Buckley LLP | USA | 16 Aug 2018
On August 6, the Massachusetts Attorney General announced a settlement with a securities firm related to the allegedly unfair purchase and…
Foley & Lardner LLP | USA | 27 Jul 2017
Nearly one year ago, we wrote about auto loan delinquencies’ potential impact on the automotive industry. Now, car sales are falling and auto loan…
Maurice Wutscher LLP | USA | 22 May 2017
The Supreme Court of the United States recently held that a city qualifies as an “aggrieved person” under the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 15 Mar 2017
On March 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a Request for Information (2017 RFI) regarding the consumer…
Milbank LLP | United Kingdom, USA | 15 Mar 2017
Although the laws relating to legal professional privilege in England and attorney-client privilege in the US share a common underlying policy…
Dechert LLP | USA | 23 Jan 2017
This is all about the difficulty of taking the punch bowl away from a roaring good party. Over the past several weeks a number of major banks folded…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 17 Jan 2017
It is well-established that Canadian courts have jurisdiction to approve a plan of compromise or arrangement under the Companies’ Creditors…
Edgeworth Economics | USA | 19 Jul 2016
An element of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) potential rulemaking on arbitration agreements is a proposal to require the submission…
Cooley LLP | United Kingdom | 12 Jul 2016
The FCA has published a “Call for input to the post-implementation review of [its] crowdfunding rules“. Some will think this is code for “move along…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 31 May 2016
On May 23, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a jury's finding of liability and the district court's imposition…