New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS – OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on Compliance Issues Relating to Best Execution – On July 11, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and… more

Trying to explain the primary purpose of Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code to a client that just received a demand letter or complaint to avoid and recover preferential transfers can be a tough sell. Although the Section’s goal – the… more

Summer is coming to an end and school buses either recently started their routes for the new year or are about to and for those of us in the e-discovery and legal technology industry, we know that means the International Legal… more

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) expanded bonus first-year depreciation for qualifying property up to 100 percent of the adjusted basis of the property (the Bonus Depreciation Deduction)… more

A federal magistrate judge in the Southern District of Florida has sharply criticized the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of evidence in a case that the Department, itself, has called “the largest single criminal health care… more

Over the next five episodes, I visit with Vin DiCianni, founder and CEO and Eric Feldman, Senior Vice President both of Affiliated Monitors, Inc., who is the sponsor of this series. In it, we explore corporation culture and its… more

Introduction - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the U.S. federal regulatory agency for futures and other derivatives, and the National Futures Association (“NFA”), the industry-wide self-regulatory organization, both… more

According to the Summer 2018 edition of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office’s (NNCO) quarterly newsletter, in 2018, NNCO will focus on two of its primary responsibilities — providing public outreach and promoting… more

On August 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in the case Air Alliance Houston, et al., v. EPA, vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Delay Rule.”… more

Have you invented materials with improved properties, such that you can seek to protect materials having those properties? Have you invented materials with a new structure such that you can seek protection of that structure beyond your… more

In her statement at the SEC open meeting held in 2016 to vote on issuing the proposing release for the SEC’s “Disclosure Update and Simplification,” SEC Commissioner Kara Stein protested that the proposal was, as she euphemistically… more

On August 16, a federal judge in South Carolina invalidated the Trump Administration’s suspension of the rule defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), under the Clean Water Act… more

The National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice on August 9, 2018, to its members announcing that new disclosures relating to virtual currencies and virtual currency derivatives will be required of NFA members that advise on or… more

Reporting compliance issues can be a complex problem for both frontline employees and compliance practitioners. In today’s episode, Tom talks with Philip Winterburn, the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Convercent – a Denver… more

On Aug. 10, 2018, Massachusetts enacted the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act after a 10-year legislative effort. This statute has substantial implications for employers who have employees or work with independent contractors… more

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued two policy memoranda that will affect all immigration petitions filed with the agency. While implementation of the policies is still unclear, employers should… more

The PTAB has published an update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG) containing additional guidance about trial practice before the Board. The USPTO published the original TPG in August 2012, concurrent with the promulgation of… more

In his iconic book, The Story of Doctor Dolittle, children’s author Hugh Lofting introduces the world to a mythic animal -- the pushmi-pullyu -- that has two heads on the opposing ends of its body, begging the questions: 1) how does it… more

On August 13, 2018, Fitch issued a report entitled: Covered Bonds Rating Criteria. Report. On August 10, 2018, Fitch issued a report entitled: U.S. Federal Family Education Loan Program Student Loan ABS Rating Criteria. Report… more

Ethica Corporate Finance S.r.L. v. Dana Incorporated, C.A. No. N17C-10-145 EMD CCLD (August 16, 2018) Under the Cryo-Maid decision, a forum non conveniens motion must consider the impact on a defendant forced to litigate in Delaware… more

On August 13, 2018, the California Fourth District of Appeal held in Monster Energy Company v. Schechter that an attorney who signed his client’s settlement agreement under the phrase “approved as to form and content” was entitled to… more

In an opinion filed July 16, and belatedly ordered published on August 9, 2018, the First District Court of Appeal (Division 5) affirmed the trial court’s judgment setting aside the City of Fremont’s approvals of a mixed… more

The FCC and FEMA have established September 20, 2018 as the date for the next nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test is designed to study the effectiveness of the EAS and to monitor the performance of… more

On August 15, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released guidance “which clarifies [its] policy for applying the regulatory framework to determine the effect of evidence of discriminatory or other illegal credit… more

The U.S Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently vacated a Utah district court’s finding that a class of truckers satisfied Rule 23 for purposes of settling two wage-hour actions due to a cursory review below, setting aside a… more