On August 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the long-awaited final rule amending Regulation P to conform with statutory changes made to the GLBA and the statutory changes made by the FAST Act.

The income of partnerships and LLCs (taxed as partnerships) is taxed directly to the partners and the LLC members. By contrast, a C corporation pays tax on its income and then the shareholders...

The key advantage lies in the ability to avoid paying capital gains taxes on appreciated assets, such as real estate, stocks, or other investments.

In the 20-21 financial year, the top 3 performing sectors by deal count were IT, consumer products and industrials.

On 1st May 2019, the official website of the China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) published a news item setting out China's intent to open its banking and insurance

The European Data Protection Board recently published draft guidelines on the right of access...

Germany remains an important market for renewable energy investments. The regulatory framework is stable, and in contrast to other countries, Germany imposes no retroactive reductions in feed-in subsidies.

This map shows at glance which countries currently have reporting obligations in place for employers in relation to what men and women are paid in their organisations.

An international panel of McDermott's US and European lawyers compare and contrast recent developments in trademark, copyright and design law, including developments in disparagement law...

Rebecca Field and Lee Curtis interview their HGF colleagues Susanne Bilderbeek and Olivia Petter on smell-a-like perfumes and compare and contrast UK, Benelux and German trade mark and copyright case law...

"Tortious" interference with a prospective economic relationship occurs when a party improperly prevents two others from entering a contract or otherwise doing business together.

In addition to certain other allegations related to specifics of the COBRA Notice, he alleged that the notice should have been provided in Spanish.

As in other sectors of the economy, there is a labor shortage in the funeral industry. However, unlike other fields in which the demand for workers is outpacing supply...

Georgina Espinoza, an employee of Warehouse Demo Services ("Warehouse"), worked in a Costco and performed demonstrations of products. Warehouse did not lease the space...

The Better Business Bureau recently released data from 2014 regarding the number of complaints received pertaining to registered debt collection agencies.

The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued a memorandum to patent examiners clarifying the written description requirement of 35 USC § 112(a) for claims drawn to antibodies.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently removed from its oral argument calendar a pending securities fraud case, due to a tentative pending settlement by the litigants.

The KDOR has revised the Streamlined Sales Tax Taxability Matrix effective August 1, 2015.

Reed Smith associates Mike Shaikh and Erin Mariano recently presented proposals for a needed change in California law at the Third Annual Sacramento Delegation.

On July 29, 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation published the final rule to amend its rules implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.