On September 3, Judge John W. Lungstrum of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss by UBS Securities LLC and JP Morgan Securities LLC in four separate actions brought by the National Credit Union Administration, as liquidator of certain failed credit unions.

On December 17, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seeking $1 billion in indemnification for settlements made by J.P. Morgan on behalf of Washington Mutual in RMBS actions.

On May 8, 2015, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston filed a stipulation of voluntary dismissal with prejudice of claims it levied against JP Morgan Chase & Co., the Bear Stearns Companies Inc., EMC Mortgage Corporation and other entities.

On January 8, 2015, plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase informed the court that the parties had an agreement in principle to settle the case.

On February 1, JP Morgan Chase & Co. settled federal securities claims brought by investors led by the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi...

On October 16, Justice Eileen Bransten of the Supreme Court for the State of New York dismissed a suit by FSA Asset Management LLC (FSAM) and Dexia SA/NV (with two related entities, Dexia) alleging fraud by Morgan Stanley in connection with the sale of $626 million in RMBS.

In an article for G2 Intelligence, Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys, Danielle Sloane and Morgan Tandy, outlined several recent enforcement actions and court cases involving labs.

A previous Morgan Lewis LawFlash, "New Jersey Employers Face New Questions Over Employee Marijuana Use" (January 10, 2010), reported that the New Jersey Legislature had passed the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (the Medical Marijuana law), making New Jersey the fourteenth state to permit regulated use of medical marijuana.

The worker in accordance with the constitutional protection has the right to access, update and amend that information, as appropriate.

On May 10, 2006, the SEC announced that it had filed a civil injunctive action against Morgan Stanley & Co. for allegedly failing to produce emails and electronic records in a timely manner during the course of two separate SEC investigations, and that Morgan Stanley had agreed to settle the matter. The action arose from Morgan Stanley’s electronic document preservation and production practices during SEC investigations into the company’s practices in allocating IPO shares and into possible con

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent settlement in the latest chapter of the enforcement proceeding involving Morgan Keegan provides important guideposts on two of the hottest regulatory topics in the asset management industry – valuation and corporate governance.

On March 19, 2012, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) made a second attempt to secure a final judgment on a $4.8 million settlement agreement with Morgan Stanley.

Members of our labor and employment group published a LawFlash discussing the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updates on its COVID-19 guidance

In an admonishing response letter issued December 8, US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry granted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) request for a 30-day extension to consider final action...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order on January 18 approving four Emergency Operations (EOP) reliability standards ...

In response to concerns that the ability of the electric system to provide frequency response following a system disturbance is falling across the United States, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...

The governors also cite China's $315 billion commitment through 2020 for ultra-high-voltage power lines by way of comparison to US commitments.

As evidence that cyberattacks continue to threaten electric infrastructure in the United States, a report issued on December 14 by cybersecurity firm FireEye indicates that critical infrastructure...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on September 27 affirmed a decision of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York