Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Class Actions in Canada 2012 - The Year in Review and The Year Ahead

by Deborah Glendinning, Christopher Naudie, Éric Préfontaine | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 1/30/2013

In This Issue: Introduction; Class Action Practice Developments; Common Issues Trials; Class Actions in Quebec; Securities Class Actions; Competition Class Actions; Product Liability Class Actions; Franchise Class...more

Mortgage Banking Update - December 14, 2012

by Paul Apicella, Stefanie Jackman, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Barbara S. Mishkin, Brian D. Pedrow, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/14/2012

In This Issue: - CFPB Monitor Named to the ABA Journal Annual Blawg 100 List - Temporary CONGRESS PASSES LEGISLATION TO FIX CFPB PRIVILEGE WAIVER PROBLEM - CFPB DESCRIBES PLANS FOR COORDINATING WITH STATE...more

Mortgage Banking Update - October 19, 2012

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/19/2012

In This Issue: - FTC Settles FCRA Enforcement Actions Alleging Wrongful Sale and Use of Prescreened Lists - Colorado Court of Appeals Finds “Fractional Interests” Not Lots under the Interstate Land Sales Full...more

Employers Must Update FCRA-Required Forms

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/18/2012

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released new regulations requiring employers to update forms mandated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by January 1, 2013. The changes consist primarily of...more

New FCRA Forms Take Effect January 1, 2013

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 9/20/2012

Employers must adopt new Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) forms by January 1, 2013, in light of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 shifting FCRA rulemaking authority from the Federal Trade...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - July 20, 2012

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/20/2012

In this issue: - SEC Issues Cautionary Staff Report On IFRS - FSOC Designates Eight Systemically Significant Financial Market Utilities - CFTC Approves NFA Segregated Funds Reporting Requirements - NFA...more

FTC Settles FCRA Charges Against Data Broker

by BuckleySandler LLP on 6/19/2012

On June 12, the FTC announced that a data broker agreed to settle charges that it marketed and sold consumer profiles to companies engaged in human resources, background screening, and recruiting without taking steps to...more

China 20/20: Legal & Regulatory Developments - May 2012

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/6/2012

In This Issue: - MOFCOM Improves the Filing Administration of Foreign Invested Venture Capital Enterprises - Supplementary Provisions to the Measures Governing Foreign Invested Commercial Enterprises -...more

Background Checks: There's An App For That

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/7/2012

In January of this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning to three companies that sell mobile applications (apps) which provide background reports, including criminal record reports. The issues are whether...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - February 3, 2012

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/8/2012

In this issue; - NYSE Restricts Broker Discretionary Voting - Delaware Chancery Court Provides Clarity on Default Fiduciary Duties Owed by a Manager of a Limited Liability Company - Joint Report to...more

The FTC Staff Report on “40 Years of Experience with the Fair Credit Reporting Act” Illuminates Areas of Potential Class Action...

by Littler on 12/14/2011

Table of Contents: I. INTRODUCTION 1; II. BACKGROUND FOR THE FTC STAFF REPORT 2; III. SUMMARY OF FCRA OBLIGATIONS ON EMPLOYERS THAT USE CONSUMER REPORTS FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES 2; IV. SUMMARY OF FCRA REMEDIES 4; V. THE...more

"China Welcomes Foreign Investment"

by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 6/29/2010

In the past two years, the landscape of foreign direct investment (“FDI”) in China has been changed by several newly promulgated legislations and regulations, among which are the Labor Contract Law, the Anti-Monopoly Law, the...more

It's Your Business- Spring 2010

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 5/20/2010

IN THIS ISSUE: FTC to Begin Red Flags Rule Enforcement; Helping Employees without Hurting Your Business: Legal Considerations in Making Employee Loans; More than Good Manners-Personal Goodwill May Reduce Taxes. Please see...more