Constitutional Law – May 23, 2012

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/18/2012

Supreme Court says “no” to Bulldog In March, I wrote that the Bulldog group of funds had asked the United States Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of Massachusetts’ ban on general solicitations in...more

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/9/2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently addressed the question of when a defendant can withdraw an invocation of the Fifth Amendment right to refrain from making self-incriminating statements....more

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/7/2012

In this issue: - SEC Issues Additional Guidance on Emerging Growth Companies - CFTC Issues Proposed Interpretative Statement - CFTC to Hold Public Meeting to Consider a Final Rule - CME Issues Advisory...more

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/14/2012

Federal and state securities laws are premised on the belief that the government can constitutionally prohibit or limit speech in connection with the offer or sale of securities. At least one issuer has aggressively...more

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 12/23/2011

In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the proposed federal Securities Act is unconstitutional. The federal government had referred the proposed legislation to the Supreme Court for an advisory...more

by Dan Goodman on 9/29/2011

The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Julliard v. Greenman (110 U.S. 421), held that: 1) Congress had the power to make its obligations a legal tender in the payment of private debts, and 2) that this power was...more

by iPleaders and Intelligent Legal Risk... on 9/8/2011

Almost everybody who is involved in any commercial transaction has to deal with creating, authorizing or validating a number of official documents. Hence it would serve him well to know about stamp duty, which is nothing but...more

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 7/12/2011

On May 30, 2005, Charles E. Rounds, Jr. published the attached article: "The Fiction of Social Security Bonds." On July 12, 2011, President Obama said he could not guarantee that retirees would receive their Social Security...more