The Council has issued an information note to the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) on the outcome of EP’s first reading of the proposed Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD).... By: Dentons
The Association of Corporate Counsel Foundation (ACC) released a State of Cybersecurity report on December 9, 2015. Ballard Spahr was the only law firm that served on the advisory board for the study and helped to formulate the survey questions. The...
A flurry of support for Medicaid expansion this week…with Virginia hospitals backing a provider assessment, Wyoming's Governor putting forth a budget initiative, and Arkansas announcing plans to extend its waiver. Meanwhile, CMS makes permanent...
We’ve become accustomed to data breaches. For consumers, data breaches are irritating, can be inconvenient, and sometimes create identity theft issues for those affected. Consumers expect “the big boys” to have data security and privacy under...
On November 27, the European Parliament published a press release clarifying its stance on a potential delay of implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and, by default, the Markets in Financial Instruments...
The modern lawyer has a very different lexicon from her predecessors, and an entirely new array of tools for practicing law and managing the practice of law. This is the era of the Internet of Things, where Big Data is increasingly important, and...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) recently ordered a Florida subprime credit reporting company and its owner to pay an $8 million civil penalty and to halt illegal practices in a December 3 Consent Order....
The Council has published the second Presidency compromise on the proposed Securitisation Regulation for simple, transparent and standardised securitisations announced as part of the Capital Markets Union action plan (see FReD 2 October)....
