A critical look at some of the drawbacks of franchising.

On September 23, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the rules of its whistleblower program in a 3-2 vote split along political party lines

The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued final supervisory guidance.

A company that forms its own wholly-owned captive insurance company to insure the risks of affiliated companies may benefit from significant tax advantages.

The European Commission recently announced the adoption of guidelines setting out, for the first time, the Commission's analytical approach in the assessment of horizontal mergers.

On June 22, 2020, in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement action, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the SEC may disgorge profits obtained by companie

"The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patent filings varied dramatically across industries. While filings in the computer areas were generally resilient...

On May 28 2020, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) provided preliminary rulings in Case C-796/18 Informatikgesellschaft für Software-Entwicklung (ISE) mbH ./. Stadt Köln, and on June 4

Takeaway: The Circuits have split on the issue of whether a class representative must show the class is "ascertainable."

In response to requests from the public, the U.S. Department of Labor recently published opinion letters addressing several wage-and-hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Takeaway: In a prior article – Ninth Circuit: two pro-defendant decisions clarify burdens regarding CAFA's $5 million jurisdictional threshold (September 14, 2020)

The CFPB has issued a final rule that establishes procedures to implement section 1024(a)(1)(C) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.