Since the CFPB issued its Arbitration Rule in July, most commentators have focused on ways the rule may be blocked from going into effect. Chief among these is the possibility that Congre...
We
previously outlined
the growing threat of securities class action lawsuits against life sciences companies and the importance of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Omn...
On July 7, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated parts of the District Court’s class certification order in In re Petrobras Securities Litigation (“P...
Three recent cybersecurity events highlight the need for companies to review their access controls to limit who has administrator privileges and how long those elevated privileges last.
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On June 26, 2017, the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
split down the middle
over whether the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC’s”) appointment of Administrative ...
Decision Yesterday and Two Denials of Certiorari Today Decline to Apply American Pipe Tolling to Statutes of Repose Under Both the ’33 Act and ’34 Act
On June 26, 2017, the United St...
On June 5, 2017, the Supreme Court decided Kokesh v. SEC, and unanimously held that the five-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2462—which governs any “action, suit or proce...
On April 18, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kokesh v. SEC to resolve a circuit split on the issue of whether the five-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2462—wh...
Today the Trump Administration announced the selection of Makan Delrahim, currently Deputy Counsel to President Trump for Nominations and Oversight, to be the next Assistant Attorney Gene...
Today, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Somers v. Digital Realty Trust Inc., No. 15-17352 (9th Cir. Mar. 8, 2017), deciding that Dodd-Frank Act’s anti-retaliation provision “sho...
