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Contact: Edmund D. Harllee; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA) On July 2, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) published proposed rules and a request for public comment in the ...

Contact: Mark S. Thomas & Robert W. Shaw; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia) The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has provided clear and useful guidance on a common ERISA question: what ...

Contact: Farhad Aghdami; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA) Same-sex marriages that are valid where celebrated are valid for all Federal tax purposes, according to a U.S. Department of the Treasury and Int ...

Author: Charles E. "Chuck" James, Jr.; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA)  With multiple state and federal investigations ongoing, all eyes are on Richmond, Virginia.  Meanwhile, the Department of Justic ...

Author: BRYDON M. DEWITT & ELINOR P. HINDSLEY; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA) Wednesday’s landmark Supreme Court Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) ruling in United States v. Windsor provides additi ...

Contact: Edmund D. Harllee; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virgnina, USA) On Thursday, May 2, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) published proposed rules and a request for public comment in t ...