Cities Compete to Be the Arena for Global Legal Disputes
Municipalities around the world are working to attract bickering parties as part of an effort to become an international hub for arbitration proceedings.
View ArticleBritain Seeks to Widen Law Against Rigging of Financial Benchmarks
After the Libor scandal, the new list of benchmarks reflects the growing interest of regulators and law enforcement in potential abuses in swaps, currencies and commodities.
View ArticleTougher Shield for Soldiers Against Predatory Lenders
Loopholes in a law have left hundreds of thousands of service members across the country vulnerable to potentially predatory loans.
View ArticleAppeals Court Rejects Claims by American Indian Payday Lenders
A federal appeals court rejected arguments that New York State’s top financial regulator lacked jurisdiction.
View ArticleFiguring Out if a Financial Institution Is Too Big to Fail
MetLife's argument against its designation as systemically important is part of a larger debate about when the government can use numbers to justify its actions, David Zaring writes in the Another View...
View ArticleCourt Conflict Raises Question of Who Decides the Law, and the Breaker
Insider trading cases are casting a spotlight on whether courts should defer to administrative agencies in determining criminal violations, Peter J. Henning writes in the White Collar Watch column.
View ArticleTattletales Embraced as Whistle-Blower Programs Gain Support
Programs, and payouts, to encourage whistle-blowers to come forward with wrongdoing are likely to increase with the new Congress, Peter J. Henning writes.
View ArticleA Brake on Reincorporating Abroad via Mergers
A change in Treasury’s rules on inversions upended some large merger deals. But analysts say they believe the changes will not end the practice.
View ArticleCitigroup Becomes the Fall Guy in the Spending Bill Battle
Citigroup is facing criticism, mostly from left-leaning groups, for its role in writing a provision in the government spending bill that would undo a major feature in the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul.
View ArticleWall St. Wins a Round in a Dodd-Frank Fight
A repeal of a derivatives rule would show that, six years after the financial crisis, large banks have found a way to kill regulations that were part of the Dodd-Frank Act.
View ArticleBitcoin Foundation Parts Ways With Its Global Policy Counsel
The dismissal of Jim Harper comes as the Bitcoin Foundation is shifting its focus, from policy advocacy to Bitcoin technology and infrastructure development.
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Investments Test the Volcker Rule
Goldman Sachs has found ways to put its money to work in formats that appear to comply with the Volcker Rule, but its investments have caused concern among some of its big clients.
View ArticleS.E.C. Has Yet to Set Rule on Tricky Ratio of C.E.O.’s Pay to Workers’
Chief executives of successful companies may deserve handsome pay packages, but how do you value the contribution of the average worker?
View ArticleLaw Firm Founds Project to Fight ‘Revenge Porn’
K&L Gates has set up the Cyber Civil Rights Legal Project to fight the shame-posting of sexual photos and videos online by jilted lovers.
View ArticleGreen Dot’s Decision to Stop Selling MoneyPak Cards Will Take a Toll
The loss could cost the company up to $40 million in operating revenue this year.
View Article