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Troutman Sanders LLP Document Search Results (282) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Major Development: CFPB and U.S. Attorney Collaborate to Bring Federal Criminal Charges Against Debt Relief Company, Principal and Employees
David N. Anthony, Scott Kelly, John S. West, Alan D. Wingfield; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2013, previously published on May 8, 2013 In an unprecedented move, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on May 7, 2013, that it has made a criminal referral to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, in conjunction with the CFPB’s announcement of its own...
| | Senators Urge Increased Cooperation between FERC and CFTC
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 On April 29, 2013, three U.S. Senators sent a letter to FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) urging greater cooperation between the two agencies. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) penned the open-letter requesting that...
| | FERC Settles Hydropower Investigation
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 On April 23, 2013, FERC approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (“Settlement”) with Seneca Falls Power Corporation (“Seneca Falls”) for violations of its hydropower license. In the Settlement, Seneca Falls agreed to pay a $150,000 civil penalty and invest $300,000 in...
| | FERC Accepts Further Modifications to Demand Response Participation in PJM Capacity Market
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 On April 29, 2013, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) proposed Open Access Transmission Tariff revisions aimed at incentivizing the participation of an efficient mix of demand resource (“DR”) products in the PJM capacity auction. PJM’s tariff...
| | Georgia Enacts H.B. 434 Permitting Mechanic’s Liens for Full Contract Balances
Jason D. McLarry, Frank E. Riggs; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 7, 2013 Today, in a significant development for the Georgia construction industry, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law House Bill 434 to clarify the monetary sum a lien claimant may recover in a lien foreclosure action. The legislation is a direct response to last summer’s Georgia Court of...
| | FERC Grants Complaint Regarding Unfiled Revisions to PJM’s Capacity Market Manual
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 On April 19, 2013, FERC granted a complaint by Comverge, Inc., Viridity Energy, and Energy Curtailment Specialists (the “Demand Response Coalition”) alleging that PJM Interconnection L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) revisions to its Manual 18, PJM Capacity Market are unenforceable and...
| | CFPB Issues Proposed Amendments to Regulation X and Regulation Z
David N. Anthony, Virginia Bell Flynn, Nicola Harrison; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 1, 2013 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a rule containing proposed amendments to the Mortgage Servicing Rules under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Mortgage Servicing Rules Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) that previously were issued...
| | Debt Collectors Get Ready: The CFPB Isn’t the Only Agency to Fear
David N. Anthony, Virginia Bell Flynn, Alan D. Wingfield; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 The Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have announced a jointly-sponsored “roundtable” to address “data integrity” in the debt collection process, to be held June 6, 2013. This initiative, while innocuously presented as an information...
| | Federal Court’s Dismissal of Shareholder Derivative Action Entitled to Preclusive Effect in Courts of Delaware
Tim Mast, Mary Martin Weeks; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 A troubling trend over the past few years in the shareholder derivative context has been the significant rise in multi-jurisdictional litigation requiring defendants to defend substantially similar claims in several courts simultaneously. Regardless of the cause or origin of this development,...
| | FERC’s Wright Testifies on Hydropower Legislation
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 On April 23, 2013, FERC’s Director of Office of Energy Projects, Jeff C. Wright, testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources concerning draft legislation aimed at increasing hydropower production in the United States. The draft legislation at issue included S. 545,...
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