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The Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”), also commonly referred to as “the bailout,” came amidst perhaps the most serious banking and mortgage crisis in the country’s history.  While the debate continues over...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009, provided an unprecedented $787 billion federal spending package intended to stimulate the flagging U.S....

In August 2007, President Bush signed The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (“9/11 Act”). The 9/11 Act includes The National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007(“NTSSA”), which provides...

The District of Columbia Whistleblower Protection Act (“DCWPA”), D.C. Code § 1-615.51 et seq., was designed to serve the public interest by providing whistleblower protections to District of Columbia government...

On May 5, 2015, Katz Banks Kumin partner Lisa J. Banks moderated a panel entitled “Title IX: Addressing Sex Discrimination at Colleges & Universities,” jointly presented by the American Bar Association’s Section of...

On April 28, 2015, Katz Banks Kumin partner Lisa J. Banks participated in an American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education panel entitled “Pregnancy Discrimination & Young v. UPS: Employers’ Duties.”  The panel...

          Katz Banks Kumin partner Adam Herzog participated as a panelist for a continuing legal education course provided by the American Law Institute on March 31, 2015, entitled “Executive...

                Katz Banks Kumin partner Debra S. Katz served as the planning chair and was a panelist on three panels at the recent Advanced Employment Law and Litigation...

Katz Banks Kumin senior associate Matthew S. Stiff and partner Debra S. Katz published an article in Law360 on March 27, 2015, analyzing the recent decision by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in...

                Katz Banks Kumin partner Lisa J. Banks served as a panelist at the recent Advanced Employment Law and Litigation 2015 continuing legal education course, presented by...