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2016 Most Effective Lawyers: International

By | December 05, 2016
Holland & Knight Partner Norberto Quintana advised Colombia's infrastructure development bank on more than $2.3 billion of financing in five transactions that helped create or improve toll roads, bridges and tunnels in Colombia.
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The Recorder

California Treasurer Seeks Marijuana Guidance From Trump, Congress

State Treasurer John Chiang is seeking guidance from President-elect Donald Trump and California's congressional delegation about how the state should handle the finances of the nascent multibillion-dollar marijuana industry.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Trump to Keep Bharara as Southern District U.S. Attorney

Seven years into the job, Preet Bharara is more than ready to extend his tenure as Southern District U.S. attorney.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Financial Industry Groups Slam State's Proposed Cybersecurity Rules

Major banking and insurance industry groups are attacking New York's proposed regulation requiring member companies to adopt stringent protections against cyberattacks that compromise consumers' confidential information.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Financial Industry Groups Slam NY's Proposed Cybersecurity Rules

National groups say the plan “appears to impose inflexible, one-size fits all requirements.”
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Financial Industry Groups Slam State's Proposed Cybersecurity Rules

Major banking and insurance industry groups are attacking New York's proposed regulation requiring member companies to adopt stringent protections against cyberattacks that compromise consumers' confidential information.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Insurer Gets Second Chance at Bank Accused of Dumping 'Toxic' Mortgage Securities

The securities in question are among those linked to causing the housing crash behind the 2008 recession.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

As Collections Loom, Firms Seek Investors to Spread the Risk

As law firms push to collect from their clients and make their budgets this year, some may be considering another option: finding investors willing to buy their uncollected billings for cold, hard cash.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

When Chinese Bank's Trump Lease Ends, Potential Conflict Begins

The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., a state-controlled enterprise and the world's biggest lender by assets, is due to renegotiate its lease at Trump Tower in Manhattan during Donald Trump's presidency — a business matter that may raise constitutional questions for the incoming president, ethicists say.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Donald Trump's Richard Cordray Problem

President-elect Donald Trump has a Richard Cordray problem. Four weeks before Election Day, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure as unconstitutional, ruling that the president should be able to fire the agency's director at will rather than only for cause. Trump's victory rocked the CFPB, putting Cordray's job and the agency's future in jeopardy.
10 minute read

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