RD Legal Funding, LLC

10/25/2018

Another judge says CFPB structure is unconstitutional
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/cfpb-is-unconstitutional-new-york-federal-judge-rules

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is an infringement on the authority of the executive branch, a New York federal judge said Thursday.

10/25/2018

ALJ Deals Blow to SEC’s Fraud Case Against Hedge Fund Manager
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/alj-deals-blow-to-sec-s-fraud-case-against-hedge-fund-manager

An SEC administrative law judge recently rejected some of the SEC’s fraud charges against hedge fund manager RD Legal Capital, LLC and its owner Roni Dersovitz (“Respondents”) by fin

10/23/2018

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10/23/2018

https://www.law360.com/securities/articles/1092917/sec-comes-up-short-in-fraud-case-against-rd-legal-capital

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission administrative law judge on Monday shot down much of the agency’s case alleging that fund manager RD Legal Capital LLC and its owner misled investors about their hedge funds’ legal receivables investments, ruling that while some misrepresentations had be...

08/09/2018

We have blogged twice (here and here) about the conclusion in RD Legal Funding that Title X of Dodd-Frank is unconstitutional because it provides that the sole director of the CFPB can

07/09/2018

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/cfpb-is-unconstitutional-new-york-federal-judge-rules

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is an infringement on the authority of the executive branch, a New York federal judge said Thursday.

07/09/2018

It was nice when judges believed in the rule of law.

07/09/2018

A New York federal judge ruled Thursday that the watchdog agency should be eliminated.

06/12/2017

An interesting move in the fight for criminal justice reform.

Agnes Gund sold Roy Lichtenstein's Masterpiece for an eye-popping sum to support the new Art For Justice Fund. The group will fight against mass incarceration and support released prisoners.

06/02/2017

RD Legal Funding Pushes for Dismissal of Joint Lawsuit by the CFPB and the New York State Attorney General's Office.

06/01/2017

RD Legal Funding, LLC (RD Legal) and its affiliated companies recently filed a motion to dismiss the joint lawsuit by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York State Attorney…

05/30/2017

  More than three months after the Salvation Army building collapse civil case settled for a record $227 million an arbitrator has allocated…

05/30/2017

Big news in the Wells Fargo fake accounts settlement.

A federal judge said late Wednesday that he will approve the $142 million Wells Fargo class-action settlement, but only if the bank guarantees customers will be made whole.

05/26/2017

An interesting piece of news for the taxi medallion market in light of everything going on.

Amid all the bad news this year among taxi-medallion lenders, banks are trying to renegotiate loan terms behind the scenes, and regulatory changes could prop up collateral values and the competitiveness of taxis.

05/26/2017

A great Chef.

05/24/2017

Finally the plaintiffs from this case will get their compensation.

After several years of legal work, settlement checks are set to be mailed to more than 8,000 former patients of Dr. Nikita Levy, the Johns Hopkins gynecologist

05/10/2017

Zimmerman Law Offices represents clients with issues related to consumer fraud, professional license

05/04/2017

Huge lawsuit enacted because of the Frye Festival disaster.

One month before thousands of well-heeled millennials were set to descend on a remote island in the Bahamas for the Fyre Festival to frolic on yachts, rub elbows with models, and hear acts like Blink 182 and Major Lazer, the organizers had a big problem. They were running low on…

05/02/2017

A huge issue that has led to a lawsuit by disabled persons' associations.

An audit by the NYC Comptroller's office blamed the frequent failure of subway elevators on MTA neglect.

04/25/2017

Udall Shumway PLC represents individuals and families, businesses, schools and municipalities throug

04/24/2017

Sexual harassment lawsuits seem to be at an all time high. 

Sean Hannity has vowed to sue a former guest of his program with "some of the finest and toughest lawyers in the country" after she accused the Fox News host of sexually propositioning her as allegations of sexual harassment continue to roil the network.

04/21/2017

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04/20/2017

Employment discrimination is still a very big source of litigation.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the SLS South Beach hotel, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims hotel management repeatedly discriminated against black Haitian workers before at least 15 were fired. In one instance, according to the claim, the employees were called slaves.

04/19/2017

A top lawyer from a UK Magic Circle firm will head the new Singapore office

04/19/2017

An interesting article about defense firm litigation funding.

Litigation funding is not just for plaintiffs.

04/13/2017

News you should know courtesy of the New York Times. 

Researchers find that about 60 percent of complaints about medical debt collections fall into categories that suggest the consumers may not owe the money.

04/10/2017

Kirk Jenkins likes to know the odds. As an undergrad at Harvard the Chicago-based Sedgwick partner built regression models to predict decisions…

04/10/2017

An interesting article about the space.

Commercial litigation finance is a growing industry. But when it comes to the people who laid its foundations and those who are propelling the business…

04/10/2017

Miami lawyers expect a recent state court victory to pave the way for billions of dollars to flow back to Medicare and its beneficiaries. The attorneys…