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Daily Business Review

Rate Hikes One of Many Factors Affecting Our Economy

The combination of rising interest rates and changes in U.S. policy leaves less money on the table for South Florida real estate deals, writes attorney Harold Lewis
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

State Orders Banks to Step Up Monitoring for Money Laundering

A new regulation went into effect Jan. 1 in New York requiring banks and other thrifts to step up their monitoring and filtering of transactions to prevent money laundering.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Makes Exception to 'In Writing' Requirement for Whistleblower Tips

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, citing "highly unusual circumstances," awards a whistleblower $5.5 million for information that was not provided, as required, "in writing."
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Companies Push to Piggyback on Ruling Against CFPB

When a federal appeals court ruled in October that the president should be empowered to remove the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's director at will, rather than only for cause, the 110-page opinion landed with a bang. Companies want to piggyback on the decision to benefit their cases against the CFPB. Here's a snapshot of how the ruling, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, is playing out in CFPB cases in courts across the country.
19 minute read

The American Lawyer

Pillsbury Adds Hospitality Honcho as FinServ Regulation Head Departs

Herrick, Feinstein hospitality chair Paul Shapses is leaving the firm amid its merger talks with Crowell & Moring for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. The latter recently saw the co-head of its financial services regulation practice leave to start his own firm in four different cities.
18 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Looking for the exits

The false account scandal cost employees their jobs, and it went to the top of the bank's corner suite.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

The Road to Recovery: How a Law Firm Tracked Down Ponzi Schemer's Lost Funds

Miami attorneys tell the story of how they recovered millions of dollars for victims of a Ponzi scheme whose mastermind squandered all but $28,000.
15 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Target: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The incoming administration has no love for the agency.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Delays Implementation of Cybersecurity Mandate by Two Months

Implementation of a new regulation requiring financial services companies to establish broad safeguards against cyberattack is being pushed back two months until March 1 after banks and insurers complained that it was impossible.
14 minute read

Legaltech News

New York Delays Implementation of Cybersecurity Mandate by Two Months

20 minute read

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