Business Law Brief

Brazil's WTO Challenge to U.S. Cotton Subsidies: The Road to Effective Disciplines of Agricultural Subsidies

Background and relevancy - Lessons learned for future litigation of serious prejudice claims - Conclusion

The Judiciary Strikes Back: OFAC's Blocking of Assets in Light of KindHearts v. Geithner

I. What is OFAC? - II. Kindhearts humanitarian Charitable Org. v. Geithner - III. Miscellaneous issues - IV. What does it all mean? - Conclusion

If It's Not Broken, Don't Fix It: The SEC's Regulation of Peer-to-Peer Lending

Part I — securities regulation of peer-to-peer lending - Part II — The commission's decision to regulate peer-to-peer lending

The Changing Landscape of Financial Services: Law in 2009: Federal Preemption, Credit Rating Agency Liability, and Regulatory Reform Legislation

I. Cuomo, Waiters, and Federal Preemption of State Consumer Protection Laws - II. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and NRSRO Liability for Credit Ratings - III. The CARD Act and Pending Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation - IV. Conclusion

After Stoneridge: The Onus is on Congress to Advocate Investors' Interests

I. Background of stoneridge investment partners v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. and Motorola, Inc. - II. Effects of stoneridge on future securities litigation - III. The legislature's response to stoneridge - IV. Conclusion

Follow The Global Silk Road to Security and Prosperity

Introduction - The power of trade agreements - The negative effect of long standing sanctions - China: Revolution for globalization - UAE: Importing the world's talent - Singapore: Promoting meritocracy (...)

Uncle Sam's New Piggy Bank: Confronting Crisis through TARP and Federal Oversight

I. Introduction - II. Background of eesa and tarp - III. Tarp oversight mechanisms - IV. Criticisms of tarp oversight - V. Signs of progress (...)

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Co. v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., No. 08 Civ. 7508, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79607 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 2, 2009)

On September 2, 2009, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling refusing in part a defendant's (...)

Jones v. Harris Assocs., 527 F.3d 627 (7th Cir. 2008)

On November 2, 2009, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Jones v. Harris Associates, a case arising from the Seventh Circuit (...)

In re Citigroup Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, 964 A.2d 106 (Del. Ch. 2009)

Amidst the recent economic turmoil, shareholders have pointed fingers at company directors in hopes of assigning personal liability and recovering losses associated with subprime investments (...)