The Sixth Circuit has affirmed an order confirming an arbitration award regarding indemnification obligations for environmental cleanup owed by William Farley toward the Eaton Corporation...

The Third Circuit recently affirmed the decision of a Pennsylvania district court, holding that a class action involving overtime compensation filed against the operating companies of a senior care facility...

Last month the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court decision approving a class settlement regarding Volkwagen's marketing of clean diesel vehicles that used so-called "defeat devices" to circumvent emissions tests.

We previously reported on the New York Department of Financial Services' proposed cybersecurity regulations.

A company's custom software is an increasingly important part of growing profitability, shrinking expenses, and reaching new markets.

Carlton Fields' Government Law and Consulting Practice Group released its 2017 Florida Legislative Post-Session Report detailing significant bills that passed during the 2017 Regular Session of the Florida Legislature.

The Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust has publicly noticed a rulemaking workshop to discuss proposed revisions to the administrative rules governing sovereign submerged land leases.

More than 57 percent of Hillsborough County voters approved the imposition of a 1 percent sales tax designed to improve the County's transportation infrastructure and transit service.

As a condition to challenging enforcement or recognition of an arbitration award, the UK Supreme Court overturned a Court of Appeal decision which imposed a $100 Million security obligation on a New York Convention arbitral award debtor...

The U.K. Court of Appeal has held that an arbitration clause commonly found in London market excess of loss reinsurance treaties does not prohibit the appointment of insurance or reinsurance lawyers to an arbitration panel.

As we previously reported, the Ninth Circuit in March 2017 held that violation of California's illustration statutes could serve as a predicate for an Unfair Competition Law (UCL) action ...

The Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court's ruling vacating an arbitrator's decision reforming a contract for mutual mistake, finding that reformation ...

Broker-dealers, including principal underwriters of insurance products, may retain required records in electronic format, subject to satisfaction of longstanding conditions.

FINRA proposes to increase the gift limit in Rule 3220 from $100 to $175 per person per year and include a de minimis $50 threshold below which firms need not keep records of gifts given or received.

A set of former franchisees are prohibited from violating the terms of a non-compete clause with franchisor Wild Bird Centers of America for two years after the Fourth Circuit recently upheld the denial of their petition ...

The SEC recently approved an amendment to FINRA Rule 4512 that requires FINRA members to make reasonable efforts to obtain, from each customer for whom they maintain an account, specified information about a "trusted contact person."

The Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC) staff published Guidance Update 2016-04, concerning business continuity plans regarding companies within a "fund complex."

The SEC staff now says that mutual fund directors can rely on chief compliance officer certifications in determining compliance with board procedures required by SEC exemptive Rules 10f-3, 17a-7,

It has been more than nine years since the SEC proposed summary prospectuses for mutual funds and more than eight years since it adopted an authorizing rule.

On June 28, the SEC amended existing requirements for public operating companies and mutual funds regarding the use of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for financial statement