Final Interagency Guidance on Managing Risks Associated with Third-Party Relationships

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On June 6, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued final interagency guidance that provides granular recommendations for how banks and other regulated financial institutions should manage risks associated with third-party relationships (the “Guidance”). The Guidance…

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A Lawyer’s Blog – Jon Michael Probstein, Esq.: CHILD WELFARE NOT IMMUNE FROM LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURIES TO FOSTER CHILD

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PD v. County of Suffolk, 2024 NY Slip Op 3405 – NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2024: “WOOTEN, J. APPEAL by the defendant County of Suffolk, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court (David T. Reilly, J.), dated April 6, 2023, and entered in Suffolk…

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New York Law

School’s In! A Refresher on RESPs and Estate Planning

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With the bell having tolled on the beginning of another schoolyear, there is perhaps no more fitting time to offer a refresher on the details, advantages, and complexities of registered education savings plans (RESPs), while also exploring some of the nuances in relation to their impact on estate planning. Overview and Advantages In general terms,…

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Property Law

From Skincare to Spyware: L’Occitane’s CIPA War Against the Plaintiffs’ Bar

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While French skincare company L’Occitane (the “Company”) successfully thwarted a mass arbitration effort by plaintiffs’ firm Zimmerman Reed and approximately 3,000 customers (the “Claimants”), the Southern District of California Court presiding over the matter indicated that the Company’s case against them was on the verge of dismissal. L’Occitane v. Zimmerman Reed, et al., No. 2:24-cv-01103…

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Moving Forward, but Not on More Legal Migration Pathways – EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy

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Print this article POST 11 OF THE SERIES OF THE ODYSSEUS BLOG ON THE PACT ON MIGRATION & ASYLUM By Tesseltje de Lange, Professor of European Migration Law, Director of the Centre for Migration Law, Radboud University Nijmegen  Introduction The 2020 Pact on Migration and Asylum made a promise of better regulation of legal pathways…

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New York’s Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act — CIDA Light 2.0 — Passes and Is Signed

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In the beginning the NYS legislature created CPLR § 3101(f).  And 3101(f) thusly provided: Contents of insurance agreement. A party may obtain discovery of the existence and contents of any insurance agreement under which any person carrying on an insurance business may be liable to satisfy part or all of a judgment which may be…

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The Drama of Democracy – Verfassungsblog

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I am looking forward to the coming week with a sense of excitement. There are several reasons for this: Firstly, on Friday, my new play Ein Volksbürger will premiere, starring Fabian Hinrichs in the lead role and directed by Nicola Hümpel of Nico and the Navigators. As with Ein Volkskanzler, it explores a scenario: Suppose…

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The Best Legal Billing Software for Large Firms in 2024

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Running a large law firm is a balancing act with many moving pieces—especially when it comes to law firm billing. This is where legal billing software comes in. Legal billing software streamlines many essential billing tasks for law firms—like tracking billable hours and expenses, creating invoices, and managing payment collections. For large law firms, legal…

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John Pappas Passes | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

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There will have to be a follow-up to this because most will never truly appreciate the underlying depth of John Pappas’ impact on Florida property insurance law until it is fully explained. John Pappas was my dear friend, my law school classmate, and Best Man at my marriage to Kim Merlin. We were close friends…

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