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Quantum Meruit Claims

Is Interest Mandatory or Discretionary? Pursuant to CPLR 5004, the prevailing party in a civil action is entitled to interest at the munificent rate ...

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

by Joseph H. Einstein, Jonathan Gardner
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The Benefits of Investor Protection

Is it possible - or even desirable - to try to precisely measure the economic benefit of investor and consumer protections? A series of new legal ...

Friday, October 7, 2011

by Christopher Keller
Labaton
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Playing the Blame Game at RBS

Even David Cameron has problems with Sir Fred Goodwin, the former CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC. On Sir Fred's watch, the once famously ...

Saturday, October 1, 2011

by Thomas A. Dubbs
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Government Reliance on Private Litigants Diverges with Court Trends

The U.S. government's increasing dependence on a quasi-private enforcement model is not easily reconciled with recent trends in the courts to ...

Friday, September 9, 2011

by Rachel A. Avan
Labaton
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PCAOB Proposals Promise Increased Transparency in Audit Industry

  On June 21, 2011 the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), whose mission is the regulation of US auditing firms, took the first step ...

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

by Thomas A. Dubbs
Labaton
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Increased FDIC Lawsuits a Step in the Right Direction, But Too Little Too Late?

In October 2010, the United States' Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), an independent agency of the federal government that insures ...

Friday, April 1, 2011

by Thomas A. Dubbs