Vedder Price PC | USA | 15 Dec 2016
On November 7, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on appeal by the Division of Enforcement, overturned an administrative law judge's…
Vedder Price PC | USA | 30 May 2014
In In re Residential Capital, LLC, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recently granted an oversecured creditor's request…
Vedder Price PC | USA | 9 Apr 2014
Despite several delays, it seems almost certain that the "Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act"1 (FATCA) will finally go into effect on July 1, 2014…
Vedder Price PC | United Kingdom | 24 Jul 2013
Following the French Court of Cassation's Rothschild decision, the High Court has ruled that one-sided jurisdiction clauses will be upheld by the…
Vedder Price PC | USA | 3 Nov 2011
Executives and former owners of a business are often retained after a sale of the business to assist in the transition of the company.
Vedder Price PC | USA | 16 Sep 2011
Today, September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”), H.R. 1249, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 23, 2011.
Vedder Price PC | USA | 1 Jul 2011
One of the significant features of the Cape Town Convention was the creation of an international registry whereby all security interests, leases and similar interests relating to aircraft equipment would be registered and, subject to certain exceptions, accorded priority based on the order of registration.
Vedder Price PC | USA | 1 Jul 2011
On June 15, 2011, the SEC charged Pegasus Investment Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser and the general partner of two private funds, and two of its officers in connection with undisclosed cash payments.
Vedder Price PC | USA | 1 Jun 2011
Illinois courts have long held that a policyholder is entitled to retain independent counsel at the insurance company's expense whenever there is a conflict between the interests of the insurance company and those of the policyholder.
Vedder Price PC | USA | 1 Apr 2011
On March 14, 2011, the SEC charged JSK Associates, Inc., Jerome Keenan, JSK’s president, and Paul Dos Santos, JSK’s vice president, with failing to disclose to their advisory clients the financial benefits received as a result of cash held in client advisory accounts and from fixed-income trades on a riskless principal basis with advisory clients.