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Action Item: The IRS has taken the first steps towards what is likely to be the end of the determination letter program for individually designed qualified plans.

As we described in a previous article, "U.S. Regulatory Update – Credit Risk Retention for CLOs," published on September 10, 2013, six federal agencies are seeking public comments on a re-proposed rule to implement the credit risk retention requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act.

One of the world's leading commercial treaties, with over 140 signatory states, is the U.N. Convention On The Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards.

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law via the autopen, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) (the "Act"), legislation that brings an eleventh-hour end to most of the controversial fiscal cliff negotiations.

Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code has received a fair amount of use by distressed shipping companies since it was enacted in 2005.

Dozens of Rule B actions are filed every month leading to issuance of Rule B orders in generally accepted wording, as reviewed by the judges in the Southern District of New York, permitting attachment of electronic fund transfers ("EFTs").

Against the backdrop of efforts by Congress to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 ("TSCA"), 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., states like California, Washington and Maine have moved forward with the adoption of "Green Chemistry" laws.

New York’s notice of pendency statute replaces the common law rule of lis pendens.

We discussed in a previous blog post how the current state of the law at the U.S Government Accountability Office ("GAO")

Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit made a substantial contribution to the list of important securities fraud cases interpreting the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (“PSLRA”) with a 91-page opinion in “Institutional Investors Group v. Avaya, Inc.”, No. 06-4595 (3d Cir. Apr. 30, 2009).

A provision in the Small Business Jobs Act of 20102 significantly raises the stakes for contractor misrepresentation of small business status.

The Amendment to the Employment Contract Law has been approved by the law making body of the People’s Republic of China, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, on December 28, 2012.

Opponents of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling activities initially pursued litigation as one might have anticipated.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), Transportation Security Administration ("TSA") has adopted final regulations ("Rail Security Regulations"), 73 Fed. Reg. 72130, as codified at 49 CFR Part 1580, intended to improve the security of both freight and passenger rail transportation by addressing the vulnerabilities presented by America's open infrastructure rail system.

On August 25, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted rules that expanded the rights of shareholders with respect to the nomination and election of directors to serve on the boards of directors of public companies (the "proxy access rules").

In February 2021, the New York Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision in Freedom Mortgage v. Engel, 37 N.Y.3d 1 (2021), which, among other things...

The most confusion I have seen in the discussion of construction topics concerns the concepts of "warranty" and "guaranty."