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Jul 26, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | McGlinchey Stafford |Rudy J. Cerone
With few exceptions, a cannabis-related business (CRB) will be denied access to relief under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.) (Bankruptcy Code) because marijuana remains a controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801, et seq.) (CSA). Even if cannabis is rescheduled from Schedule I to Schedule III, the rationale of the cases denying bankruptcy access still would apply.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | McGlinchey Stafford
July 15, 2024 Read Time: 1 min McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce Members of McGlinchey’s Financial Services Litigations team authored several chapters in the latest edition of the Florida Bar Association (FBA)’s Business Litigation in Florida . This resource for business practitioners and litigators in Florida discusses complex commercial issues and provides trial ideas and forms. McGlinchey lawyers authored the following chapters: Chapter 2: Federal Jurisdiction – Joseph A.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | McGlinchey Stafford
Primary tabsView(active tab)Track Submitted by McGlinchey Stafford on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 18:47 Read Time: 1 min The Uniform Commercial Code-3 (UCC3) amendment is used to change information regarding the collateral and parties or indicate changes in the effectiveness of the financing statement.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | McGlinchey Stafford
Submitted by McGlinchey Stafford on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 18:46 Read Time: 2 mins McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Juleana Piper , Regional Administrator for McGlinchey’s Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, and Nashville offices, has been honored with the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) NextGen Leader Award.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | McGlinchey Stafford
Primary tabsView(active tab)Track Submitted by McGlinchey Stafford on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 18:47 Read Time: 1 min Member Jim Sandy (Cleveland) is co-presenting a Federal Bar Association webinar “Mastering Arbitration Agreements: Creation, Claims, Class and Collective Waivers, and Ethical Hearings,” on June 20, 2024. Jim’s section of the webinar will focus on The ABCs of Arbitration: From contract creation to arbitrating your claim.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | McGlinchey Stafford
June 7, 2024 Read Time: 2 mins Governor Jeff Landry has signed into law a bill that significantly limits the situations in which a plaintiff can name and assert a direct action against a defendant’s insurer under Louisiana law. The new law becomes effective on August 1, 2024. Under prior law, a plaintiff or a plaintiff’s survivors or heirs, at their option, had a right of direct action.
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May 26, 2024 | 
collectionadvisor.com | McGlinchey Stafford
On May 7, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a decision holding that the use by a debt collector of the Model Form validation notice under Regulation F does not guarantee compliance with the requirements of 15 U.S.C. § 1692g or other sections of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).[1] Consequently, the court joined “several other district courts in finding that compliance with Regulation F and the CFPB’s Model Form in and of itself does not...
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May 9, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | McGlinchey Stafford
Primary tabsView(active tab)Track Submitted by McGlinchey Stafford on Wed, 05/08/2024 - 23:33 Read Time: 2 mins In February 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities ( DoBS ) issued public guidance on the applicability of the Money Transmitter Act (MTA) to virtual currency exchanges by means of a link entitled “Money Transmitter Guidance on Virtual Currency” on its Money Transmitter licensing page under the “Resources” heading.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
businesslawtoday.org | K. O’Connell |Marisa Roman |McGlinchey Stafford |Leona Yazdidoust
CURRENT MONTH (February 2024)Delaware Court of Chancery Holds Musk’s $55.8 Billion Tesla Compensation Plan Is Not Entirely Fair, Orders RescissionBy K. Tyler O’Connell, Morris James LLPTornetta v. Musk, C.A. No. 2018-0408-KSJM, 2024 WL 343699 (Del. Ch. Jan. 30, 2024). In both 2009 and 2012, Tesla, Inc.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | McGlinchey Stafford
Submitted by McGlinchey Stafford on Fri, 05/17/2024 - 19:55 Read Time: 2 mins On May 16, 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously held that when a district court compels claims to arbitration and a party has requested a stay under section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the district court is required to stay the case, and lacks the discretion to dismiss the suit outright.
