January 22, 2021 – This week the Treasury Department announced approval of more than $12 billion in payroll support for major U.S. passenger air carriers and the Small Business Administration

July 9, 2021 – Over the last three weeks, legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program...

esterday President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which provides for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief budget package.

Yesterday the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a stay on the Fifth Circuit's Dec. 3, 2024, preliminary injunction enjoining the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...

This week FinCEN issued an advisory regarding COVID-19-related unemployment insurance fraud, and legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives that would expand corporate tax incentives to invest in ...

On October 31, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the first federal criminal prosecution in five decades for attempted monopolization in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

Once signed into law, the bereavement leave amendment will only become effective January 1, 2020.

May 5, 2017 - On May 4, 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City signed into law a broad prohibition on employers asking applicants for their salary history.

Christopher Kiplok, counsel to the trustee in the liquidation of Lehman Brothers, was interviewed by NPR's Marketplace regarding the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

On October 7, 2013, the Supreme Court issued an order denying Argentina’s petition for a writ of certiorari on the interim decision of the Second Circuit that Argentina violated the contractual provision that all bondholders must be treated equally.

May 14, 2021 – Over the last two weeks, bills were introduced in Congress that propose to make certain non-profit child care providers eligible for Small Business ...

Another wrinkle has emerged in the ever-evolving business of buying creditors’ claims against bankrupt entities.

This week the Treasury Department announced the establishment of the Office of Recovery Programs to oversee recovery programs authorized by the CARES Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, ...

Mary Bartkus, Special Counsel, has authored a paper titled "Six Class Actions for 16 Microliters: Eye Drop Litigation Reopens in New Jersey is Dismissed in Massachusetts, and is on Appeal to the First Circuit.

On March 8, 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia preliminarily approved a proposed $19.5 million settlement of a class action lawsuit against Home Depot...

On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins , 578 U.S. ____ (2016), reaffirming that Article III standing requires statutory plaintiffs to demonstrate concrete injury.