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Mintz Member Jacob Hupart spoke to Agenda about the continued push for Scope 3 greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements as part of the SEC's proposed Climate Rule...

On May 9, 2012, the SEC announced an enforcement action against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd.

GAO's sustain rate dropped to 13 percent, the lowest level since Fiscal Year 2015.

Plaintiffs who win awards or settlements in certain civil rights cases and other lawsuits no longer pay income tax on the part of the recovery paid to attorneys.

A federal bankruptcy court in New York has held that a trustee’s suit against the debtor’s professionals was not barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto.

Almost five years after the enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act, the Supreme Court recently ruled in Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al v. United States that attorneys are "debt relief agencies" who are limited in their ability to provide pre-bankruptcy planning advice to consumers and obligating them to provide additional disclosures in their advertisements.

Audits initiated by the BSA or the SIIA are based on an underlying allegation that the targeted business has used software without a license.

In Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., 127 S.Ct. 1199 (2007), the court analyzed whether the "Fobian Rule," which has governed bankruptcy law for the past 15 years, is properly grounded in the text of the Bankruptcy Code.

You have seen all the hysterical headlines — "The HIPAA audits are coming, the HIPAA audits are coming…." But when you really think about it, what is the big deal?

On August 3, 2004, the California Performance Review ("CPR") issued its long awaited report to the public. Among its many recommendations was the creation of a California Tax Commission that would consolidate the functions of California’s three taxing agencies: the Employment Development Department (payroll taxes), the Franchise Tax Board (income taxes), and the Board of Equalization (property, sales and use and miscellaneous taxes).

Every nonprofit organization needs to have a clear and workable conflict-of-interest policy.

On March 31, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (IG) issued an audit report in which it questioned approximately $1.8 million in costs charged by the University of California at Berkeley to NSF grants totaling $379 million from 2010 to 2012.

On February 6, 2020, Judge James S. Moody, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed a putative class action.

The SEC issued Orders granting exemptive relief (see here and here) to support the implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail ("CAT").

The SEC staff provided no-action relief to security-based swap dealers from certain financial reporting requirements.