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  • 12.20.2023
    FINRA’s In-House Courts Facing Challenges, Jarkesy Ripple Effect
    In a commentary for Bloomberg Law, Rachel Mechanic and Daniel Zinman explain how FINRA's in-house tribunal system is defending constitutional challenges and may also have to navigate repercussions from a Supreme Court securities case. 
  • 12.18.2023
    Gatekeepers Beware: The New US Corporate Transparency Act Could Be a Game-Changer
    In a Financial Times op-ed, Jamie Schafer explains how the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act will require certain corporations, limited liability companies and similar entities to report beneficial ownership information to the Treasury Department for the first time and how the most important aspect of the new law seeks to dismantle the infrastructure that enables money laundering and other related financial crimes.
  • 10.13.2023
    Updated Language to Federal Rule of Evidence 702: What Litigators Should Know
    Updates
    Federal Rule of Evidence 702, which governs expert testimony in federal court, is getting a facelift. The amended FRE 702 goes into effect later this year. In this Update, we review what has changed, as well as takeaways for litigants looking to introduce expert testimony in federal courts.
  • 09.25.2023
    Another Court Rejects a Company’s Attempt To Avoid Mass-Arbitration Fees
    Updates
    The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the latest court to require a company to pay millions of dollars in fees to adjudicate mass arbitrations. Judge Harry D. Leinenweber compelled Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. to arbitrate according to Samsung’s Terms & Conditions and ordered Samsung to pay over $4 million in initial fees to the American Arbitration Association before the merits of any individual claims are considered.
  • 08.15.2023
    David Perez, Aaron Ver, and Jake Dean Article for The Am Law Litigation Daily—3 Keys to Successfully Litigating Alter Ego Claims
    Articles
    Few things are as American as apple pie, baseball, or creating a corporate subsidiary to limit liability and risk. Just as pies and baseball are governed by recipes and rules, respectively, establishing or piercing a corporate veil works much the same.