The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of claims that certain Refco customers facilitated the wrongdoing of the now bankrupt financial services firm.

Last summer, the HHR Bankruptcy Report analyzed the Third Circuit's ruling in Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. CIT Group/Business Credit Inc. (In re Jevic Holding Corp.)

Earlier this month the Supreme Court held oral argument on an appeal arising out of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals that revisits the thorny and frequently litigated issue of bankruptcy court jurisdiction post-Stern v. Marshall.

The Bankruptcy Code contains specific provisions that permit the subordination or disallowance of claims of insiders or others that may not, at equity, be entitled to the same status as a regular prepetition claim holder.

The ITC is home to fast-paced, high-stakes litigation, and complaints often come without warning. Complainants (the party who files the complaint) have been preparing their case for months...

On April 1, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick initiated an investigation "to determine the effects on the national security" of the United States...

October 8, 2020 — A pro bono team in Hughes Hubbard's Paris office is representing several victims of police brutality in parallel civil and criminal proceedings

Hughes Hubbard won a decisive victory on July 28 when the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration in Paris ruled unanimously in favor of Areva subsidiary CFMM in its dispute...

The federal False Claims Act provides for treble damages and penalties against those who knowingly submit false or fraudulent claims that are paid for or reimbursed by the U.S. Government. Amendments to the FCA over the past few years have increased the reach of the statute.

February 22, 2021 – In the latest win for HHR client Global Gaming Asset Management in a nearly eight-year-long legal battle with a Philippine gaming resort

In one of the latest advances in what has been called "a technological arms race between tracking companies and people who seek not to be monitored," device fingerprinting, a technology originally developed to prevent software piracy and credit card fraud, appears set to become a powerful new tool for online marketers.

Over the last year, social networking sites, most notably those with a developer platform such as Facebook, have become hotbeds for virtual goods purchases, social gaming, sweepstakes and advertising-based promotions

On December 17, we will be presenting "TV Everywhere – Is It Everywhere You Want to Be?", the latest in our continuing series of free, CLE accredited webinars.

The U.S. government is back to the drawing board to implement export controls on intrusion software tools and Internet Protocol ("IP") network communications surveillance systems.

January 23, 2025 – On Jan. 14, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (the 2025 Regulations) that require disclosure to the IRS of certain transactions.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn announced the Trump administration's plan for tax reform billed as "the biggest individual and business tax cut...

On June 24, 2013, employers came up victorious in two important cases before the Supreme Court.

There is at least one thing that both President-Elect Donald Trump and Senator Elizabeth Warren claim to agree on: restoring the Glass-Steagall Act.

Read about the firm's most exciting recent litigation and arbitration victories in our Litigation Wrap for the fourth quarter of 2022.

Since its launch this past Spring, Apple’s new iAd interface has promised to change the landscape of mobile advertising and how consumers and advertisers interact.