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Our lawyers provide sophisticated analysis, practical guidance and thought leadership on a wide range of topics. We encourage our readers to review this collection of client alerts, articles and white papers and benefit from the authors’ exceptional experience, market knowledge, practiced judgment and singular insights.

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Insights And Omissions From Calif. Privacy Rules Draft

Palo Alto partner Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter, New York partner Alexander Southwell, and Denver partner Ryan Bergsieker are the authors of "Insights And Omissions From Calif. Privacy Rules Draft" published by Law360 on July 8, 2022.

Article | July 12, 2022

Supreme Court Round-Up (July 2022)

Gibson Dunn’s Supreme Court Round-Up provides the questions presented in cases that the Court will hear in the upcoming Term, summaries of the Court’s opinions when released, and other key developments on the Court’s docket. 

Client Alert | July 11, 2022

Shareholder Proposal Developments During the 2022 Proxy Season

This client alert provides an overview of shareholder proposals submitted to public companies during the 2022 proxy season, including statistics and notable decisions from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission on no-action requests.

Client Alert | July 11, 2022

Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – Q2 2022

Gibson Dunn lawyers provide a look at personal data and other privacy-related legal developments across Europe for the first quarter of 2022.

Client Alert | July 8, 2022

Electronic Court Process and Remote Hearings in Hong Kong

Hong Kong partner Brian Gilchrist and associate Celine Leung are the authors of "Electronic Court Process and Remote Hearings in Hong Kong" published by Hong Kong Civil Procedure News in June 2022.

Article | July 8, 2022

California Supreme Court Holds Employee May Sue Staffing Agency’s Client Even After Settling Same Claims Against Agency

On June 30, 2022, the California Supreme Court held that an employee who brings an employment class action against a staffing agency and executes a settlement agreement releasing the agency and its agents may bring a second class action against the staffing agency’s client premised on the same violations.

Client Alert | July 1, 2022

Supreme Court Upholds Limits On Environmental Protection Agency’s Authority To Shift Sources Of Energy Production

On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that Congress has not delegated broad authority to EPA to substantially restructure the American energy market.

Client Alert | June 30, 2022

Hong Kong Introduces Licensing Regime for Virtual Asset Services Providers

On June 24, 2022, the Hong Kong Government gazetted the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Bill 2022. The Amendment Bill introduces changes to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (Cap. 615), including the introduction of a licensing regime for virtual asset services providers and imposing statutory anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing obligations on VASPs in Hong Kong.

Client Alert | June 30, 2022

China Amends Its Anti-Monopoly Law

China has finally amended its Anti-Monopoly Law, which will come into force on 1 August 2022. This client alert summarizes the main changes bought into effect by the Amended AML.

Client Alert | June 29, 2022

Updated Summary of Select Director Education Opportunities Available (Q2 2022)

Gibson Dunn’s summary of director education opportunities has been updated as of July 2022. Boards of Directors of public companies find this a useful resource as they look for high quality education opportunities.

Client Alert | June 29, 2022

Webcast: Is Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation Right for Your Company?

In this webcast, lawyers from Gibson Dunn and Morris Nichols talk about what to consider when deciding if being a Public Benefit Company is right for you.

Webcasts | June 28, 2022

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Confirms That ‘Leverage’ Satisfies the ‘Benefit’ Requirement for Winding Up Foreign Companies

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal has recently confirmed that for the purpose of winding up foreign companies in Hong Kong, the requirement that the winding up must benefit the petitioner can include commercial pressure (in other words, leverage) to achieve the repayment of an undisputed debt.

Client Alert | June 24, 2022

Germany Amends Implementing Act to the Hague Evidence Convention, No Longer Forbidding Pre-Trial Discovery of Documents

A recent amendment to Germany’s Implementing Act to the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters may allow for pre-trial discovery if certain conditions are met. Previously, German courts receiving a request for pre-trial discovery from a common-law jurisdiction would not execute this request – regardless of its content or origin.

Client Alert | June 24, 2022

Enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Begins in the United States

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act - and its stringent import restrictions - took effect on June 21, 2022. The Act, the latest effort by the United States concerning the Uyghur population in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, greatly increases the showing that companies need to make to prove that goods produced in the XUAR, in full or in part, are entitled to entry into the United States.

Client Alert | June 23, 2022

Hong Kong Court of Appeal Confirms That Disputes Over Arbitration Clauses Are for Arbitrators but Not Courts to Resolve

In C v D [2022] HKCA 729, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal confirmed a lower court’s decision that a dispute over a multi-tiered dispute resolution clause, which stipulates that the parties must first negotiate in good faith before resorting to arbitration, should be resolved by the arbitral tribunal and is not open to attack at the local courts.

Client Alert | June 22, 2022

Recent Iraqi Supreme Court Decision Likely to Trigger Investment Arbitration Claims

On February 15, 2022, the Federal Supreme Court of the Republic of Iraq issued a sweeping decision upending the existing legal framework governing the oil sector in the country. The Government of Iraq has since taken numerous steps to implement the decision, which may have significant and far-reaching repercussions on international oil companies operating under petroleum contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Client Alert | June 17, 2022

2 New Defenses To Federal Shareholder Derivative Claims

San Francisco partner Brian Lutz and associate Michael Kahn are the authors of "2 New Defenses To Federal Shareholder Derivative Claims" published by Law360 on June 15, 2022.

Article | June 16, 2022

Beyond reach: obstacles to third-party discovery in arbitrations

Los Angeles partner Maurice Suh and associate Zathrina Perez are the authors of "Beyond reach: obstacles to third-party discovery in arbitrations" published by Financier Worldwide in its July 2022 issue.

Article | June 15, 2022

Insights on New California Privacy Law Draft Regulations

Our lawyers provide insights into the draft regulations created by the California Privacy Protection Agency for the California Privacy Rights Act.

Client Alert | June 15, 2022

Supreme Court Holds That The Federal Arbitration Act Requires Enforcement Of Agreements To Arbitrate Individual Claims Under California’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act

On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court held that individual claims arising under California’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act can be compelled to arbitration.

Client Alert | June 15, 2022