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Maritime Emergency Response Team We are on call 24 / 7 / 365 An incident may occur at any time. Blank Rome’s Maritime Emergency Response Team (“MERT”) will be there wherever and whenever you need us. In the event of an incident, please contact any member of our team.   OFFICE PHONE   MOBILE...
FEBRUARY 2016 n NO. 1 Tax and White Collar Defense & Investigations FATCA Update: Treasury Issues Long-Awaited Rules For Foreign Asset Reporting by Domestic Entities Action Item: Nearly six years after Congress passed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the Treasury Department has finally issued Final Regulations mandating the reporting of foreign assets by domestic...
FEBRUARY 2016 n NO. 2 Consumer Finance Litigation CA Supreme Court Unanimously Holds that a Mortgage Loan Borrower Has Standing to Sue for Wrongful Foreclosure due to Allegedly Void Assignments Action Item: In a ruling last week, the California Supreme Court supported Glaski and issued a narrow holding that, post-foreclosure, borrowers have standing to assert wrongful foreclosure based...
FEBRUARY 2016 n NO. 2 Energy, Petrochemical and Natural Resources 2016 Starts with a Bang: A Review of Major Environmental and Energy Developments This Year to Date Action Item: There have been three energy developments of note in 2016 already: (1) The Supreme Court put the brakes on the administration’s Clean Power Plan; (2) the Supreme Court reversed the Circuit Court,...
2016 Volume 1, Issue 1 Crossroads in Court: Two professions set out to help children in family crisis. How does cross examination allow either profession to succeed? Norman Heller, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, New York, New York (Based on a presentation by the AFCC and AAML on Nov 20, 2015 on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition parents with personality, mental...
International Environmental and Resources Law Committee Newsletter Vol. 18, No. 2 March 2016 A joint newsletter of the International Environmental and Resources Law Committee, Marine Resources Committee, and the Section of International Law’s International Environmental Law Committee The Arctic Region Photo Credit: James A. Bruen, Arctic Circle (Lofoten Islands), May...
Maritime Emergency Response Team We are on call 24 / 7 / 365 An incident may occur at any time. Blank Rome’s Maritime Emergency Response Team (“MERT”) will be there wherever and whenever you need us. In the event of an incident, please contact any member of our team.   OFFICE PHONE   MOBILE...
APRIL 2016 n NO. 1 Insurance Coverage Cybersecurity Claim Under CGL Policy Prevails Against Strong Insurance Industry Pushback, As Fourth Circuit Upholds Policyholder’s Coverage For Data Breach Claims Action Item: In a digital age, where companies and individuals increasingly rely on the Internet in their personal and commercial activities, the Travelers Indem. Co. of Am. v....
APRIL 2016 n NO. 2 Class Action Defense New Jersey Appellate Division Reverses Class Certification in TGI Friday’s Consumer Fraud Class Action Action Item: The Superior Court of New Jersey - Appellate Division reversed a trial court’s class certification decision in a consumer class action arising from whether TGI Friday’s decision to not post drink prices...
APRIL 2016 n NO. 4 Maritime The Well Control Final Rule Is Here, Finally Action Item: The recently published Well Control Rule will require significant changes to Blow-Out Preventer (“BOP”) systems and well operations. Stakeholders in offshore oil and gas operations should carefully evaluate the new measures, review safety procedures, and develop plans to come into...
APRIL 2016 n NO. 4 Consumer Finance Litigation Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal Reverses Earlier Decision in Beauvais and Holds That Statute of Limitations Does Not Bar a Subsequent Foreclosure Action Based on a Later Default Action Item: Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal finds that Florida’s statute of limitations for foreclosure actions...
2013 Staffing Industry Survey Highlights ATTEST & ASSURANCE | TAX COMPLIANCE & RESEARCH | SPECIALTY & CONSULTING Survey Participation The survey was distributed to over 500 staffing firms across the U.S. In excess of 100 participants responded, with the majority from the Northeast. Respondents ranged in size from less than $5 million to more than $250 million in annual...
