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W. Cory Phillips; Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.;
Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 Consider whether you organization routinely achieves stated goals or properly identifies and corrects problems? Is there an established procedure to identify and correct negative trends? Effective problem solving can drastically affect the performance of your business by improving areas such as...
| | Federal Court Reinstates $203 Million Judgment Against Wells Fargo for Misleading Consumers on Posting of Debit-Card Purchases that Resulted in Unexpected Overdraft Fees
Lieff Cabraser Heimann Bernstein LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 20, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 Michael W. Sobol of the national plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP announced that U.S. District Judge William Alsup late yesterday afternoon issued an order to reinstate a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo Bank. The judgment is based upon the...
| | Federal Judge Reinstates $203 Million Judgment against Wells Fargo for Overdraft Fees
Lieff Cabraser Heimann Bernstein LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 As reported by the Daily Journal., a federal judge reinstated a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo Bank NA in a consumer class action over claims the bank unfairly imposed overdraft fees on depositors. U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco filed the order late Tuesday after his...
| | The New York State Department of Financial Services at the One-Year Mark: A New Aggressive Regulator Worth Following
Robert W. Gaffey, Harold K. Gordon, Henry Klehm, Howard F. Sidman, Jayant W. Tambe; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2013, previously published on May 2013 Since the New York State Department of Financial Services ("DFS") began operations in late 2011, the agency appears to have lived up to its billing as an activist regulator of insurers and financial institutions. DFS has taken on several novel issues and will likely continue to do so....
| | Protect Your Business from Check Fraud
Joel C. Farrar; Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2013, previously published on May 2013 Advances in desktop publishing and color copying have led to dramatic increases in check fraud. Recently, Foster Swift's bank was presented with a fraudulent $1,000,000 check that was drawn on Foster Swift's general account. The check was indistinguishable from any other Foster Swift check, and in...
| | Deadlines Approach for Implementation of NYSE And NASDAQ Compensation Committee Listing Standards
J. Andrew Gipson; Jones Walker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2013, previously published on May 9, 2013 With the recent adoption of final listing standards applicable to compensation committees and compensation advisers of NYSE and NASDAQ exchange-listed companies, there are certain actions that affected companies should prepare to take.
| | FINRA Member Regulation Sales Practice Forum (a/k/a What Keeps Regulators - and Firms - Up at Night)
Diana C. Campbell Miller, Christina R. LoConte, Andrew W. Sidman; Bressler, Amery & Ross A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2013, previously published on May 7, 2013 A lively and interactive discussion covering regulatory “hot topics” among a panel of regulators and industry representatives marked the most recent meeting of the SRO Sub-Committee of the ABA Securities Litigation Committee on February 25, 2013. FINRA’s Susan Axelrod, former...
| | Transfer $8 Million Out Of Accounts In New York? That Action Alone Is Not Sufficient To Establish Personal Jurisdiction
Mark E. McGrath; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 In Henkel v. Masiero, Index No. 650425/2012 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty. Mar. 18, 2013) (the “Opinion”), the Supreme Court (J. Bransten) granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction on the grounds that one telephone call with a bank was not sufficient...
| | Florida Appellate Court: Trial Court “Jumped the Gun” by Dismissing Bank’s Foreclosure Complaint with Prejudice
John R. Chiles, Matthew J. Devine; Burr & Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 In Wells Fargo Bank v. Bohatka, et al., 38 Fla. L. Weekly D885a (Fla. 1st DCA April 22, 2013), the Florida First DCA reversed dismissal with prejudice of a residential foreclosure complaint. While the appellate court agreed that dismissal of the complaint was proper, it held that dismissal with...
| | As the CFPB Turns ... And Other Consumer Financial Services News
Christi A. Lawson; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 29, 2013, previously published on April 25, 2013 In this week’s episode of As the CFPB Turns questions remain regarding Director(?) Richard Cordray’s constitutional authority to act as the Director of the CFPB. House Financial Services Committee Chairman, Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, advised Cordray that the D.C. Circuit’s recent...
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