Article(s) published by this organization: 28
 | Attorneys' Fees Need Not Be Proportional to the Claims Sought Kathy Billings Massing; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; October 26, 2009 The Seventh Circuit joined the Third, Sixth and Ninth Circuits in ruling that attorneys' fees in Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") actions need not be proportional to the amount of the underlying award of damages. In Anderson v. AB Painting and Sandblasting... |
| SEC Seeks Public Comment on Five-Year Strategic Plan Peter B. King; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 20, 2009 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week released for public comment a draft of its five-year strategic plan for 2010-2015. The plan includes the SEC's mission, vision, values, strategic goals, major initiatives, and performance metrics for the next five years. The plan outlines the... |
| State Securities Regulators Press to Expand Jurisdiction R. Michael Underwood; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; October 1, 2009, previously published on September 30, 2009 Texas Securities Commissioner Denise Voigt Crawford, incoming president of the North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA"), announced an ambitious agenda at NASAA's annual conference in Denver on September 15, 2009. |
| Regulatory Action Disclosure Deadline is Approaching Michael S. Lamont; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; September 24, 2009, previously published on September 23, 2009 In May 2009, the SEC approved amendments to Forms U4 and U5 as well as FINRA Rule 8312 (FINRA BrokerCheck Disclosure). The amendments make significant changes to disclosure questions on the Forms, including the addition of questions about certain regulatory actions. These additional regulatory... |
| The Healthy Families Act Jaime A. Maurer; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; June 17, 2009, previously published on May 27, 2009 On May 18, 2009, perhaps an unforeseen side-effect to the recent swine flu pandemic, a bill that would require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees was reintroduced in the House of Representatives. |
| SEC Chair Schapiro Outlines Future Regulatory System R. Michael Underwood; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; June 11, 2009, previously published on May 20, 2009 In a speech before the Investment Company Institute on May 8, 2009, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro shared her vision of the future of financial regulation. |
| Solving Your Swine Flu Bind? Employment Issues Come to Mind John W. Robinson; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; May 19, 2009, previously published on May 7, 2009 With Swine Flu concerns mounting, businesses must be prepared to handle employee absences. |
| DRI Exemption Bill and CDD Bill Pass Legislature Rhea F. Law, Linda Loomis Shelley, Ronald H. Noble, Erin McCormick Larrinaga; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; May 19, 2009, previously published on May 5, 2009 The bill containing the DRI exemption and state-mandated transportation concurrency exception areas for defined urban areas (SB 360) was one of the last bills passed by the Legislature as it finished its work on everything but the budget on May 1, 2009. |
| Courts Reject Attempts to Circumvent State Structured Settlement Annuity Statutes Julie S. Sneed; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; May 5, 2009, previously published on April 22, 2009 Recently, federal courts rejected a structured settlement factoring company's attempts to arbitrate its requests to obtain transfers of structured settlement annuity payment rights. |
| Congress Revives Arbitration Fairness Act George L. Guerra; Fowler White Boggs P.A.; April 29, 2009, previously published on April 16, 2009 On February 12 of this year, Representative Henry Johnson (D-Georgia) introduced H.R. 1020, The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009. |
