The CFPB will hold a field hearing on arbitration in Dallas, Texas on December 12, 2013. Section 1028(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act required the CFPB to conduct a study of arbitration agreements and clauses and provide a report to Congress. In April 2012,...
Decision serves as a reminder that careful consideration should be given to provisions dealing with the consequences of breaches of restrictive covenants and other terms of commercial agreements.... By: Morgan Lewis
On December 6, 2013, ICANN posted for public comment a proposal requested by the Brand Registry Group to incorporate a new Specification 13 to the new gTLD Registry Agreement, which would be available to a registry operator that operates a top-level...
The Governor of Illinois last week signed into law legislation involving significant overhauls to the state’s pension system. The reform is intended to help stabilize both the pension system and the state's financial health in light of unfunded state...
Well, the wait is over. After 16 months and much anticipation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) released a 1,888-page final rule on November 20, 2013 to combine mortgage disclosures required under the Real Estate...
From email services to cloud storage, we live in an era of free online services. Though many people use these services for personal purposes, many small businesses rely on these services for their day-to-day operations.
In Galderma Laboratories v. Tolmar, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s findings that the Orange Book-listed patents for Galderma’s Differin® 0.3% gel product were not invalid as obvious. In so doing, the Federal Circuit took a...
Litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has skyrocketed in recent years, with an estimated eighty percent of all cases filed in or transferred to federal court under the statute occurring in the past five years. Because of the...
On November 26, the FCA published a speech made by the FCA Director of Supervision on the future of retail banking and the issues identified by the FCA.... By: Orrick - Structured Finance Group
A California lawyer, Stephen Siringoringo, and his wife were taken into custody and face a marijuana charge after law enforcement officials say they found 445 grams of the drug, packaged for sale, in his law office during a search Wednesday.
