In a ruling that could potentially increase the number of copyright infringement actions, the Supreme Court of the United States has resolved a conflict among the circuits, holding that the equitable defense of laches cannot be invoked to preclude a...
You already know that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prohibited recognition of same-sex marriages, was declared unconstitutional. United States v. Windsor, 133 S.Ct. 2675 (2013)....
Following an ongoing dispute over amendments, the Senate fell short May 15 of the 60 votes needed to limit debate on the Senate Finance Committee-approved tax extenders package (H.R. 3474). In a 53-40 vote, all but one Republican voted against the...
Federal officials recently approved “reference pricing,” a new cost-control mechanism that allows insurers to put a dollar limit on the amount that health plans pay for some expensive medical procedures, such as knee and hip replacements. The...
Three men who were no-shows for the guilty verdict in a major federal drug case in Detroit on May 12, after appearing in court earlier the same day, are still missing. So the U.S.
Latham & Watkins partner David Allinson explains the M&A term Take Private, a term for the process by which a third party buyer obtains ownership of 100 percent of a previously public company. For additional definitions of the legal and business...
A questionable ACA avoidance scheme has recently come to my attention. The scheme purports to significantly reduce costs associated with ACA compliance by using a so-called Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan or “MERP.” Under this scheme, employers...
On May 6, 2014, Andrew J. Bowden, Director of the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”), gave a speech entitled “Spreading Sunshine in Private Equity” to the Private Fund Compliance Forum (sponsored by Private Equity...
It has been a momentous year for marriage equality in our country. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark June 2013 decisions overturning the Defense of Marriage Act and upholding the ruling on Proposition 8’s unconstitutionality opened the proverbial...
Hard to believe that we are closing in on ten years since Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA). The most significant impact on consumer bankruptcies was the creation of the means test, which is an...
