Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

Duane Morris Takeaway: This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associates George Schaller and Ryan Garippo with their discussion of a significant ruling handed down by the Seventh Circuit in Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co setting a new standard for the conditional certification of collective action

Two recent SEC enforcement actions serve as a sharp reminder that Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) can face personal liability for what they do – or fail to do – in the course of regulatory examinations for registered investment advisers (RIAs).

On July 23, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued interim guidance for Large Business & International Division ("LB&I") audit procedure. The IRS announced three major changes: (1) the Acknowledgement...

Chambers Global ranked four Venable attorneys in their 2012 edition, including Corporate Group partners Jim Hanks and Sharon Kroupa.

On April 25, 2012, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 opinion, written by Justice Breyer, concluding that Treasury Regulation § 301.6501(e)-1(a)(iii) was invalid.

The Royal Court in Jersey has recently provided guidance to trustees on their duty to disclose to their successors. The Supreme Court held today in United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC, No. 11-139, that an overstatement of the taxpayer’s basis in a partnership interest, which thereby limits the capital gains tax on a sale of that interest, is not an "om[ission] from gross income" under 26 U.S.C. § 6501(e)(1)(A).

On May 9, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") charged former Detroit mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, former city treasurer Jeffrey W. Beasley, MayfieldGentry Realty Advisors, LLC ("MGRA") a registered investment adviser, and Mayfield the CEO and majority owner of MGRA, in connection with allegations that they were involved in a secret exchange of lavish gifts to peddle influence over Detroit’s public pension funds’ investment process.

A recent California federal court decision denied certification to a putative class of Facebook "cost-per-click" advertisers who allegedly were charged by Facebook for fraudulent or invalid clicks on their advertisements.

On February 16, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") proposed a new rule which defines the contours of CFPB’s authority to supervise certain debt collectors and consumer reporting agencies to ensure their compliance with federal consumer financial laws ("Proposed Rule").

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I frequently hear defendants express a desire to sue plaintiffs for defamation due to the allegations made against them in a lawsuit.

In this episode of OK at Work, attorneys Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger from Offit Kurman discuss the nuances of non-disparagement clauses in separation agreements.