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Ed. Note: For the Year in Review issues we give our Directors & Boards "Legal Brief" columnist Doug Raymond the "if you could pick just one" challenge.

The article discusses charges filed by the SEC against the city of Miami and its former budget director, accusing them of making false and misleading statements related to three 2009 municipal bond offerings that raised $153.5 million.

In earlier newsletters, we discussed two of the key issues for selecting an insurance company to provide guaranteed income for retirees under 401(k) and other defined contribution plans.

This complaint stems from a Ponzi scheme allegedly perpetrated through two companies, Derivium Capital, LLC and Bancroft Ventures, LLC.

This action stems from the alleged fraudulent offer and sale of unregistered securities for the purchase of distressed real estate for investment.

This action stems from the alleged fraudulent offer and sale of unregistered securities for the purchase of distressed real estate for investment. Allegedly, "[Defendant] The Companies or its subsidiary… initiated four unregistered offerings of securities from January 2009 to June 2011." According to the complaint, "the four offerings raised a total of approximately $11.9 million from approximately 169 investors."

This action stems from the alleged fraudulent offer and sale of unregistered securities for the purchase of distressed real estate for investment.

This complaint stems from a Ponzi scheme allegedly perpetrated through two companies, Derivium Capital, LLC and Bancroft Ventures, LLC.

A discussion on whether the qualified joint and survivor annuity rules of the Internal Revenue Code apply to these products.

In a 5-4 decision penned by Justice Scalia, the Supreme Court on April 27, 2011, reversed the Ninth Circuit in the case of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, providing a holding that may be easily extrapolated from the consumer class action context in which it arose to the employment arena.

The knowing destruction of evidence alone is sufficient to warrant an adverse inference instruction according to a decision issued in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday, August 15th. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s opinion and order reversed a ruling by Magistrate Judge Frank Maas that declined to issue sanctions against a plaintiff that had destroyed emails relevant to ongoing litigation because the defendant had failed to show prejudice.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for appeal filed by a former loss prevention specialist who claimed that she had been unlawfully terminated in retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because she had opposed her employer’s handling of a sexual harassment investigation.

New Jersey is on the precipice of expanding anti-discrimination protections to both pregnant women and new mothers and those recovering from childbirth.

A discussion on a decision issued by the NLRB in a recent case, which amongst other things, held that the employer violated Section 8(a)(1), by restricting employees from discussing any complaint that was then the subject of an ongoing internal investigation.

So you have fired an employee, and he (and perhaps his new employer) assume that he is now freed from the non-competition provision in his employment agreement.

On March 8, 2012, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) adopted the long awaited "Waiver Rule", allowing the agency to grant waivers of DEP rules in certain circumstances.

In its January 11, 2013 Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority includes variable annuity sales practice issues as among the "key investor protection and market integrity issues" that it will focus on in the coming year.