On November 22, Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich of the Supreme Court of the State of New York partially dismissed a putback action brought by the trustee for the J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2006-WMC4 against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and WMC Mortgage.

On March 2, 2016, the Court of Chancery announced the appointment of Morgan Zurn as a Master in Chancery.

In a move that threatens to undermine some key defenses to liability under the False Claims Act, a bipartisan group of senators voted to advance the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021 (SB 2428)...

Freeman Law's "The Tax Court in Brief" covers every substantive Tax Court opinion, providing a weekly brief of its decisions in clear, concise prose.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s revised and restated interim policy release answers questions regarding the use of electronic media to satisfy participant-level fee disclosure requirements.

On February 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a broad new initiative to reduce unnecessary patient exposure to radiation from medical imaging procedures.

After years of debating the need for patent reform, Congress has acted. Today, the Senate passed the House version of the "America Invents Act" (the Act). The bill will now go to the President, who is expected to sign it into law almost immediately.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a most-favored licensee clause allowed a licensee that paid a lump sum of $70 million to be entitled to a refund when a subsequent licensee paid a lump sum of only $250,000.

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Chancery Court dismissed as time-barred loan repurchase claims brought by U.S. Bank JPMorgan and EMC Mortgage.

On February 10, non-profit corporation Better Markets, Inc., filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Department of Justice and the Attorney General of the United States.

On August 11, 2016, the First Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York affirmed a trial court ruling that investor-plaintiff IKB International to proceed...

In this episode of GeTtin' SALTy, host Nikki Dobay is once again joined by listener favorite, Morgan Scarboro, V.P. of Tax Policy at MultiState Associates...

Recent weeks have highlighted the value of effective corporate compliance programs in deflecting enforcement activity against companies.

Issuance of a nationwide, permanent injunction and the election of Donald Trump put an end to DOL's controversial persuader regulations.

On December 15, 2017, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, issued its opinion in Southern California Gas Co. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County.

In 2015, the bank facilitated around $15 billion in clean energy financing, so this pledge would increase that to $22 billion annually.

The renewable energy industry, now designated as a technology and innovation-related area of special concern to the protection of the US industrial and scientific base, is one of seven sectors...

Last month, we had an engaging Fast Break session covering the growing importance of risk adjustment in various health insurance programs and novel government theories of liability associated with risk adjustment reporting.

The NRC is taking an important step toward an inclusive licensing regime for a new generation of reactors.

J.P. Morgan announced the creation of a blockchain-based currency, becoming the "first U.S. bank to create and successfully test a digital coin representing a fiat currency."