Finance & Banking – May 23, 2012

by Barger & Wolen on 5/21/2012

In Wood v. City of San Diego, Janet Wood brought suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging the surviving spouse benefit provided by the City of San Diego to retired employees discriminated on the basis of...more

by McDermott Will & Emery on 5/15/2012

In a recent landmark decision, China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress, increased the protection of suspects’ legal rights and reinforced its efforts to punish bribery and other crimes. The decision will...more

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/1/2012

In This Issue: - DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Budget/Appropriations. On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee approved FY 2013 302(b) spending allocations that follow the $1.028 trillion...more

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/19/2012

he CFPB today put consumer lenders on notice that it “will use all available legal avenues, including disparate impact, to pursue lenders whose practices discriminate against consumers.” The CFPB intends to employ disparate...more

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/13/2012

Last week we posted about plans by the National Fair Housing Alliance and certain of its member organizations to file administrative complaints and/or lawsuits against multiple financial institutions for alleged...more

by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 2/17/2012

Re Timminco Limited (2012) ONSC 506 (Ont. Commercial List) and (2012) ONSC 948 (Ont. Commercial List). Timminco Limited and Bécancour Silicon Inc. (together the “Timminco Entities”) sought and...more

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/19/2012

IN THIS ISSUE: - Editor's Overview - 2011 -- The Year in Review: Last Year's Most Significant ERISA - Litigation Opinions and What They Foreshadow for 2012 - Second Circuit's Recent ERISA Statute...more

by Foley Hoag LLP on 12/5/2011

Last week, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law “An Act Relative to Gender Identity,” also known as the Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Bill. This law, which will go into effect in July 2012, extends the state’s...more