Recently by Michael J. Lyle
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Dodd-Frank, One Year Later: A Primer On The Federal Rulemaking Process
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank" or "the Act"), which was passed in direct response to the global financial crisis.1Just one year later, that Act - representing the most comprehensive...
Read MoreTrends In Approval And Enforcement Of Multi-State And Nationwide Class Action Settlements - Part II
Editor's Note: Part I of this article appeared in the April issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Please refer to our website, www.metrocorpcounsel.com, for the footnotes to this article. A. Certification standard. Courts engage in a two-pronged analysis when assessing the propriety of...
Read MoreTrends In Approval And Enforcement Of Multi-State And Nationwide Class Action Settlements - Part I
Editor's Note: Part II of this article will appear in the May issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. I. Introduction Imagine that you have recently signed and received court approval of the settlement of a nationwide class action on behalf of your defendant corporate client. Further...
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