. Orcutt, Franklin Pierce Law Center, was recently posted on SSRN...

Pro Publica's legal chops The jury's out
Now that Pro Publica has gone live, what kind of legal-reporting leg is it showing so far? Some, not a lot. But it's a good sign that one of its six main news categories is "justice and law," and that there are at least a couple of experienced legal-reporting types -- not to mention a number of hard-core investigative reporters, all of whom presumably know their way around a docket sheet...

Tanning Salon Defamation
WDIO-TV pays undisclosed settlement after reporting false information about a business owner.

Target
Settles with NFB for $6 Million

Circo Booster Seats
Recalled by Target

Target, National Federation of the Blind
Settle Class Action for $6 Million