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A lawyer's standard risk for liability exposure comes from a lawsuit brought by a client alleging that the lawyer has breached some duty to the client causing damages...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently rejected an individual guarantor's ("Lockwood") fraudulent inducement and duress claims...

In this issue of REF News and Views, we bring you an analysis of Hope Capital Ltd v Alexander Reece Thomson LLP, a case which has caused much discussion amongst Lenders...

As you are likely aware, the Pennsylvania legislature has not yet passed its 2025-26 budget. As the fiscal year progresses, the continued delay in state funding may present financial challenges for your district

Major space industry transactions dominated April 2026, with Amazon's $11 billion acquisition of Globalstar marking a significant expansion into satellite communications, while York Space Systems pursued ALL.

As debt funds continue to expand their footprint in the European commercial real estate (CRE) market, the use of back-leverage – long established in the US – is increasingly...

On June 25, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Investor Advocate submitted its annual Report to Congress, outlining the Office's key policy objectives and areas of focus...

On September 21, the CFPB announced that it has initiated a rulemaking process under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") that would remove medical bills from consumer credit reports.

Corporate buy‑back plans will be impacted this year both by the adoption of new rules directly addressing such plans, and new rules related to advance stock trading plans that permit trading...

According to the SEC, Edward Jones regularly underwrote—usually as part of an underwriting "syndicate" or group—and sold municipal bonds to the public through negotiated offerings.

Alleging that Global Circulation, Inc. (GCI) threatened consumers with jail time, lawsuits, and wage garnishments to pressure them into paying debts they did not owe...

The Main Street Lending Program (Program) is intended to facilitate lending to small and mid-sized businesses that were in sound financial condition prior ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on May 29, 2020 that the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program was "days away" from providing loans through its Main Street program for...

Mr Hannam engaged in market abuse by disclosing inside information other than in the proper course of the exercise of his employment.

On May 29, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a long-awaited final rule to clarify and underscore the ‘valid when made' principle in which the interest rates...

In a series of announcements, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the federal banking agencies have offered significant guidance on the operation of the Capital Assistance Program (“CAP”), one of the principal elements of the Financial Stability Plan announced on February 10, 2009.

On December 8, 2011, the SEC announced that, effective immediately, it will review initial registration statements of a foreign issuer on a confidential basis only if such issuer is: (1) a foreign government registering its debt securities; (2) a foreign private issuer that is listed or is concurrently listing its securities on a non-US securities exchange; (3) a foreign private issuer that is being privatized by a foreign government; or (4) a foreign private issuer that can demonstrate that the