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◾A Massachusetts federal court approved on November 26, 2013 a $10.0 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against CleanNet USA Inc., who was alleged to have violated Massachusetts independent contractor law by misclassifying employees as independent contractor "franchisees."

The Pew Charitable Trusts issued a report this month on the progress of the Department of Defense in meeting its renewable energy goals – goals set over a period of years through various means, including legislation.

Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Clayton and Commissioners Lee and Peirce each issued statements on climate-related disclosures in SEC filings.

On November 13, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) voted unanimously to advance its report entitled "Proposed Recommendations Regarding Money Market Mutual Fund Reform."

On February 7, 2014, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published a 232-page Mortgage Banking component to the Comptroller’s Handbook, its primary source of guidance for national banks and federal savings associations.

On January 30, the five regulatory agencies responsible for implementing the Volcker Rule approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make significant revisions to the "covered funds" provisions of the rule.

In an effort to summarize the highlights of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development LEAN E-mail Blasts that we receive, and rarely have time to review in a timely fashion, we at Pepper are providing this quick synopsis of the latest LEAN update.

In an effort to summarize the highlights of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development LEAN E-mail Blasts that we receive, and rarely have time to review in a timely fashion, we at Pepper are providing this quick synopsis of the latest LEAN update.

In early December 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reaffirmed that circuit’s broad interpretation of the False Claims Act’s "first-to-file" bar.

The Government’s new approach to consultation has received mixed reviews.

The Bankruptcy Code creates a series of priorities that dictate the order in which claims are paid.

A preference defendant sought to amend its answer more than 21 months after the answer was filed to deny its "insider" status.

In jurisdictions where courts hold that an absolute assignment of leases and rents can totally and finally divest a debtor of its interest in rents, a bankruptcy is probably not feasible unless the debtor's principals have very deep pockets.

In Gildea, the bankruptcy trustee claimed that a group of insiders colluded with the purchaser of the debtor’s assets at a Section 363 auction to control the sale price.

Individual chapter 11 debtors objected to a deficiency claim filed by a bank.

In connection with a proposed sale of real property, a chapter 11 debtor sought to prohibit the mortgagee from submitting a credit bid.

In "West Grand" the debtor attempted to have a deed in lieu of foreclosure set aside as a fraudulent conveyance, and the main question left for the court to answer, was whether the debtor received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the deed in lieu.

A chapter 7 trustee sought to use his "strong arm" powers as a hypothetical judgment lien creditor, arguing that a mortgage could be avoided because the mortgagee was not entitled to enforce the note secured by the mortgage.