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By Stan Soocher | August 4, 2017
Defendants in entertainment industry cases often invoke California's "anti-SLAPP" statute, Calif. Civ. Code §425.16, which is meant to bar lawsuits filed to muffle free speech activities or a legal right to petition. This summer, some noteworthy court decisions have come out of California that involved anti-SLAPP motions filed by attorneys who are defendants themselves in entertainment litigations.
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By C. Ryan Barber | August 3, 2017
A federal judge in Florida has opened an opportunity for the U.S. Justice Department to undercut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in one of its biggest cases, teeing up a new fight as the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress ramp up their own attacks against the Obama-era agency.
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By C. Ryan Barber | August 2, 2017
Rather than roll the dice in a hazy regulatory environment, the gaming industry is pressing the U.S. Treasury Department for greater clarity about how casinos should handle money connected to the booming legalized cannabis market.
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By Catherine Wilson | August 2, 2017
The legal team led by partner Harold Lewis closes on the refinancing for a 14-site portfolio owned by Miami-based Tzadik Acquisitions in Florida.
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By Angela Morris | August 1, 2017
A federal judge has called for the return of 11,000 bitcoins, in a decision considered the first of its kind.
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By Cheryl Miller | August 1, 2017
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has loomed as a threat to the legalized marijuana industry. But Sessions, at the helm of the U.S. Justice Department since February, hasn't taken any overt action to undermine state regulations, giving some hope to cannabis advocates that the longtime critic of recreational cannabis will not interfere in state schemes.
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By B. Colby Hamilton | July 31, 2017
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York will allow to go forward a suit claiming a dozen of the biggest banks colluded against competition in the $230 trillion interest rate swap market.
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By C. Ryan Barber | July 31, 2017
As legislation advances to undo the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new anti-arbitration rule, a banking regulator appointed by President Donald Trump on Monday passed up pursuing an alternative path to erasing the Obama-era agency's plan to ban contract terms that prohibit banking consumers from filing class actions.
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By Alex Lakatos and Marc R. Cohen | July 31, 2017
Alex Lakatos and Marc R. Cohen write: Most of the world's dollar transactions flow through correspondent bank accounts in New York. Thus, it is important to understand how using a New York correspondent account can subject a non-U.S. defendant to the jurisdiction of a New York court.
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By Laura J. Keller and Noah Buhayar | July 28, 2017
Wells Fargo & Co.'s disclosure that it may have pushed thousands of car buyers into loan defaults and repossessions by charging them for unwanted insurance is raising doubts about the bank's ability to put proper controls in place.
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