In This Issue: Court of Appeals Reverses Gaied “Permanent Place of Abode” Decision; ALJ Holds That Certain Data Processing Services Furnished to Broker-Dealers Are Not the Licensing of Software; Trial Court Allows Constitutional Challenge to...

Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to re-hear en banc a decision handed down last October by a three-judge panel, thereby leaving in place a decision that could be a major hurdle for plaintiffs in future environmental lawsuits...

In two recent complaints filed in the Northern District of Georgia, Cajun Global LLC d/b/a Church’s Chicken and Cajun Funding LLC or Cajun Funding Corp. (“Church’s Chicken”) allege that two franchisees have been validly terminated but have failed to...

Most private equity funds that are subject to the U.S. securities laws rely on Rule 506(b) of Regulation D, a safe harbor under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act), in forming funds and soliciting investors. In particular,...