Certain entities owning Puerto Rico's General Obligation bonds filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York today, seeking to invalidate the Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation Act enacted by the Commonwealth to delay the repayment of debts.
A group of holders of outstanding bonds of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico Monday seeking to enjoin certain transfers of assets by GDB they claim are prohibited under Puerto Rico law.
Wireless carrier AT&T will pay $250,000, reinstate an employee, and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced Wednesday.
New York-based Ambac Financial Group Inc. on Thursday filed a lawsuit to protect its rights against what it deemed the “illegal" clawback of certain revenue by the Commonwealth put into effect last month.
The Center for Investigative Journalism filed a civil suit Monday against the government over its refusal to provide the names of the hedge funds that are getting ready to renegotiate or demand complete payment of Puerto Rico’s public debt.
Citing local and federal Constitutional rights that establish freedom of information, New Progressive Party Rep. José Enrique Meléndez filed a lawsuit against the Government Development Bank and Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla, asking the court to order them to release reports crafted by private firms proposing a restructuring of Puerto Rico’s economy.
More than 13 years after establishing itself on the island, Dunkin’ Donuts is pulling out of the Puerto Rico market, closing its 18 locations on the island that were operated by franchisee Wometco Donas Inc., this media outlet confirmed Wednesday.
The saga between Doral Financial Corp. and the Puerto Rico Treasury Department that began earlier this summer took another turn recently, when a local court ordered the parties to sit down and negotiate an agreement that would grant the bank a $229 million tax refund.
BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the government of Puerto Rico, challenging the legality of a new law that allows certain public corporations to avoid their debts.
Doral Financial Corporation filed papers Wednesday appealing a decision by the Superior Court and asking the Puerto Rico Supreme Court to assume jurisdiction of the appeal.
Doral Financial Corp. filed a lawsuit at the San Juan Superior Court and a Writ for Certification in the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, alleging that the government illegally nullified its agreement to refund the bank nearly $230 million in tax overpayments.
Three of the largest securities litigation law firms in the mainland U.S. — Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP; Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.; and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP — have joined forces with renown local lawyer, Andrés W. López, to discuss investors’ options and remedies for losses suffered from investments in UBS-offered Puerto […]
Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Co. filed a $10 million lawsuit Wednesday against Nestle S.A. and Nestle USA, alleging copyright infringement of its trademark checkered pattern that the later company allegedly use to sell baby food products in Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber (MIDA for its Spanish acronym), filed a lawsuit Thursday against the government, asking the San Juan Superior Court to declare the so-called “national tax” unconstitutional and order the Treasury Department to immediately publish exemption regulations.
Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Luis Sánchez-Betances announced Tuesday that the island will receive more than $34,000 as part of an agreement between other states, territories, and the federal government and Kmart Corp. to settle allegations that Kmart submitted false claims and false statements through its Kmart Pharmacy Centers to the federal government, state governments, and territories for payments relating to partial fills of prescriptions.
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