Finance & Banking, Products Liability

Bank Account Searches: Are They Permissble?

by Edward Amaral on 4/18/2013

Lawyers and other professionals contact our office every day and ask whether it is permissible for an asset search company or private investigator to conduct bank, stock, bond or mutual fund account searches on a subject. The...more

Looking Forward: Canadian Class Actions in 2013

by Bennett Jones LLP on 12/14/2012

Looking Forward - 2012 was an active year for class actions in Ontario. Bennett Jones has been involved in some of 2012’s leading cases, including the putative class proceedings commenced in Trustees of the Labourers’...more

Wind Project Financiers and Developers are Underestimating Patent Infringement Risk

by Philip Totaro on 10/30/2012

Totaro & Associates has completed the second phase of a study which began in December 2010 on the patent landscape of the horizontal-axis, utility-scale wind industry. We have now read and classified over 23,100 global...more

Structured Thoughts -- Special Issue October 1, 2012 -- It’s Complicated: A Recap of SIFMA’s Complex Products Conference

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/2/2012

On September 27, 2012, SIFMA hosted a conference on Complex Products. The day-long session covered “complex products” and included various presentations about structured products and exchange-traded products. Many materials...more

Innovation Can Eliminate Dependence on the PTC

by Philip Totaro on 5/14/2012

What if technology existed for renewable energy which negated the need for the production tax credit (PTC)? What if this technology existed, but wasn’t being introduced to the market? Through our groundbreaking...more

Bad Dim Sum: Lowered Risk Appetite Hampering Yuan's Rise

by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 3/20/2012

Until as recently as November 2011, most investors had viewed the Chinese yuan (also called the “Renminbi”) as a one-way bet to appreciate in value. But market sentiment has shifted decisively against expectations for the...more

Evaluating Wind Turbine Patent Infringement Risk Exposure

by Philip Totaro on 3/17/2012

Major international corporations are increasingly becoming the targets of IP infringement suits. This has driven the need for indemnification of patent infringement liability in component/product supply agreements,...more

An Open Letter to Rockland County, NY Attorneys from Hudson Valley Bank

by Lawrence McElroen on 10/1/2011

This is an open letter to Rockland County, NY attorneys from Hudson Valley Bank....more

Judge Corporate-Funded Studies on Their Merits

by Duane Morris LLP on 8/22/2011

During the past decade, the drumbeat against corporate-funded science has sounded in major journals, books and the news media. The backlash against this research has seeped into the judicial system, appearing to influence...more

U.S. Supreme Court In Matrixx: No Bright Line For "Materiality" In A Securities Fraud Claim

by Duane Morris LLP on 4/6/2011

On March 22, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously concluded in the securities fraud class action Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano1 that the materiality of adverse-event reports cannot be reduced to a bright-line...more

Banken en vertrouwen

by ronald holtkamp on 4/1/2011

Als mede oorzaak van de financiële crisis wordt wel aangevoerd dat de afstand tussen cliënt en beslisser in het afgelopen decennium steeds groter is geworden. Bij vele banken is het verlies aan menselijke maat onder andere...more

Third Party "Alter Ego" Subpoena Quashed

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/31/2011

The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada quashed a third party subpoena on a bank because the subpoena was overbroad. Plaintiffs sued a series of individuals and corporate entities for construction defects, fraud...more

Dissolving a Business

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 9/12/2010

Dissolving a Business in Arizona At The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, we put our 30-plus years of Arizona business law experience to work for you to make dissolving your business as quick, painless, and profitable as...more

International Legal News Volume 6 Issue 2 - October 16, 2009

by International Lawyers Network on 10/16/2009

In this Issue: *Impact of the New Enterprise Income Tax Law on Foreign Investment in China Jade & Fountain, Shanghai by Mr. Scott Guan & Mr. Steven Huang *Costa Rica Approves Corporate Governance Regulations Cordero &...more

Greening of Consumer Products - June 18, 2008

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 6/18/2008

IN THIS ISSUE: *California sues 'Natural' companies over carcinogenic chemical was found in over 100 'organic' soaps *Government experts, lawmakers clash over the safety of BPA *FDA official says plastic bottles...more

Aldisering van Private Banking

by ronald holtkamp on 1/5/2008

De naieve private banking cliënt vertrouwde op het advies van zijn (nieuwe) relatiebeheerder en investeerde volop in voor hem onbegrijpelijke producten (merk: huismerk incl. onleesbare bijsluiter) met wèl een aanlokkelijk...more

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