The SEC’s final Municipal Advisor Rules, effective January 13, 2014, apply to many of the advisory services and products provided by banks and trust companies to municipal entities, such as state and local governments, and to “obligated persons” who...
The seriously ill children who benefit from the use of medical marijuana are a far cry from the stereotypes of partying pot smokers getting high. For children suffering from debilitating diseases such as Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy for...
On November 19, the CME Group Exchanges issued Market Regulation Advisory Notice RA0913-5R regarding the prohibition on wash trades. The Advisory Notice defines a “wash trade” as “a form of fictitious trade in which a transaction or a series of...
For many years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been charged with protecting public health by ensuring the safety and efficacy of foods, drugs and cosmetics. To do so, the FDA has ensured the promulgation of regulations that guide the...
A Seattle lawyer who worked for the Veterans Administration for nearly 30 years invested his savings and an inheritance from his parents to amass the money to fund a $187.6 million charitable trust.
A Recap of BB&K Legal Alerts & Articles - During the 2013 legislative session, Gov. Brown signed into law new legislation affecting California public agencies, most of which will go into effect in less than six weeks. For more information on any...
FDIC Guidance on Deposit Advance Products - On November 21, the FDIC issued final supervisory guidance to FDIC-supervised financial institutions with respect to the risks imposed by certain deposit advance products. The FDIC encourages banks to:...
Poultry Processing Company Fired Employee for Complaining About National Origin Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - WILMINGTON, N.C. - Mountaire Farms, Inc., doing business as Mountaire Farms of North Carolina Corp., will pay $48,000 and...
Readers of this blog are well acquainted with the “In-House Counsel New Media Engagement Survey,” the study that Greentarget conducts with consultant Zeughauser Group and InsideCounsel. Since we first published the study in 2010, the survey has shown...
A California court of appeal affirmed a criminal conviction of a former employee in The People v. Childs arising out of the employee denying his employer’s access to its own computer systems. Terry Childs worked as a network engineer for the City of...
