Corporate & Securities Law

Retail sales rise on gasoline costs
" The Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose 0.5 percent in May, following a decline of 0.2 percent in April, the increase driven largely by higher gasoline prices."

Blawg of the Day -- Spatial Law
Spatial Law covers a really interesting and unique niche in law blogs: legal issues associated with geospatial data and technology. It's published by Kevin Pomfret, a Richmond, Virginia lawyer who deals with the particular areas of law dealing with spatial data: intellectual property rights, licensing, liability, privacy and national security.

The ACTA Transparency Scorecard
With yesterday's leak of a Dutch government document revealing the positions on ACTA transparency of many of the negotiating partners, it is worth taking stock of the current positions on the issue: Country Position on ACTA Transparency Australia Support Canada Support Japan Support New Zealand Support Singapore Oppose South Korea Oppose United States Neutral (but indication that oppose) European Commission Oppose (fear it would set precedent for other trade talks) Austria Support Belgium Oppose Denmark Oppose Estonia Support Finland Support France Support (but fear U...

Hold oil speculators accountable while driving down the prices of crude oil and gasoline
This isn't rocket science. Instead, it's quite literally Economics 101. Dems, including both Congressional leaders and their party's presidential candidate, Barack Obama, are all about "investigating" the role of "speculators" in the oil futures markets who, they claim, are responsible for driving up the cost of oil and, thus, the cost of gasoline at the pump...

Franchising or Not
The Harvard Business School has a nifty newsletter, HBS Working Knowledge. Nifty sometimes just because it is free and sometimes because it is both free and practical. I say Making the Decision to Franchise (or not) falls into the second category...

Effects of Gasoline Prices on Driving Behavior and Vehicle Markets
New report from the Congressional Budget Office: "This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study?prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee?relates rising gasoline prices to changes in how fast people drive, the volume of highway traffic,...

Carlin & Gervais on Legal Protection in Retail Financial Markets
Legal Protection in Retail Financial Markets, by Bruce I. Carlin, University of California, Los Angeles - Anderson School of Management, and Simon Gervais, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, was recently posted on SSRN...

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Gasoline Retailers
alleging that gasoline retailers were fixing fuel prices.

Auto Financing
Credit Acceptance Corp. agrees to $52.1 million class action settlement after overcharging consumers for fees and interest on automobile installment contracts.

SunTrust HELOC Loan Termination
SunTrust HELOC allegedly violated clients contracts by decreasing, freezing, or terminating HELOC loans.

Robert Fresh Markets Win $21.6 Million Insurance Lawsuit
Robert Fresh Groceries Wins $21.6 Million Katrina Insurance Lawsuit