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The District of Massachusetts recently found that TCPA claims arising from debt collection calls fall within the scope of an arbitration agreement that covered disputes relating to "violations of statute" or "the impositions or collection of principle."

Aggrieved corporate shareholders may pursue individual or derivative claims to redress wrongs against themselves and the corporation but, traditionally, a shareholder could not join both types of claims in the same action.

The FCC has a growing backlog of petitions for rulemaking, expedited declaratory ruling, or petitions for clarification on numerous issues posed by the TCPA.

On September 30, 2013, the one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill Reauthorization expired. In June 2013, the Senate passed its five-year reauthorization measure, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (S.954).

An obscure law gives the Treasury Secretary the power to mint platinum coins in any denomination he chooses.

On March 29, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued additional guidance on how the value of group health plan coverage should be reported on Forms W-2.

The federal courts have been confronting many issues involving The Administrative Orders Review Act in TCPA litigation.

A New Jersey Appellate court has upheld use of a buyout formula in a partnership agreement, despite the fact that it left the deceased partner’s estate with a mere fraction of fair market value.

As of March 28, 2012, both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) and the bill now only awaits President Obama’s signature before it is enacted into federal law.

As clean up from Hurricane Sandy continues across the East Coast, we hope that you and your families, as well as your businesses and employees remained safe. We thought that one small way in which we could make your life a little easier is to answer some questions that you may have about your obligations as an employer during the disruption that the hurricane causes.

On December 12, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in Rollins v. Dignity Health that a pension plan sponsored by a large tax-exempt health care system does not satisfy ERISA’s exemption for "church plans."

A recent Seventh Circuit decision may require employers to select minimally qualified employees over far more qualified employees when filling vacant positions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted long-awaited and highly anticipated amendments to rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

On October 28, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance clarifying that individuals have until March 31, 2014 to enroll in the health insurance exchanges.

Judge Leonard P. Stark has published new procedures that he will follow in non-ANDA patent cases filed on or after July 1 and assigned to him.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently affirmed a district court's summary judgment dismissal of a lawsuit that an attorney filed against her former employer alleging race discrimination under federal, state and New York City law.

On October 25, 2011, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) amended its regulations by adding provisions formally recognizing the use of sampling methods in CBP audits, as well as recognizing their application in voluntary prior disclosures.