Anti-trust arbitration bad faith BP oil spill breach of fiduciary duty civil conspiracy commercial litigation construction litigation consumer protection contamination employee protection employment discrimination environmental law exposure fracking fraud implied covenant of good faith Katie Lasky life settlement LUTPA NORM personal injury preferential rights Pro Bono property damage RICO royalties securities securities litigation ssecurities fraud tax strategy toxic torts unfair trade practices viaticals whistleblower wrongful death
Articles
Life Partner Holdings subject of SEC complaint
Texas-based Life Partner Holdings Inc., one of the industry leaders in the secondary life insurance market, along with several of its senior executives, is facing charges of improper accounting, disclosure violations, and insider trading in a complaint recently filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in federal court in Waco, Texas. The SEC alleges that [...]
New SEC settlement policy in place
On Friday, January 6, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a limited change to its policy of settling cases without requiring an admission of wrongdoing from the settling party. Under the new policy, in cases where criminal guilt has already been established, the settling defendant will no longer be able to “neither admit nor [...]
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources adopts new rules requiring companies that engage in fracking to disclose the chemicals used, and to obtain a work permit
On October 20, 2011, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources adopted new rules with state-wide implications for the oil and gas industry. (The fracking regulation is at page 3064). The new rules require an operator to obtain a work permit before engaging in hydraulic fracturing (also known as “hydrofracking,” or simply, “fracking”), and to publicly [...]
