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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

Employment And Labor Law Alert: Minnesota's Same-Sex Marriage Law: Effects On Employers

by Angela Bohmann, Jewelie Grape, Christina Sans | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 5/20/2013

On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Governor Dayton signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota (H.F. 1054 and S.F. 925), effective August 1, 2013....more

Cyprus: To Litigate or Not to Litigate?

by Pavlos Aristodemou | Harney Westwood & Riegels on 4/17/2013

Harneys’ Cyprus Banking Group is closely monitoring a legal challenge to the bail-out legislation which is currently before the Cyprus courts....more

Weekly Brief: DOJ Memo Details Justification For Killing US Citizens [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 2/7/2013

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg Law) -- Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia runs through the legal news for the week. A confidential memo leaked from the Department of Justice details the legal rationale for the extrajudicial killing of American...more

Sixth Circuit Affirms Fair Lending Class Certification Denial

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/28/2013

On January 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of class certification sought by a proposed class of borrowers alleging that a lender’s mortgage loan pricing policy, which...more

Second Circuit Overturns Pryor Cashman Client’s Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Convictions

by Pryor Cashman LLP on 11/15/2012

New York Law Journal November 15, 2012 Press Release and Media Coverage In a major decision announced November 8, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has overturned Pryor Cashman client Felix Nkansah’s...more

Harrisburg, PA files for Bankruptcy

by Aaron Nielson on 10/13/2011

Harrisburg, PA files for Bankruptcy Pennsylvania’s capital city Harrisburg filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday October 12, 2011. Municipal bankruptcy filings are not common. These cases are filed under Chapter 9...more

Are bankruptcy filings increasing or decreasing?

by Aaron Nielson on 10/13/2011

Are bankruptcy filings increasing or decreasing? This is a common question I receive. Are more people filing bankruptcy now or has it slowed down? The number of cases filed each month isn’t a secret. The courts...more

<<Dove va la spesa sanitaria?>> Dai trend di spesa ai tasselli di una nuova governance

by Nicola Carmine Salerno on 9/15/2010

Spesa sanitaria Proiezioni 2030 - 2050 Modalità di finanziamento Finanziamento multipillar Pay as you go vs. accumulazione reale Ocse, Awg - Ecofin, Fmi Proposta fondo di welfare Generational...more