There is heightened scrutiny and a new regulatory regime around pay-to-play issues and public pension fund investments throughout the country.
December 21, 2010Joseph F. Savage, JR., Nicholas Pilchak And Stephen M. Hoeplinger
Speed, smart speed, still wins in competition. Unfortunately, I find too many company executives are not heeding this reality when it comes to the changes in financial accounting for leases.
December 21, 2010Michael J. FlemingQuestions of discoverability in litigation of social media interactions are constantly evolving. A look at a recent, disturbing case.
December 21, 2010Brian HermanA recent Sixth Circuit opinion may rebuke implicitly a controversial holding of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in 2008, holding that the lien-stripping effect of a sale pursuant to ' 363(f)of the Bankruptcy Code could be unwound on appeal.
December 20, 2010Douglas S. Mintz And Stephen JohnsonCorporate Counsel take note: on Nov. 3, the SEC published proposed Regulation 21F, establishing a program designed to reward individuals who provide the SEC with information leading to successful enforcement actions. The proposal was mandated by Dodd-Frank and sets out procedures under which whistleblowers could qualify for significant monetary awards by providing information to the SEC regarding violations of the federal securities laws.
December 06, 2010Christine A. Edwards, Edward J. Johnsen And Jerry LoeserA central feature of the RRRA was its prohibition, in any rent overcharge complaint, on examination of rental history more than four years old at the time the complaint was filed. In two recent decisions, The Court of Appeals has eviscerated that prohibition.
November 29, 2010Stewart E. SterkAs of Nov. 11 of this year, under certain circumstances, some children who have aged out of the foster care system may voluntarily re-enter it.
November 29, 2010Janice G. InmanThe authors continue herein their discussion of the situations in which New York courts have found it desirable to award one parent or the other decision-making authority over certain types of child-rearing issues. These are the so-called "zones of decision-making."
November 29, 2010Bari Brandes Corbin And Evan B. Brandes
