Publications

One of the largest threats over the past several years according to the FBI has been the threat of a scheme known as “pig butchering.”[1] Pig butchering describes an online scam that started as a romance scam, an investment scam, a cryptocurrency scam, or one of many other scams, but […]

On September 19, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) proposed a set of new rules governing the recordkeeping practices of Insured Depository Institutions (“IDI(s)”). The proposed rule, which is largely a reaction to the recent bankruptcy of SynapseFI, would require IDI’s to maintain records identifying the beneficial owners of […]

A Conversation with Radil and Clatterbuck The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) was signed into law by President Ford on Labor Day, September 2, 1974, nearly 50 years ago to the day!  While a number of historical events drove Congress to consider greater protections for employee benefit […]

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) was enacted in large part as a result of the Studebaker automobile manufacturer’s failure to pay its employees their promised pension benefits when it closed its plant in 1963.  ERISA sought to provide greater protections for employees and their retirement benefits.  […]

The American Hospital Association (“AHA”) and a group of hospitals scored a big win recently in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in the case of AHA, et. al v. Becerra, et. al. by convincing the court that OCR exceeded its authority by imposing new legal […]