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New York Law Journal

Limiting the Impact of 'Al Rushaid' Through Banking Law 200-b

This article sheds light on Banking Law 200-b, an under-utilized statute that may furnish foreign banks with arguments to dismiss suits with no connection to New York except the passage of funds through New York correspondent accounts.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal Leaders Are Moving to Crypto to Help Shape the Industry

"We're not just the back office rubber-stamping something. We're at the table with the boards, regulators and investors trying to figure out what the future of the industry looks like," said Lindsey Haswell, chief administrative and legal officer of Blockchain.com.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Can Blockchain Participants Act in Restraint of Trade?

In this edition of his Blockchain Law column, Robert A. Schwinger discuses a recent magistrate judge ruling in a dispute over actions taken by various parties in connection with a cryptocurrency "fork", which addressed the question of whether those parties' conduct constituted anticompetitive activity barred by federal antitrust law.
17 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Rules Litigation Funder Immune From Suit Under Georgia's Payday Lending Law

The appellate panel said whether litigation lenders such as Oasis Financial should fall under the Payday Lending Act is a matter for the Legislature or state Supreme Court.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

As Regulators 'Vigilantly Monitor' Deutsche Bank, US GC Moves Into Global Anti-Crime Role

Deutsche Bank's Joseph Salama was critical in negotiating settlements with global regulators on the bank's behalf, the bank's chief administrative officer said.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

SoftBank Deputy GC Joins Holland & Knight in Miami Amid Latin American Tech Expansion

The former Greenberg Traurig corporate shareholder brings valuable connections in Latin America and at SoftBank, said corporate practice co-leader David Barkus.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

As Real Estate Reels From COVID-19, Dilworth Paxson Launches Repositioning Group

The Philadelphia-based midsize firm says more than 25 attorneys, more than one-quarter of its total head count, are affiliated with the newly formed group.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Two Shutts Attorneys Join Newly Formed Miami Technology Council as Region Seeks Global Tech Investment

The 11-member group, which includes Shutts & Bowen attorneys Harold 'Ed' Patricoff and Daniel Stabile, will make policy recommendations that aim to promote Miami as a global development hub for high-tech industries. The attorneys said their status on the council will likely help them develop business for the firm.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

IRS Requires Reporting of Tax Basis Capital Accounts

In their Real Estate Financing column, Ezra Dyckman and Charles Nelson discuss the new 2020 partnership tax basis capital account reporting requirements which "give the IRS much more visibility into the tax situations of partners in partnerships."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Patricia Hernandez is Leading Avila's Transformation

After helping found the business boutique in 2007, Hernandez became managing partner this month.
6 minute read

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