Category: Legal Pulse

FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley For Five Years Of Ineffective Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring

written by Madeline Sheffield   The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced on December 26, 2018, that it has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LCC (Morgan Stanley) ten million dollars… Read more »

Gorsuch and Sotomayor Criticize the Court for Not Hearing a 6th Amendment Right to Confrontation Issue

Written by Julia Gorski   On November 19, 2018, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari to a 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause issue involving the use of a toxicology report… Read more »

The Music Modernization Act: A Monumental Transformation of Federal Copyright Protection in Digital Music

written by Emily M. Welch   With the monumental shift from physical to digital music consumption in recent years, an update on legislation addressing digital developments in music has become… Read more »

How the Harvard University’s Admissions Trial Could Make Its Way to the Supreme Court

WRITTEN BY JACQUELINE D. GREENBERG     Background In 2014, the Students for Fair Admission group filed a lawsuit against Harvard University that alleged Harvard’s admissions process was discriminatory. This… Read more »