The NMLS reported 16,076 state-licensed mortgage companies registered in the NMLS for the quarter that ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of 2 percent from 16,397 compared to the third quarter of 2012. During the same period, the number of licenses...
On November 26, 2013, the California Supreme Court by unanimous vote granted review of a fundamental legal issue that repeatedly has surfaced in recent years in both published appellate opinions and the legislative debate over CEQA reform: Does CEQA...
In the decades since Post v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 48 N.Y.2d 84 (1979), in which the New York Court of Appeals concluded it would be unreasonable to enforce a non-competition agreement requiring forfeiture of compensation against an...
A person must meet all three statutorily defined criteria for an independent contractor in order to avoid the exclusive remedy provision of the Michigan Worker’s Disability Compensation Act (WDCA), a special panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals...
The NLRB has agreed to voluntarily dismiss its D.C. Circuit appeal in the so-called “ambush” election rules case. The voluntary dismissal of the appeal effectively renders the Board’s previously promulgated election rules a dead letter. But this may...
On November 26, the CFTC issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides relief to swap dealers registered with the CFTC that are established under the laws of jurisdictions other than the United States from certain transaction-level...
Watch an LMA Replay from the 2013 LMA Tech conference. Listen in as in-house counsel panelists tell Nat Slavin what they actually want from their outside counsel (and what they expect of their tech competence). Questions answered include... which...
What do Sarpy, Neb., Richmond, Ga.; Weber, Utah; and Summit, Ohio, have in common? They are all counties with higher-than-average rates of shaken baby syndrome prosecutions, according to a new study.
In recent weeks, the fast-food industry has fallen prey to coordinated demonstrations by a number of loosely affiliated groups, rallying around wages, benefits and other conditions. The strategy invoked by these so-called "worker centers" (or...
Consider this scenario: During routine due diligence for an impending transaction, the acquiring company learns that the business it is trying to buy has received a grand jury subpoena and is now conducting an internal investigation. Before the buyer...
