New laws requiring the ring-fencing of retail banking from investment banking have been enacted in the UK. The protection of retail businesses was one of many recommendations made by the Independent Commission on Banking in 2011. The full...
The steady rise in patent litigation in the United States has captured the attention of Congress, which currently has several bills regarding patent reform active in various stages of the legislative process. On December 5, 2013, the first major...
On December 18, 2013, almost six months after the Non-Profit Revitalization Act of 2013 (the “Act”) passed the New York State Legislature, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Act into law. The Act amends the patchwork of requirements applicable...
On December 10, 2013, five federal agencies released the final rules implementing Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Volcker Rule). The Volcker Rule will be effective on April 1, 2014, and will require...
Mexican Federal Congress Approves Important Constitutional Energy Reform Bill - Energy Legal Blog, December 13, 2013 - As we previously reported, on August 12, 2013, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto submitted a highly anticipated...
Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Arizona issued an order in Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission v. Superior Court, No.CV-13-0341-PR (December 17, 2013), vacating the opinion of the Court of Appeals and lifting that court’s previous...
A five-month investigation by a state legislative committee reports that it has evidence that Utah’s attorney general, who resigned last month, feared he was the subject of a federal investigation and destroyed public records while fabricating news ones to cover his tracks.
In This Issue: - Interview with a Community Banking Professional - Holiday Wishes - Accidents Don't Cut It - Ensuring You Don't "Unintentionally" Violate the Automatic Stay - Dodd-Frank Essentials: Executive Compensation Requirements and...
As anticipated, the Assistant Treasurer has announced the reforms to the FOFA legislation the government will introduce. The reforms include removing the ‘opt-in’ requirement as foreshadowed pre-election. The reforms also include changes to the...
