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SEC Activity with Fixed Income and Credit Funds
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Parties involved in contract disputes often desire to avoid contractual limitations on recovery, fostering creative attempts to transform breach of contract claims into tort or other noncontractual causes of action. Such...more
In California, several classes of persons are entitled to some form of immunity protecting them from liability for activities performed in connection with judicial proceedings. For example, “judicial immunity” bars civil...more
Applying California law, a federal district court has held that a policy’s retroactive date exclusion bars coverage even if the harm caused by the wrongful acts materializes after the retroactive date. Bararsani v. HDI...more
Through an investment bank (acting as broker), clients invested in Reverse Convertible Notes (RCNs). RCNs are a complex “structured financial product” that is sometimes championed as a high-yield, short-term investment...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini outlined a court’s decision to uphold a permanent injunction against a broker finding the appellate rules do not allow for an appeal as a matter of right. In this case, a bank sought...more
U.S. Constitution - Article VI: This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall...more
When AmeriPlan terminated contracts with numerous “independent business owners” (“IBOs”), four IBOs—who had achieved the rank of Sales Director and earned “lifetime residual income” through commissions from their own...more