Compliance

Moneytree Hit With $500K In Fines, Refunds

Payday lender Moneytree has been ordered to pay more than $500,000 in fines and refunds for what federal regulators have […]

Arrests In $1B Hedge Fund Ponzi Scheme

The founder and chief of New York hedge fund Platinum Partners was arrested this week and charged with running a […]

Big Retailers Hit With Deceptive Pricing Lawsuits

The unofficial term is “false reference pricing,” and it involves variations on the theme of advertising a price said to […]

Selective, Intense Oversight Of Companies Likely Under New Congress

It may be counterintuitive, but oversight of the private sector in the coming months is likely to become intense, according […]

Online Sales Tax Gets A Boost From SCOTUS

The Supreme Court, declining to hear the appeal of a 10th circuit decision, let stand a Colorado law that enforces […]

No Small Cages In Mass, And A Five-County GMO Ban In CA

From DLA Piper, an update on recent litigation and regulatory developments in the food and beverage industries. They include a […]

BigLaw Firms Join Gun Control Coalition, Pro Bono

Seven of the biggest law firms have formed a coalition with gun control advocates and plan to mount legal challenges to the gun lobby on a number of fronts, in a pro bono effort that…

Patent System For Drugs Gets The NYT Fisheye

Recent cases of drug prices being jacked up for business reasons, not to mention the case of the EpiPen and […]

Family Chat Counts As Insider Trading, SCOTUS Rules

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that gifts of confidential information from business executives to their family members […]

Big Banks Accused Of Financing Rain Forest Destruction

Two major banks, Credit Suisse and Bank of America, are singled out in an article about the role of banks […]

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