Draft term sheets issued by the Federal Reserve Board announce a proposed expansion of the Main Street Lending Program to certain Nonprofit Organizations.
The 2020 edition of Legal 500 US has rated 43 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as national leaders in their field. In addition, 14 of the firm’s practice areas were ranked among the best in the country.
The US Department of Justice issued a business review letter on April 16, 2020, that confirms trade associations can remain relevant and valuable as they manage an escalated emphasis on supporting online marketplaces.
The DHS and ICE have issued Guidance Documents, Frequently Asked Questions, and a Reporting Template to guide higher education officials in staying in compliance with the applicable rules.
In order to deal with the tremendous recent market disruptions and related liquidity needs, the Federal Reserve System, through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (New York Fed), on March 12 offered $500 billion in 3-month term repos to settle on March 13.
Last week, most observers focused on the more than 11% drop in the stock market due to public health and related supply concerns. In response, the Federal Reserve made an aggressive 50 basis point interest rate cut on March 4, 2020.
IP Partner Pamela M. Deese is a featured speaker at the Brand Protection Summit, co-hosted by CounterFind and Warner Music Group on November 7th, 2019 in New York.
The following is based upon the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee Panel meeting held on Monday, November 5 entitled ‘LIBOR Transition Update and SOFR Volatility,’ and related statements from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
For a variety of reasons, as has been widely reported, LIBOR is to cease to be published by the end of 2021 and this expected elimination of the index upon which financing transactions are based raises serious tax and non-tax concerns.
In January 2018, Partner Les Jacobowitz spoke with Reuters after the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority filed an objection to Citigroup Inc.’s proposed $130 million settlement of a class action.
Finance Partner Les Jacobowitz spoke with Banking New York after attorneys general in at least five states began conducting investigations tied to alleged manipulation of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR), adding to probes by US and UK authorities.
College and university staff and college store operators routinely grapple with how to enable students to use copyrighted material in the most economical and efficient way. Copyright protections have not made this easy, with sometimes complex considerations for different licenses and exceptions.
The New York Law Journal reported last year that Arent Fox’s Les Jacobowitz asked but no one—not class counsel, the judge, and certainly not the banks—had an answer.
The 2019 edition of Legal 500 US has rated 49 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as national leaders in their field. In addition, 15 of the firm’s practice areas were ranked among the best in the country.
Colleges and universities should take steps now to implement a plan in response to the investigation dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” in which federal prosecutors charged at least 50 people in an elaborate scheme to gain admission for their children at elite universities.
Late last year, the US Department of Education proposed a rule that the Trump Administration says “takes the important and historic step of defining sexual harassment under Title IX.”
Regulations recently adopted in the District of Columbia require nonprofits (whether formed under DC law or formed under the laws of another jurisdiction) that enjoy real property, personal property, franchise, or sales tax exemption to re-file with the District once every five years.
