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Greenberg Traurig, LLP Chicago, IL Document Search Results (10) Sort by:  | Second Circuit Upholds SEC Finding that Willfully Failing to Report Personal Tax Liens is Sanctionable by Disqualification
Beth A. Black; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2012, previously published on March 6, 2012 The Second Circuit recently affirmed an SEC decision in Mathis v. SEC, 2012 WL 447378 (2d Cir. Feb. 14, 2012), finding that a registered representative’s failure to disclose tax liens on his Form U-4 was material enough to uphold a suspension of his license. The court also agreed that the...
| | Illinois Appellate Court Reaffirms Rulings That Nonreliance Clauses Bar Fraud Claims
Michael R. Cedillos, Steven M. Malina; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 2, 2012, previously published on March 1, 2012 Last month, in Greer v. Advanced Equities, Inc., 2012 WL 335869 (Jan. 31, 2012), the First District of the Appellate Court of Illinois squarely held that “a purchaser of securities [who] contractually agrees through a non-reliance clause that it is not relying on any oral representation made...
|  | Proposed Federal Privacy Legislation: Summary of Kerry-McCain Bill
Heidi Salow, Heidi Salow, Alan N. Sutin, David A. Wheeler; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 9, 2012, previously published by Greenberg Traurig, LLP on April 15, 2011 On April 12, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) formally introduced the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 (S.799). If enacted by Congress in its current form, the Act will require companies to provide greater transparency to consumers regarding what personal information...
| | ICANN Opens the Window for New gTLD Applications: Are You Ready?
Paul D. McGrady; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 17, 2012, previously published on January 12, 2012 Today marks the opening of the window to apply to become the registry for a new top level domain name. An applicant can apply for any term, subject to certain limited restrictions set forth by ICANN in its Applicant Guidebook. The terms include , and . Where in the past you might find the login...
| | ‘They’re Charging Me with a Crime?’ — Failures to Pay Over Employment Taxes are Increasingly the Subject of Criminal Charges
Phillip A. Pillar, Thomas D. Sykes; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 10, 2011, previously published on September 2011 Failures by a responsible person to pay over federal employment taxes formerly were handled almost exclusively through the imposition of penalties under sections 6672 and 3505 of the Internal Revenue Code — strictly as matters of civil liability. Increasingly, however, the Tax Division of the...
| | Protecting Your Brand in a .XXX World
Joel Ross Feldman, Paul D. McGrady; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 9, 2011, previously published on August 2011 ICM Registry, with ICANN's blessing, has launched the sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) .XXX for adult-entertainment websites. The launch of this new sTLD involves a very important sunrise period (named “Sunrise B”) for all owners of registered marks.
| | Raising Concepcion in Pending Cases: Don’t Miss Your Chance to Change the Playing Field
Paul J. Ferak, Robert J. Herrington, Evan Nadel; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 19, 2011, previously published on July 14, 2011 Regardless of which side you’re on, there is no dispute that the United States Supreme Court’s much anticipated decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. (2011) now is the leading authority on the enforceability of class action waivers in consumer arbitration agreements and,...
| | Seventh Circuit Holds that Free and Clear Sale Plan Cannot be Confirmed Without Preserving Secured Creditor's Credit Bidding Rights: Ruling Creates Circuit Split
Whitney S. Baron, Matthew T. Gensburg, Michael H. Goldstein; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 6, 2011, previously published on June 2011 On June 28, 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected the views of the Third Circuit and the Fifth Circuit and held that a reorganization plan which proposes the sale of encumbered assets free and clear of liens must honor the secured creditor’s right to credit bid its claim...
| | ICANN Votes in Internet Expansion: Are you .ready?
Joel Ross Feldman, Paul D. McGrady; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 6, 2011, previously published on July 1, 2011 Over the last several years, ICANN which has been working on a process by which the domain name space can be expanded. Currently, ICANN has approximately 20 generic top-level domain names (or gTLDs, as they are called) under its umbrella. The most well known gTLD is the . Other current gTLDs...
| | Summary of Illinois Gambling Expansion Bill Sent to Governor for Approval
Martha A. Sabol, Edward R. Winkofsky; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 6, 2011, previously published on June 2011 On May 31, 2011, the Illinois legislature approved Illinois Senate Bill 744 (the “Bill”) to expand gambling in Illinois. The Bill now goes to Governor Pat Quinn for approval, veto, or amendatory veto. If the Governor exercises an amendatory veto—striking some but not all...
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