As the New York Times reports today, Federal prosecutors are nearing criminal charges against some of the world’s biggest banks, according to lawyers briefed on the matter, a development that could produce the first guilty plea from a major bank in more than two decades. The two banks highlighted are foreign banks, BNP Parabas and […]
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Our readers may be interested in Collection of Student Loans: A Critical Examination by law professor Doug Rendelman and lawyer Scott Weingart. Here is the abstract: Although the collection of college student loans centers this article, some background precedes its main topic. It begins by defining and distinguishing federal and private student loans. Next is […]
by Paul Alan Levy In a decision issued this morning in Octane Fitness v. Icon Health and Fitness, the Supreme Court held that attorney fee awards in patent cases depend on an assessment of the totality of the circumstances, and that either the substantive weakness of the losing party's litigating position (including both facts and […]
by Jocelyn Larkin, guest blogger The Ninth Circuit issued a favorable opinion yesterday in Stockwell v. City and County of San Francisco, No. 12-15070, reversing the denial of class certification in a disparate impact age discrimination class action. The opinion was written by Judge Marsha Berzon, and joined by Judges Fisher and Wallace. The decision […]
That's what Ralph Nader and Theresa Amato have been asking for years. As the Times reported here, the airlines won't say. And as Amato notes here, the Department of Transportation isn't making them provide the information either. Amato speculates that it could be billions.
The National Consumer Law Center is putting on a mortgage training conference in Dallas on June 23. This conference will focus on issues raised by the new privately enforceable mortgage servicing regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in January 2014. Go here for the conference brochure.
By now, you may have read about the FDA's proposed regulations that would, if finalized, extend the agency's tobacco-control authority to additional, non-traditional tobacco-related products (such as e-cigarettes). By legitimizing some of these products, the FDA may boost the industries that sell them. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg wrote this short blog post explaining why the agency […]
That's the name of this article by law professor Hiro Aragaki. Here's the abstract: Recent, game-changing Supreme Court decisions on arbitration such as American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant, 133 S. Ct. 2304 (2013), and AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), have had far reaching implications for civil procedure and the future […]
As the Wall Street Journal reports, "[r]egulators are proposing new rules on Internet traffic that would allow broadband providers to charge companies a premium for access to their fastest lanes." What does this mean? As Tim Wu at the New Yorker explains, it's a zero-sum game, so the big, rich content providers will win out […]