The Fifth Circuit declined a pro se plaintiff's invitation to reconsider the merits of his claim and instead confirmed the arbitration award against him under the Federal Arbitration Act's standard...
On June 23, 2016, the UK held a referendum, and a slim but sufficient 51.9% majority voted in favor of the UK leaving the European Union.
On May 5, 2016, the Fifth Circuit forecasted whether a non-contractual indemnity claim under Mississippi law should be premised on agency or tort theory.
The Department of Labor recently enacted rules that require financial advisers and brokers handling individual retirement and 401(k) accounts to act in the best interests of their clients.
The battle over the DOL's efforts to implement a new law that will impose a fiduciary standard on anyone giving retirement advice continues with some now questioning whether critics of the law really believe its effects will be so grave.
On December 3, 2015, a jury empaneled in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia convicted Donald L. Blankenship of conspiracy to violate federal safety standards.
Fenway Partners served as an investment adviser to a private equity fund called Fenway Partners Capital Funds III, L.P. ("Fund III"), for which services Fund III paid Fenway Partners an advisory fee.
The Department of Labor is pressing forward in its efforts to impose a fiduciary standard on anyone giving retirement investment advice.
On September 3, 2015, gun maker Colt Defense announced that the company and its creditors are close to finalizing a deal that will rescue the company out of bankruptcy.
Section 5 of the 1914 Federal Trade Commission Act declares that "unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce" are unlawful.
On July 2, 2015, BP reached an agreement in principle with five Gulf States to settle claims against the company arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
On May 14, 2015, the Florida Supreme Court held that a government-created insurance company, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, was immune from statutory first-party bad faith claims.
On April 7, 2015, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Southern District of Texas' decision to vacate an arbitration award rendered in a dispute involving two separate contracts...
A federal district court judge granted preliminary approval of a $10 million settlement in an action brought by a class of Target patrons..
Sanctions, especially of this type and magnitude, are not widely recognized in arbitration, which shows that arbitration, like litigation, is not always as predictable as the researching eye would hope.
