The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (the “FFIEC”) has released final guidance addressing the applicability of federal consumer protection and compliance laws, regulations, and policies to activities conducted via social media by...

On December 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose new rules that would expand the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 provided by Regulation A to include an exemption for up to $50 million of securities...

Washington has a dram shop statute that states, "[n]o person shall sell liquor to any person apparently under the influence of liquor." Statutory violations are "punishable by a fine of not more than $500 as well as separate [civil] actions."...

Few would dispute that the California Supreme Court has played a leading role in judicial CEQA reform in recent years. It has clarified the law on the operation of CEQA’s statues of limitations, and attempted to bring more coherence and common sense...