Legal Archive

by Charles W. Prueter, Waller The new Term kicks off at One First Street in Washington, D.C., next Monday morning. Last month, the Update previewed several of the cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including a collection of three cases presenting the question of ...Read More

by R. Aaron Chastain and Christopher K. Friedman In 2014, the Nevada Supreme Court sent shockwaves through the mortgage lending industry when it held that a portion of a homeowners’ association (“HOA”) or condominium owners association’s (“COA”) statutory assessment lien had priority over a ...Read More

by Brian Malcom, Waller Unfortunately, big data breaches are not new. So there is the temptation to shrug one’s shoulders and think, “It’s just another day in modern life.” A data breach at a financial institution, however, demands our attention. In March 2019, Capital ...Read More

Question: Why did the ABA decide to form its own healthcare plan? Answer: For several years, member banks have asked whether the ABA can find a way for banks to come together in a large, viable healthcare plan to help reduce the costs banks are ...Read More

by Charles W. Prueter Author’s note: The Court is not currently in session and will not return until October. The Update will begin previewing cases for the October 2019 Term next month. A young man from Chicago by the name of John Paul Stevens ...Read More

by Charles W. Prueter, Waller A young man from Chicago by the name of John Paul Stevens enlisted in the U.S. Navy on December 6, 1941. Pearl Harbor was attacked the next day, and he served the country throughout World War II. He returned ...Read More

by Paul Leonard One of the more important decisions of the United States Supreme Court in 2018, at least for states, was the Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair (Wayfair). As widely reported, the Court held in Wayfair that an Internet seller of ...Read More