The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a “lawsuit abuse” bill that reinstates mandatory sanctions for frivolous claims in federal courts under Rule 11 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
In a recent advisory, we reported on an apparently favorable decision to secured creditors from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that held that a secured creditor’s claim survives bankruptcy where the secured creditor received notice of the case...
The CFTC voted on Tuesday to propose a new position limits rule that would establish limits on speculative positions in physical commodity futures contracts. The CFTC’s previous position limits rule was vacated last year by a federal district court...
The price of environmental due diligence for commercial real estate transactions just went up. On November 6, 2013, the ASTM International announced the issuance of E1527-13, which is the updated standard practice for Phase I environmental site...
On November 6, 2013, CMS announced that it plans to turn on claims processing edits (effective January 6, 2014) to deny Part B clinical laboratory and imaging, and DMEPOS, and Part A home health agency claims that fail ordering/referring provider...
The SEC announced that its staff will host a public roundtable on December 5 to discuss the use of proxy advisory firms by institutional investors and investment advisers. The role of proxy advisory firms in assisting institutional investors with...
A significant number of states have “Any Willing Provider” statutes that require a health insurer to admit all requesting providers into the health insurer’s preferred provider network. While some of these statutes are limited in scope (covering only...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new rules to govern debt collection practices that could radically change the debt collection regulatory landscape and for the first time include creditors that are collecting their own debt....
Jury instructions form the foundation for fairness in criminal proceedings. A panel of your peers convenes to make decisions about your guilt or innocence in a case. The jury hears the facts, reviews the evidence and analyzes whether prosecutors have...
Growing Immigrant and Ethnic Populations Require Nuanced Approaches to Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Laws, Panel of Experts Tells Commission - WASHINGTON- The diversity, size and cultural individuality of different ethnic and immigrant groups...
