On Christmas, Santa and his elves have their work cut out for them and sometimes even they can use help to get their jobs done. During the holiday season, a variety of businesses assist Santa & Co. to import and distribute Christmas merchandise and...
On December 10, the Colorado Attorney General (AG) announced a lawsuit against a debt buyer and its principal for allegedly engaging in fraudulent conduct in attempting to collect charged-off debt purchased from two national banks. The complaint also...
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced the results of its enforcement activities during fiscal year 2013. Most notably, the SEC disclosed that it filed 686 enforcement actions and recovered $3.4 billion in monetary sanctions (a 10...
In This Issue: CMS Signals Major Changes Coming for Pioneer ACOs; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...
Everyone has heard of Miranda rights. Anyone familiar with American television or movies has no doubt heard them intoned by actors playing police officers in crime dramas.... By: Law Office of David R. Houston
Upon starting work at on SEC enforcement cases – on either side – one quickly learns that the SEC isn’t authorized to seek money damages in its cases. Instead, the SEC seeks disgorgement of what it contends is a defendant’s illicit profits....
We begin with a philosophical question: Should a person be rewarded for bad behavior? Despite twerkee Molly Cyrus (and her daddy), the Kardashians and, at least for a while Richard Nixon, the answer should be, no....
The CFPB filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against a debt collector alleged to have engaged in unfair, deceptive and abusive acts or practices in violation of the Consumer Financial Protection...
Despite what juries may believe, employers are made up of human beings. Typically, every one of those human beings has a heart and a conscience. Right? While your employees may assume that the decision to fire someone was callous, bottom-line...
Even fair criminal trials are usually not perfect. In Chapman v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that the state has the burden of proving that a constitutional error was harmless....
