Member Articles

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 ...

Contact: Mark S. Thomas & Robert W. Shaw; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA) In Taveras v. UBS AG, No. 12-1662 (2d Cir. February 27, 2013), the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reviewed t ...

Contact: Gregory T. Bryant; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA) On February 27, 2013, the Brazilian tax authority, Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil (the “Tax Authority”), published guidance regar ...

Contact: Edmund D. Harllee; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia) On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, National Credit U ...