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The Lien Zone
I recorded a lien. What happens next so I actually get paid?
By Alex Barthet
The lien is a powerful tool at your disposal to increase your ability to get paid. As an encumbrance, or a hold on real property, it creates a cloud over…
Hanzo Blog
The Lessons From Citibank's Mistaken $900 Million Transfer
By Brad Harris
I read this story about Citibank's mistaken transfer—which cost it about half a billion dollars—a while back, and the sheer improbability of the mistake struck me. How could a banking giant…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Published in OJ – ECB Regulation and Decisions on systemically important payment systems
On 5 May 2021, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU: Regulation (EU) 2021/728 of the European Central Bank of 29 April 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No…
Gravity Legal Blog
Three Ways Payment Processors Rip Lawyers Off
By Dan Lear
We legal folks are hardly unbiased about the good that we think we do in the world but there’s little doubt that lawyers really do play an important role in…
Gravity Legal Blog
How Tiered Processing Pricing Rips Lawyers Off
By Dan Lear
Here on Financially Legal we recently wrote about the three main ways payment processors rip lawyers off: tiered pricing, monthly fees, and limiting available payment methods. You can read that…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
DORA review: Member States consider inclusion of payment card networks and retail payment infrastructures
On 28 April 2021 the Portuguese Presidency of the Council held a meeting of a Council working group in order to continue its legislative review of the proposed regulation on…
Florida Construction Legal Updates
NOT ALL WORK IS COVERED UNDER THE FEDERAL MILLLER ACT
The recent opinion out of the Eastern District Court of Virginia, Dickson v. Forney Enterprises, Inc., 2021 WL 1536574 (E.D.Virginia 2021), demonstrates that the federal Miller Act is not designed…
Gravity Legal Blog
Shifting Credit Card Processing Fees: What Law Firms Need To Know
By Dan Lear
Accepting electronic payment is table stakes for most lawyers and law firms. The Clio Trends Report has been fairly explicit about the benefits of electronic payments: The 2019 Clio Trends…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The French Competition Authority Releases Its Opinion on New Payment Technologies
On April 29, 2021, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) issued its opinion on the competitive situation in the payment sector (the “Opinion”).[1] Although the Opinion concludes that recent developments—including the…
Bill 4 Time Blog
How to get your legal clients to pay you faster
Accepting online payments is the easiest way to speed up receivables.