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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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Webcast: Managing Purchase Price Adjustment Disputes

In this recorded webcast, Gibson Dunn lawyers and an accounting expert examine purchase price adjustments in detail. The webcast includes discussions of the following: - A review of the issues that arise in negotiating purchase price adjustment provisions, and drafting tips for corporate counsel - A discussion of the common sources of post-closing adjustment disputes, and accountants’ views on how these disputes may be resolved - A litigator’s views on litigating purchase price adjustment disputes

Webcasts | May 10, 2022

Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Legal Update (1Q22)

Our 1Q22 Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Legal Update examines policy developments within the U.S. and EU that may be of interest to domestic and international companies alike.

Client Alert | May 5, 2022

U.S. FTC Previews Potentially Significant Changes to the HSR Filing Form

This alert looks at possible revisions by the Federal Trade Commission to the Premerger Notification and Report Form (aka the HSR Form) that are meant “to conform to changing market realities and global standards.”

Client Alert | May 5, 2022

CFPB Invokes Dormant Dodd-Frank Authority to Regulate Nonbank Financial Companies

On April 25, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it will begin relying upon a “largely unused legal provision” of the Dodd-Frank Act to supervise nonbank financial companies that purportedly pose risks to consumers.

Client Alert | May 5, 2022

Russia Responds to International Sanctions – An Overview of Russian Countersanctions and Further Measures against So-Called “Unfriendly States”

This client alert discusses the most significant “countersanctions” levied by Russia against “unfriendly countries” and companies that are trying to comply with the U.S., UK, EU and other sanctions regimes against Russia and Belarus.

Client Alert | May 2, 2022

DOJ Antitrust Division Head Promises Litigation to Break Up Director Interlocks

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division promised in a recent speech to increase enforcement of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which prohibits competing corporations from sharing common directors or officers.  The prevailing enforcement climate means that companies should have a compliance plan in place to discover potential director interlocks before they develop and monitor existing outside director positions to ensure they conform to existing Section 8 safe harbors.

Client Alert | May 2, 2022

City Council Amends New York City Pay Transparency Law

On April 28, 2022, the New York City Council amended the City’s pay transparency law, which was scheduled to go into effect on May 15.  The amendments delay the effective date of the law until November 1, 2022.  The amendments also make additional key changes that are noteworthy for employers.

Client Alert | May 2, 2022

Prior Approval Provisions in FTC Merger Consent Orders

In this alert, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s recent reinstatement of a long dormant policy restricting certain future acquisitions by parties that hereafter enter into an FTC consent order.

Client Alert | April 28, 2022

First Quarter 2022 Update on Class Actions

This update provides an overview of key class-action-related developments during the first quarter of 2022 (January through March).

Client Alert | April 28, 2022

Supreme Court Holds That Damages For Emotional Distress Are Categorically Unavailable In Discrimination Actions Against Recipients Of Federal Financial Assistance

Today, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that emotional-distress damages are not available in discrimination actions against recipients of federal financial assistance.

Client Alert | April 28, 2022

Webcast: Joint Venture Governance: Best Practices for JV Board Directors and Dealmakers

Prospective joint venture partners frequently spend many hours discussing governance matters because they understand strong governance can be a key to venture success. In this recorded webcast, experts from Gibson Dunn and Ankura Consulting talk about designing an effective joint venture governance system.

Webcasts | April 27, 2022

Courts Continue to Debate the Legal Status of Reposted Social Media Content

Washington, D.C. partner Howard S. Hogan and New York associate Connor S. Sullivan are the authors of "Courts Continue to Debate the Legal Status of Reposted Social Media Content," published by The National Law Journal on April 22, 2022.

Article | April 26, 2022

Starting on May 7, 2022, New York Requires Electronic Monitoring Notices to Employees

On November 8, 2021 New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an amendment to the New York Civil Rights Law which requires employers provide notice to employees of electronic monitoring of telephone, email, and internet access and usage. The law is scheduled to go into effect on May 7, 2022.

Client Alert | April 26, 2022

Proactive Management of Antitrust Risk Amidst the Q1 M&A Slowdown

Our lawyers discuss the dip in global M&A in Q1 2022 and how the current regulatory climate around antitrust issues presents a challenge for deal makers.

Client Alert | April 22, 2022

Supreme Court Holds That Late Petitions For Review Of IRS Collection Due Process Determinations Are Subject To Equitable Tolling

Today, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the Internal Revenue Code’s 30-day deadline for taxpayers to seek Tax Court review of “collection due process” determinations is a nonjurisdictional claims-processing rule that is subject to equitable tolling.

Client Alert | April 21, 2022

Supreme Court Holds That Regulation Applying Different Rules To Off-Premises Advertisements Is Content Neutral

Today, the Supreme Court held that a regulation treating on-premises signs—those that contain advertisements for the place where the signs are located—differently from off-premises signs is content neutral and therefore not subject to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment.

Client Alert | April 21, 2022

Webcast: Understanding the SEC Rule Proposal on Climate Change Disclosure

In March 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule proposal for new climate change disclosure requirements for both U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers. In this webcast, a panel of Gibson Dunn lawyers provides an overview of the proposed requirements and discuss the key takeaways and the impact the proposal, if adopted, would have on public companies.

Webcasts | April 21, 2022

New Sustainability Measures for the Textiles Sector

In March 2022, amidst an array of new proposals for sustainable products (including a proposed draft Regulation on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products) the European Commission announced an EU Strategy for Circular and Sustainable Textiles. This article explores the details of the strategy.

Client Alert | April 20, 2022

Employers Beware: Aggressive and Expansive Labor-Focused Antitrust Enforcement Will Remain The New Normal

In the past year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) have put antitrust enforcement in the employment context at center stage.

Client Alert | April 18, 2022

Summary of and Considerations Regarding the SEC’s Proposed Rules on Climate Change Disclosure

This client alert provides an overview of, and our current perspectives on, the SEC’s recently proposed rules that would establish a new climate change reporting framework for U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers as well as practical recommendations on what companies should be doing now.

Client Alert | April 15, 2022