The U.S. Supreme Court in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico v. Acevedo Feliciano, No. 18-921, 2020 WL 871715, at * (U.S. Feb. 24, 2020) in a per curiam opinion that turned on a state court’s jurisdiction after a case has been...
Ninth Circuit Affirms Decision Rejecting Suit Seeking Early Retirement Benefits - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision rejecting a plaintiff’s lawsuit seeking to overturn determinations by...
The EU Working Group on Risk-Free Rates has published a report setting out recommendations for the transition of financial products from EONIA to the Euro Short-Term Rate (€STR). The recommendations aim to ensure liquidity in €STR cash and...
Congress recently passed significant legislation affecting employer-sponsored employee benefit plans. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 (H.R. 1994) was passed by the Senate on December 19, 2019, as part of...
Under Section 413(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), ERISA’s three-year statute of limitations for fiduciary breaches and certain other violations starts to run when “the plaintiff had actual knowledge of the breach...
While CFIUS can’t stop a U.S. company from relocating overseas just because the committee decides that some dating data is a national security risk, companies should be aware of CFIUS’ powers so they don’t get caught having a classic Gavin Belson...
Interaction between Pakistan’s government officials and the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which monitors and controls international terrorist financing and money laundering, was a back-and-forth in 2019. The FATF called on Pakistan...
The FTC recently provided the CFPB with a summary of its 2019 research and policy development and educational initiatives related to compliance with Regulation B and ECOA. The letter, sent to the CFPB annually, is used by the agency in preparing its...
These graphs and charts appear as the center spread feature in the 2019 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends report.... By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Most businesses purchase some level of “business interruption” coverage as part of their commercial property insurance policies. But to what extent would this coverage apply in the event that a business suffers losses as a result of a potential or...
