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Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 15 Nov 2018
New York Court Lets TCPA Claim Continue After Death
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) continues to haunt defendants even after the death of a named plaintiff, with a New York federal court…
Holland & Knight LLP | USA | 1 Jun 2017
March 2017 Retail Patent Litigation Report
March filings were slow, presumably as NPEs waited for the TC Heartland decision from SCOTUS. Frequent filers included Checkerboard Intellectual…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 9 Dec 2014
Tribunal upholds corporate officer liability for sales tax despite creditor’s “sweep arrangement” with corporation
The Tax Appeals Tribunal has upheld an Administrative Law Judge decision that an officer of a defunct car dealership was personally liable for the…
Winston & Strawn LLP | USA | 10 Nov 2014
Financial services update November 10 2014 Securities and Exchange Commission
On October 31st, the SEC's Division of Investment Management's Chief Accountant issued guidance on the presentation of consolidated financial…
RPC | European Union, United Kingdom | 29 Oct 2014
GMAC's strategy for limiting VAT payments is lawful
The decision of the ECJ in the GMAC case represents a comprehensive win for the taxpayer. Although many accounts of the decision have focused upon…
Troutman Pepper | USA | 19 Sep 2014
Equitable subrogation: “complete and perfect justice” requires party to be without fault
A lender that attached the wrong legal description to its recorded mortgage sought equitable subrogation and/or reformation of the mortgage in order…
Aird & Berlis LLP | Aird & McBurney LP | Canada | 28 May 2014
No Construction Lien Act (Ontario) deemed trust in bankruptcy
In his recent decision in Royal Bank of Canada v. Atlas Block Co. Limited, 2014 ONSC 3062 ("Atlas Block"), Justice Penny of the Ontario Superior…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 17 Jan 2014
Auto lender to pay $98 million to resolve discriminatory lending action
In the first joint fair lending action in the indirect auto lending context by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 20 Dec 2013
CFPB and the DOJ order Ally Financial Inc. to pay $80 million to 235,000 minority borrowers for discriminatory auto loan pricing
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered the federal government's largest auto loan…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 2 Oct 2013
Corporate officer liable for sales tax despite creditor's "sweep arrangement" with corporation
A recent decision upholding the personal liability of a corporate officer for a corporation's New York sales tax liabilities is a stark reminder that…
