On May 6, 2014, in Santer v. Board of Education of East Meadow Union Free School District, the New York Court of Appeals held that a school district did not violate the First Amendment by disciplining teachers who participated in a picketing...
Recently, I had a client ask me about accepting payments in Bitcoin due to perceived reduction in transaction costs. Unfortunately, there is a recent IRS ruling that makes the future of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange unlikely – given dramatically...
In a decision that will surely have implications for criminal defendants and victims’ of crimes, on Friday, April 18, 2014, the Eleventh Circuit ordered federal authorities to disclose correspondence that took place between Palm Beach billionaire...
Federal Court of Appeals strikes down a portion of the EPA’s rule limiting a Court’s authority for imposing civil fines for equipment failures. While upholding portions of EPA’s new rules for air toxic emissions for cement kilns, in a ruling dated...
On May 8, OFAC issued regulations to implement recent Executive Orders establishing sanctions against Russian individuals and entities related to the situation in Ukraine. The Ukraine-Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 589, implement...
A Texas Federal Appeals Attorney Discusses Texas’s Open Carry Law - Texas is one of a few states that has an “open carry” law, at least as it relates to long guns or rifles. This means that in some circumstances it may be permissible to carry a...
Sexual harassment training doesn’t have the best reputation in the workplace. If you’ve ever seen The Office, I think they do an excellent job of demonstrating how harassment and discrimination training can go horribly wrong. In fact, an interesting...
After four years of litigation, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) recently won dismissal of allegations that it violated the California False Claims Act (CFCA). In this multi-district case titled, In re Bank of N.Y. Mellon Corp. FOREX Transactions Litig....
On May 9, 2014, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") released proposed regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") revising and clarifying the definition of real property for the purposes of the real estate investment...
The bipartisan leadership of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unveiled a six-year surface transportation bill last night that would maintain current funding under MAP-21 legislation expiring in September, plus inflation. Every state...
