Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 27 Sep 2019
In 1972, the Sierra Club brought suit in California to temporarily halt logging in a primitive forest to try to prevent despoliation that might have…
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 27 Sep 2019
Justice Clarence Thomas recently triggered profound concern among First Amendment and media lawyers by suggesting that the nation's high court…
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 15 Mar 2018
Following the D.C. Court of Appeals' December 2016 decision in Competitive Enter. Inst. v. Mann, 2017 had the potential to be a big year for…
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 24 Jan 2017
In 2015, the District of Columbia Circuit held, in Abbas v. Foreign Policy Group, that the D.C. anti-SLAPP statute conflicts with the Federal Rules of…
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 29 Jan 2016
In April, the D.C. Circuit held that the District of Columbia anti-SLAPP statute does not apply in a federal court diversity case because "Federal…
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 27 Mar 2012
On Feb. 29, 2012, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comments on a proposed customer due diligence (CDD) regulation that would explicitly require covered financial institutions to institute defined programs to identify the real or beneficial ownership of accountholders.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 21 Feb 2012
The ping-pong match between the Second Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the enforceability of arbitration provisions continues.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 9 Nov 2010
On Oct. 19, 2010, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) issued a final rule to delay the effective date of certain gift card disclosure requirements until Jan. 31, 2011.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 28 Jan 2010
Public companies may need to modify their environmental risk reporting, thanks to a Securities Exchange Commission decision on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.