WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has agreed to pay $285 million to settle claims that it misled investors about a collateralized debt obligation (CDO) "that was tied to the U.S. housing market in which Citigroup bet... Read More
In today's technology-focused age, commercial websites are ever more sophisticated and interactive, allowing customers to do far more than view and purchase a company's products. More and more businesses use social media outlets such as Facebook... Read More
By Troutman Sanders Part I of this post addressed the content that appears on your company website - both content you create or that was created for you and content generated by users of your website. Today, we will look at the various technologies... Read More
By Paul D. McGrady, Jr., Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig / Author, McGrady on Domain Names In terms of timing, ICANN can pull the switch at any moment. The last meeting in San Francisco just ended recently and there's another meeting in Singapore... Read More
FCC Moves to Expand Wireless Microwave Backhaul in Rural Areas On August 9 th , the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("Order") making up to 650 MHz of spectrum in the 7 GHz (6875-7125 MHz) and... Read More
In April 2012, the Minnesota Legislature approved a proposed amendment to Article VII, Section 1 of the Minnesota Constitution . The proposed amendment would add two subsections as follows: "(b) All voters voting in person must present valid... Read More
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act represents the most comprehensive financial regulatory reform measures taken since the great depression. So, one year after enactment, what do we know? By the time you read this, we will... Read More
The Social Madness corporate challenge has kicked off, and LexisNexis is one of 60 Dayton-area companies selected to compete in this social media competition hosted by the Dayton Business Journal and its parent, American City Business Journals. The three... Read More
NEW ORLEANS -- (Mealey's) Parties in MDL 2047 announced June 14 that a preliminary $55 million settlement has been reached between Florida-based drywall suppliers, their insurers and a proposed class of homeowners whose properties were damaged by... Read More
By Peter S. Vogel The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) refused to order a Social Media site to prevent the unlawful use of copyrighted works. In 2010 SABAM (Société Belge des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs ), the Belgian... Read More
FCC's Tower Rule Published in Federal Register Last week, the FCC's Final Rule implementing a notification process for new towers was published in the Federal Register . The Final Rule will become effective when the FCC publishes an additional... Read More
NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A federal judge in New York on Nov. 8 ordered former Galleon Management Co. General Partner Raj Rajaratnam to pay a nearly $93 million civil penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission for his role in a massive insider... Read More
In Connecticut, where less than four months ago Adam Lanza fired 154 shots in four minutes from a Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, killing 26 children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School, lawmakers passed and Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) signed... Read More
By Arnold S. Rosenberg The Federal Reserve amended Regulation E, implementing provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act or Credit CARD Act (Public L. No. 111-24), concerning store gift cards, gift certificates and... Read More
After Hurricane Irene, individuals and businesses will face property losses and interruption of business and will look to insurers for coverage of these multi-faceted losses. To remain up-to-date on the coverage issues raised by Hurricane Irene and... Read More