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Joseph & Cohen Expands Its Banking Practice – Janet Walworth Joins As Of Counsel

July 15, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 15, 2015. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today that Janet Walworth has joined the Firm’s banking and transactional group as Of Counsel. With over 30 years of experience as a commercial lending, transactional and restructuring lawyer, Ms. Walworth deepens Joseph & Cohen’s boutique banking industry group which focuses on regulatory, corporate, transactional and litigation for banks, credit unions and other financial service companies. Janet Walworth currently represents major money center banks, regional and community banks and other financial service companies. She is a skilled secured lending lawyer with expertise in real estate and personal

Litigators Nicole Dogwill and Robyn Callahan Join Joseph & Cohen

April 7, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 08, 2014. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today that the firm has added two skilled litigation attorneys to its expanding boutique litigation practice. Nicole P. Dogwill joined the firm as a Partner, and Robyn C. Callahan as Of Counsel. Nicole Dogwill is an experienced litigator with core expertise advising and defending mature and emerging companies, as well as their directors and officers, on matters involving fiduciary duty, corporate governance, securities, fraud, antitrust/unfair business practices, and related business claims. Ms. Dogwill also advises and litigates fiduciary duty and related claims arising in trust and estate

Feds Target Payday Lenders: The New Enforcement Reality

April 16, 2012

By Marie Hogan and Jonathan Joseph The President of the United States sent a wake-up call to the payday lending industry in his 2012 State of the Union speech that they are a target of federal enforcement action by the new Consumer Protection Financial Bureau or CFPB. President Obama exclaimed: “If you’re a mortgage lender or payday lender or a credit card company, the days of signing people up for products they can’t afford with confusing forms and deceptive practices—those days are over.” Almost a week before the speech, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the newest federal agency whose name

406 Bank Failures Since 2008 – Lessons for the Survivors

October 24, 2011

By Jonathan Joseph* Since the initial crush of the financial crisis in the summer of 2008, 406 banks have failed. As of October 24, 2011, the FDIC has authorized suits in connection with 34 failed institutions and 308 officers and directors for D&O liability of at least $7.3 billion. The current cycle of litigation initiated by the FDIC has begun slowly, however, now that that more than three years has elapsed since the first major bank failure occurred in July 2008, the pace of lawsuits against former bank officers and directors will increase markedly. Since more than 335 of the

California Supreme Court Zip Code Case Slaps Retailer

March 18, 2011

In a victory for consumer privacy rights, the California Supreme Court recently ruled that Jessica Pineda’s rights under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act were violated when a clerk at specialty retailer Williams-Sonoma asked for and recorded her ZIP code in connection with an in-store purchase with her credit card. The unanimous opinion, written by Justice Moreno, concluded that an individual’s ZIP code is protected “personal identification information” that businesses in California cannot request for in-store purchases with a credit card, and then record that information for purposes unrelated to approving the credit transaction. In the longer term, it is likely

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Joseph & Cohen Expands Its Banking Practice – Janet Walworth Joins As Of Counsel

Litigators Nicole Dogwill and Robyn Callahan Join Joseph & Cohen

Feds Target Payday Lenders: The New Enforcement Reality

406 Bank Failures Since 2008 – Lessons for the Survivors

California Supreme Court Zip Code Case Slaps Retailer