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A federal appeals court recently clarified the pleading standards established in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal.

On Jan. 3, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants in an antitrust class action.

On July 1, the Seventh Circuit agreed to rehear a $3.5 billion antitrust lawsuit by Motorola Mobility LLC against several electronics manufacturers.

The NCAA's rules preventing men's college basketball and football players from controlling the commercial rights to their names and likeness unreasonably restrain trade.

On September 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted a motion filed by household products manufacturer Clorox for interlocutory appeal of two decisions by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Touting the recently enacted CFPB mortgage rules as evidence of progress in protecting consumers from abusive mortgage practices, Cordray noted several signs of the improving mortgage market.

CFPB announced the settlement of an enforcement action against two of the country's largest employment background screening report providers.

In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, eBay's PayPal division disclosed that it could be hit with an enforcement lawsuit by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council issued final guidance on Dec. 11, 2013, on the applicability of consumer protection and compliance laws, regulations and policies to activities conducted via social media by banks, savings associations and credit unions, as well as nonbank entities supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

On Oct. 20, 2014, the Department of Education issued new regulations implementing changes to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA).

European private equity firm Ambienta SGR beat its second fund target, raising €323.5 million ($404 million), ahead of schedule.

FCPA liability based on the conduct of distributors is a concept companies often wrestle with when considering their anticorruption compliance risks.

Pharos Capital Group-backed Vantage Surgical Solutions announced on July 12, 2023, that it has acquired Ophthalmic Surgical Solutions (OSS), a premier provider of ophthalmic surgical equipment and services.

The SEC has received more than 30,000 comments on the proposed rules for pay ratio disclosure comparing a company’s CEO with the company’s "median" paid employee.

The SEC’s approval of the new PCAOB auditing standards for risk related to material misstatements creates a bridge between compensation committees and the company’s auditors.

The corporate governance landscape has changed once again with the release of the Dodd draft bill on March 15, 2010.

Some companies begin internal investigations or audits for business reasons, but later try to cloak related communications and documents with work product privilege protection.

Last week's Privilege Point dealt with the degree of commonality of interest required to support a non-waiver doctrine known as the "joint defense" or "common interest" doctrine