In the UK, we have (like a number of other jurisdictions) an array of definitions for gaming products. “Bingo” is defined as “any version of that game, irrespective of by what name it is described” (s353(1)), which is not the most helpful definition....
On January 16, 2014, the U.S. Senate passed an omnibus spending bill for FY 2014 that includes several important healthcare provisions, and President Obama signed the legislation the following day on January 17, 2014. Importantly, the package...
On January 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed rules labeled as “policy and technical” changes to the Medicare Advantage (Part C) and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) Programs. Comments to the proposed...
There were a number of new developments with respect to the cross-border application of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) requirements for swaps in the latter part of 2013. This Legal Alert summarizes...
When a client goes bankrupt, an unpaid supplier is often left with few remedies. Generally speaking, the unpaid supplier’s recovery is limited to their proportional share of what is left of the proceeds from the bankrupt’s assets after the debts of...
On January 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a debt collector violated the FDCPA by collecting a fee based on a percentage of the principal owed when the contract allowed a fee only for the actual cost of collection....
On January 10, the Arkansas Securities Department finalized amendments to certain sections of the rules that implement the Fair Mortgage Lending Act. The regulations were adopted as proposed.... By: BuckleySandler LLP
There's been a lot of action in the federal circuits these first few weeks of the year, and here, in one post we have a lot of it. One shout out in particular is U.S. v. Aparicio-Soria.... By: The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC
The Irish banking crisis has provided some insights into the use by EU member states of emergency liquidity assistance (ELA), which supports financial institutions or markets that are experiencing an exceptional and temporary crisis of liquidity. As...
Days after a California woman's YouTube video alleging childhood sexual abuse by a teacher went viral, the former teacher, who was working as a high school vice principal, has resigned.
