Two Senators Call for Acting DHS Inspector General to Step Down - Since June 2012, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Inspector General Charles K. Edwards has been the subject of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
Yesterday, by a vote of 64 to 32, the United States Senate passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would ban employers from firing, refusing to hire or discriminating against workers or job applicants based on their actual or...
The CFPB announced a proposed consent order against a mortgage company and two of its senior officers, alleging that the mortgage company, through the actions of such officers, steered consumers into mortgages with higher interest rates in violation...
The Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) has jurisdiction to review penalties imposed by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for I-9 compliance violations. In calculating the amount of the penalty, OCAHO is not...
In United States and State of California ex rel. Fryberger et al. v. Kiewit Pacific Company, et al., No. 12-CV-02698, 2013 WL 5770514 (October 24, 2013), a California federal court in the Northern District of California dismissed the relators’...
On November 6, Wells Fargo & Co. disclosed in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it settled claims by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (acting as conservator to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) against it for...
The OCC issued guidance to national banks and federal savings associations in assessing and managing risks related to third-party relationships. The OCC defines a third-party relationship as “any business arrangement between a bank and another...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) recently adopted several rules to improve large trader reporting, facilitate segregation of customer swap margin and enhance customer protections for futures and swap markets....
In This Presentation: Public Private Partnership Opportunities: - Public Assistance into Private Projects • Economic Development/Redevelopment • Land Use/Zoning • Real Estate Assets/Long Range Property Mgt. Plan (DOF) - Private Assistance...
Many potential litigants have been aggressive in their preservation of electronically stored information (ESI) to diminish the risk of spoliation sanctions – a risk driven by courts that have imposed sanctions with little or no showing of either...
