Legal News

Covitz, Liang, & Suarez on Panic in Asset-Backed Commerical Paper Markets
Daniel M. Covitz, Nellie Liang and Gustavo Suarez (Federal Reserve Board - Division of Research & Statistics, Federal Reserve Board and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) have posted The Anatomy of a Financial Crisis: the Evolution of...

Federal Reserve Extends Extraodinary Liquidity Measures
As we all know, this economic "downturn" is not over. The Federal Reserve has been very innovative in developing new tools to enhance liquidity in the U...

The Preliminary Conclusions of the Payments System Review
In a speech on 4 June Philip Lowe Reserve Bank Assistant Governor (Financial System) outlined the Reserve Bank's approach to payment system reforms, particularly the EFTPOS system and improving choice for cardholders.

Financial Services Hearing With Chairman Bernanke
Today, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled, ?An Examination of the Extraordinary Efforts by the Federal Reserve Bank to Provide Liquidity in the Current Financial Crisis? with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S...

On Bush Administration?s Plan to Recapitalize Nation?s Financial Institutions
The coordinated actions announced today by the Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Reserve are steps in the right direction that could help to restore confidence in our financial markets and the routine flow of credit to our financial system that is essential for small businesses and consumers...

The Fed Tries New Tricks
You really have to give Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke an A+ for effort. As the financial markets continue to struggle, the Federal Reserve is inventing new tools to inject liquidity into the market and calm investor fears...

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Child Support Survival Guide
The Child Support Enforcement System

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

How can I prove my wife only married me to get a green card?
The problem with an annulment is that they are hard to get-- they are not someth...

I was fired on June 3, 2002 in Massachusetts because I reported discriminatory behavior by the employer towards a particular nationality. In July I filed a discrimination/retaliation complaint against the employer with t
It seem sin your case that the fact you filed the complaint prior to being dissa...

What is comparative negligence and strict liability in tort law?
A. comparative negligence
B. seller sells to buyer
B. defense of ...

Atlas Cold Storage
Income Trust to pay $40 million to settle a class action that claims misrepresented financial statements.

Medical Errors
Annual Cost to Insurers Nearly $1.5 Billion

The Reserve Fund's Primary Fund
RFIXX

The Reserve Fund's Primary Fund
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Frank Bluestein, The Maximum Financial Group, Inc., Questar Capital Corporation, and Gunnallen Financial, Inc.
alleging schemed investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Taylor Bean Faces Federal WARN Class Action
Taylor Bean Federal Employment Class Action Filed