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The FCC recently denied a petition that had asked it to amend its rules so that it could preside over class actions.

In "Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp.", the Delaware Supreme Court upheld the finding of the Delaware Court of Chancery.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners held its Spring 2013 National Meeting from April 6 to 9 in Houston, Texas.

In its March 4, 2014, opinion in "Lawson v. FMR LLC" the Supreme Court extended the whistleblower protections of 18 U.S.C. § 1514A.

As the old saying goes, "History repeats itself." During the savings and loan industry crisis of the late 1980s, bankruptcy courts were inundated with cases filed by developers of failed real estate projects where — in the days before electronic filing — bankruptcy lawyers went to the courthouse and filed the bankruptcy petition on the eve of the foreclosure sale or immediately after the hearing on the mortgagee's petition for appointment of a receiver.

Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was enacted on July 21, 2010, requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend Item 402 of Regulation S-K to require disclosure of the median of the total annual compensation of all employees of an issuer (excluding the chief executive officer).

A number of government and regulatory agencies have focused on the practices surrounding 401(k) rollovers to IRAs.

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Chairman, Glen Hackbarth, recently submitted comments in response to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS).

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule establishing a unique device identification system for medical devices and requiring a unique device identifier (UDI) to be placed on medical devices and device packages.

An insurer that wishes to take steps to reduce the risks of the lifetime income guarantees under its outstanding variable annuity contracts should consider whether its proposed course of action is permissible under the terms of the contracts, the impact of disclosures in its existing prospectuses, the new disclosures that will be required and the suitability and other compliance issues that may arise under the federal securities laws.

Consider this scenario: Your company is a mid-sized business with significant R&D expenditures.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) generally prohibits group health plans and group health insurance issuers from discriminating against individual participants and beneficiaries based on a health factor.

The Innovate in Pennsylvania Tax Credit was established, authorizing the Department of Community and Economic Development to sell up to $100 million of tax credits to insurance companies at a fraction of their value.

Over the past two weeks, a Yale Law School professor has sent letters to approximately 6,000 sponsors of 401(k) plans implying that they may have breached their fiduciary duties with respect to plan costs and investments.

In May 2009, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the European Union legal framework for the protection of personal data.

In May 2009, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the European Union legal framework for the protection of personal data.

The SEC has recently entered into a cease and desist order and imposed an $850,000 civil money penalty against Revlon, Inc. in connection with a 2009 "going private" transaction.