Westlaw

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Member Jim McLoughlin, Head of Environmental Mary Katherine Stukes and Litigation Associate Pierce Werner, co-author the title, “In Loper Bright and Relentless, Supreme Court returns to high-stakes question of viability of the Chevron doctrine” which was published by Thomson Reuters Legal and Westlaw Today on November 7. Additional contributions were made by Litigation Associate Chassity Bobbitt. This article discusses the arguments, background and questions surrounding the Supreme Court's upcoming review of the Chevron doctrine.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Environmental Associate Pierce Werner, Head of Environmental Mary Katherine Stukes and Member Peter McGrath co-author the article titled, “Moving goalposts: U.S. Supreme Court narrows scope of federal protection for wetlands,” published by Westlaw on August 10.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Intellectual Property Associate Anup Iyer and Member Nick Russell’s article “Drafting patent claims for AI-based inventions: navigating eligibility and precision” was published by Westlaw on August 7. Anup and Nick discuss how as technology accelerates, our legal systems, particularly the patent system, struggle to keep pace.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Employment & Labor Associate Kyle Jacob and Litigation Member Jim McLoughlin’s article titled, “Supreme Court dramatically expands scope of state court jurisdiction over businesses” was published by Westlaw on July 25.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Member Kate Wellman and Associate Aishaah Reed Foster’s article titled, “CFPB targets credit card late fees with lower safe harbor and elimination of annual inflation adjustment in new proposed rule” was published by Westlaw on February 24.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Head of Civil Rights & Racial Equity Assessments and Co-head of White Collar, Regulatory Defense & Investigations Valecia McDowell and Litigation Associates Chassity Bobbitt and Jonathan Gilmartin discuss the increased demand for companies to conduct diversity, equity, and inclusion audits and resistance to such analyses in their recent Westlaw article titled, “Diversity culture clashes: the desire for and backlash to DEI audits and interventions.” The article published on February 9.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Associate Barrett Morris, Senior Counsel John Stoker, and Head of Derivatives Ed Ivey discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to create a public registry of form contracts for financial products that purport to waive or restrict legal protections for consumers in their recent Westlaw article titled, “CFPB issues proposed rule to require nonbank registration and public registry of terms and conditions in form contracts.”

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Associate Jules Carter’s WestLaw article titled, “Everything you've ever wanted to know about NFTs and securities regulation (and a few things you didn't)” was published in the recent Westlaw Journal Derivatives year-end special report featuring a selection of expert analyses published in 2022 on trends and developments in the legal industry.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) attorney Jonathan Prytherch’s article titled, “Riding the regulatory enforcement train: FINRA issues reminder on supervisory liability for chief compliance officers” was published by Westlaw Today on May 18. The article discusses regulatory enforcement of supervisory liability for chief compliance officers in the context of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Rule 3110.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Associate Jules Carter’s article titled, “’I believe every ICO I’ve seen is a security’: Securities regulation in the age of cryptocurrency-based investment contracts” was published by Westlaw on May 5.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Member Jim McLoughlin and Financial Regulatory Advice & Response Member Ed O’Keefe’s article titled, “When corporate reporting creates criminal risk: Circuit court limits criminal liability under ambiguous reporting requirements” was published by Westlaw on March 8.

Charlotte Litigation Member Tony Lathrop‘s article titled, “Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020 introduced in Congress — a federal backstop for business interruption and event cancellation losses” was published by Westlaw on June 22.

Charlotte Litigation Member Tony Lathrop was quoted in the Westlaw Journal.  The article published online on June 12 and will publish in print on July 21.

Charlotte Bankruptcy Member Luis Lluberas and Associate Gabe Mathless were published in Westlaw Journal Bank & Lender Liability on August 7. The article titled, "Henson leaves lingering risks for purchasers of defaulted consumer loans," discusses Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., a case which was recently considered by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Charlotte Litigation Member Peter McGrath’s recent article was published in Westlaw Journal on May 24.  In the article McGrath analyzes a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection seeking to force two townships to approve the underground injection and disposal of contaminated fracking fluids in spite of the risks.