May 7th, 2015 On April 8, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its opinion inGraham v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., holding that Engle-progeny based […]
May 7th, 2015 Over the past few years, we have written about significant developments in the area of commercial arbitration proceedings here [Complex Commercial Litigation Update: New York’s Separate Entity […]
Regulators announced Wednesday that a geographic targeting order was going to be put in place April 28, impacting almost 700 Miami businesses in the electronics exporting industry.
April 22nd, 2015 On April 21, 2015, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to approximately 700 businesses in the Miami, FL area which export electronics, including […]
As financial institutions worldwide move to cut off relationships with industries that regulators consider risky, the few banks that serve these businesses are charging hefty fees for basic services.
April 2nd, 2015 Over the past two years, a series of court cases has renewed the debate over the availability of classwide arbitration in agreements that lack an express class […]
By Carolina Bolado February 25, 2015 The $100 million settlement announced Wednesday resolving hundreds of Engle tobacco cases pending in Florida may have been the result of an aggressive trial […]
By Joseph DiRuzzo III February 19, 2015 As the regulatory state continues to grow with every passing year, businesses’ obligations to provide information to, and file reports/forms with, local, state, […]
New York’s bid to become the first state with a dedicated regulatory regime for the digital currency industry took a step forward this week when the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published an updated draft of its BitLicense proposal.
By: Trace Mayer, J.D. February 5, 2015 To listen to the podcast, click here.
