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September 20, 2004 |

Supreme Court Ponders Religion's Place

Conference Call: The Supreme Court is back in action on Sept. 27 and will decide whether to take up controversial cases on the Ten Commandments, the religious rights of prisoners, and property rights.
12 minute read
January 03, 2013 |

Prepaid debit card market adds Justin Bieber to the mix

Myriad players are stepping up with their own prepaid debit products on the theory that some consumers may pay a slight premium for a card with novel functions — or Justin Bieber's picture.
7 minute read
April 29, 2010 |

Contract Law

Glen Banks, a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski, analyzes a recent Eastern District decision that considered whether a claim could be stated for recovery of an early termination fee that had been paid if it were ultimately determined that the ETF was an unenforceable penalty.
10 minute read
July 05, 2000 |

Bill A Bad Deal for Internet Gaming

While an Internet gambling ban making its way through the House Judiciary and Commerce committees has been in the headlines, a lesser known piece of legislation takes a very pragmatic approach to the problem: It prohibits online casinos from getting paid. And lobbyists for banks and credit card associations are keeping a nervous watch.
4 minute read
June 30, 2009 |

Surging U.S. savings may restrain growth

Saks Fifth Avenue is cutting orders 20 percent after posting losses in the last four quarters. Kia Harris says some customers at the Washington shoe store where she works are buying one pair rather than three. In the recession following a borrowing binge that sent consumer debt to the highest level ever, Americans are shutting their wallets and building their nest eggs at the fastest pace in 15 years.
6 minute read
December 09, 2009 |

Company That Was Cyber-Heist Victim Is Spared Liability to Its Stockholders

A Princeton, N.J.-based company that failed to protect itself against an off-the-scale computer data breach has succeeded in fending off a securities fraud action over the resulting losses to investors. In 2008, hackers stole information on 130 million credit card and debit card accounts from Heartland Payment Systems, which processes payroll and credit card payments for more than 250,000 businesses and handles about 100 million transactions per month.
6 minute read
June 13, 2007 |

Tax Case Before High Court Could Mean Big Bucks for Business

In its private conference this week, the Supreme Court will consider whether to grant review in a case that addresses the constitutionality of a West Virginia law that imposes income and franchise taxes on out-of-state companies that have customers -- but not a physical presence -- in the state. Banking giant MBNA America describes its petition for certiorari as presenting "the single most important constitutional issue in state taxation of the last four decades."
7 minute read
October 12, 2009 |

Making Her Way

Judy O'Brien was the first female partner, and a serious heavyweight, at Wilson Sonsini. Now she's GC at a startup that may change the developing world. With video.
7 minute read
June 09, 2003 |

34 minute read
July 02, 2010 |

From banking to investing, overhaul will affect you

The financial overhaul is about more than exotic derivatives and complex risk assessments. It will change how you interact with the financial system every day, from swiping your debit card at the store to applying for a mortgage.That includes new rules governing how we bank, borrow and invest, plus the creation of a new regulator to make sure financial transactions like signing up for a credit card are safer and easier to understand.
5 minute read

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