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Texas Lawyer

DOL Wins Fiduciary Rule Case in Texas

Texas federal trial Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn ruled in favor Wednesday of the Labor Department in the case brought by nine plaintiffs against Labor's fiduciary rule.
17 minute read

Corporate Counsel

After Trump Order, GCs Watching Closely for Dodd-Frank Changes

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that has in-house lawyers wondering what will become of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Sun West Hit with $800,000 Breach of Contract Suit

A Connecticut company claims the mortgage giant has refused to pay it for services rendered.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Google Alerts, Blogs and Deep Dives: Keeping Up with Deregulation

The early days of the Trump administration have come as a gift horse for opponents of the Dodd-Frank Act, the 2010 financial reform law the president and Congress are moving swiftly to shred. The flurry of activity has Covington & Burling's Keir Gumbs in Washington feeling more like a news reporter than a Big Law partner. Still, Gumbs and other lawyers are telling clients not to rest easy.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel to Hear Appeal on Alleged Secret Saudi Bank Deal

The Appellate Division, First Department, must determine when the statute of limitations kicked in to sue Barclays Bank for fraud over an alleged deal it made with the Saudi government.
19 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Won't Let CFPB Proponents Into Case to Defend Agency

A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to allow Democratic state attorneys general and other proponents of the Consumer Financial Protection Board to intervene in a case to protect the agency's independence.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Deutsche Bank to Pay $425M to Settle State Investigation

By | February 01, 2017
The Department of Financial Services said this week that Deutsche also must hire an independent monitor as part of a consent order for violations of laws involving a $10 billion "mirror trading" scheme.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Stearns Weaver Leads Debt Placement in Israel for Developer

A Miami legal team represents an affiliate of the Cornerstone Group, one of the largest affordable housing developers in the country, as it issues $71.5 million in corporate debt on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Top Legal Marijuana Client Concern? Banking

New York medical marijuana dispensary owner Hillary Peckham—holder of one of only five licenses in the state—just saw her company, Etain Health, through a major right of passage: getting kicked out of their bank.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

No Title Insurance Coverage for Agent's Fraud, Court Says

A bank's title insurance policy does not cover losses due to misappropriated lien funds when the insurer was not involved in the transfer of funds, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
8 minute read

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