- Q: What is a white-collar crime? - A: While there is no legal definition, white collar is generally used to describe a non-violent, business-related crime committed for financial gain. Antitrust fraud, tax evasion, bribery, securities fraud and...
On Wednesday of last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 7-2 decision affirming a Fifth Circuit ruling permitting four state-law class actions to proceed against two New York law firms and others in a matter stemming from a $7...
E-Verify compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to information compiled from various government agencies. If the information matches, the employee is eligible to work in the U.S. If the information does...
Executive Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated the decision of a California state court, which held that a trial court should apply the factors set out in the California Supreme Court's 2007 decision in Gentry v. Superior Court to determine...
Background — We have analyzed the terms of venture financings for Israeli and Israeli-related technology companies that reported raising money during 2013. Our survey does not include financing rounds of less than US $500,000. The tables below also...
This is a podcast series where we ask Pepper attorneys five key questions on topics that are top of mind for our clients. Today we are focusing on venture funding and our guest is Pepper partner Steven R. London from our Boston office. Mr. London...
On February 28, 2014, international Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo, capping what is likely the most tumultuous month yet in the history of the controversial virtual currency. Mt. Gox—the largest and most prominent...
A New York trial court announced a decision on February 21, 2014, that may be a harbinger of wide-reaching limitations on insurance coverage for data breaches under commercial general liability (CGL) policies. The court’s ruling, while subject to...
A now-convicted chemist serving a 3- to 5-year prison term was the "sole bad actor" in a scandal over falsified test results at a Massachusetts drug-testing laboratory, says a report released today by a state inspector general.
Today, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Lawson v. FMR LLC that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s whistleblower protections apply to employees of a public company’s private contractors and subcontractors. Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion...
