On June 23, 2017, President Trump signed legislation that is intended to protect whistleblowers who report problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”), and improve employee accountability for misbehavior …
Since the early 1900s, tortious interference with contractual relations has been a viable cause of action in New York. E.g., S.C. Posner Co. v. Jackson, 223 N.Y. 325, 332 (1918); …
Jimmy Smith is widely considered to have been one of the most influential and accomplished jazz musicians of his time, if not in jazz history. Smith, who died in 2005, …
The New York Statute of Frauds provides that “[a] contract for the . . . the sale, of any real property, or an interest therein, is void unless the contract …
The Department of Justice recently announced a settlement with eClinicalWorks (“ECW” or the “Company”) related to alleged False Claims Act violations. The Massachusetts-based company, one of the largest electronic health …
Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted along party lines to repeal many of the regulations enacted after the 2008 financial crisis under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection …
On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court held that claims for disgorgement imposed as a sanction for violation of the federal securities laws must be commenced within five years …
The Fiduciary Rule (the “Rule”) is designed to protect investors receiving investment advice about qualified retirement plans and individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”) by requiring all registered brokers, financial advisers, and …
Arbitration is an alternative to a court proceeding. It is an adversarial proceeding in which the parties can call witnesses and present evidence to a neutral arbitrator or panel of …
In previous posts, this Blog has written about certain parts of the recently proposed Financial CHOICE Act 2.0; namely, the provision that: (a) bars “co-conspirators” from recovering whistleblower awards under the …
