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On February 24, 2021, Allison Herren Lee, Acting Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a statement titled “Statement on the Review of Climate-Related Disclosure” that “direct[s] the Division of Corporation Finance to enhance its focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings”.
Client Alert | March 1, 2021
The California Supreme Court’s February 25, 2021 opinion in Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC is the most significant decision construing an employer’s duty to provide and record meal periods in nearly a decade. California employers may wish to assess their meal period policies and practices, including relating to the recordation of meal periods, in light of the Court’s guidance in Donohue.
Client Alert | March 1, 2021
London partners Susy Bullock, Matthew Nunan, Michelle Kirschner and James Cox are the authors of "Big data, ethics and financial services: risks, controls and opportunities," published by the Buttersworth Journal of International Banking and Financial Law in February 2021.
Article | February 26, 2021
On February 3, 2021, the Administrative Court of Paris ruled that a liability action brought by several environmental protection associations against the French State, seeking recognition of its failure to act against climate change, was admissible, that the ecological damage alleged by the associations was established and that the French State was partially responsible for it.
Client Alert | February 26, 2021
New York partner Avi Weitzman and of counsel Tina Samanta are the authors of "Congress Codifies SEC Disgorgement Remedy in Military Spending Bill," [PDF] published by Wall Street Journal in February 2021.
Publications | February 25, 2021
On February 18, 2021, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, an agency of the Treasury Department that administers and enforces U.S. economic and trade sanctions, issued an enforcement release of a settlement agreement with BitPay, Inc. for apparent violations relating to Bitpay’s payment processing solution that allows merchants to accept digital currency as payment for goods and services. OFAC found that BitPay allowed users apparently located in sanctioned countries and areas to transact with merchants in the United States and elsewhere using the BitPay platform, even though BitPay had Internet Protocol address data for those users. The users in sanctioned countries were not BitPay’s direct customers, but rather its customer’s customers (in this case the merchants’ customers).
Client Alert | February 24, 2021
New York partner Avi Weitzman and associate David Salant are the authors of "The Due Process Protections Act: Congress Directs Judges to More Actively Prevent and Remedy Prosecutorial Brady Violations," [PDF] published by the Washington Legal Foundation on February 19, 2021.
Publications | February 23, 2021
In this webcast, Gibson Dunn lawyers discuss significant 2020 developments in areas including antitrust, corporate governance, data privacy and cybersecurity, international trade, money laundering, securities fraud, and white collar defense and investigations.
Webcasts | February 23, 2021
Gibson Dunn lawyers provide an update on shareholder activism activity involving NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed companies with equity market capitalizations in excess of $1 billion and below $100 billion (as of the last date of trading on December 31, 2020) during the second half of 2020.
Client Alert | February 22, 2021
Los Angeles partner Michael Farhang is the author of "A setback for the broadening of insider trading liability," [PDF] published by the Daily Journal on February 18, 2021.
Publications | February 19, 2021
Washington, D.C. partner Stacie Fletcher, Los Angeles partner Abbey Hudson and Washington, D.C. associate Rachel Levick Corley are the authors of "3 Key Environmental Takeaways From Biden's First 30 Days," [PDF] published by Law360 on February 17, 2021.
Publications | February 18, 2021
At the end of the Trump Administration, the bipartisan Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 was enacted, requiring agencies to increase cybersecurity for IoT devices owned or controlled by the federal government.
Client Alert | February 17, 2021
London partners Michelle Kirschner and Matthew Nunan are the authors of "Reverse solicitation: a shot across the bow," first published by Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence on February 10, 2021.
Article | February 17, 2021
As part of a year-end update, Gibson Dunn lawyers highlight what you most need to know in securities litigation developments and trends for the second half of 2020.
Client Alert | February 16, 2021
Now that the first 100 days of the Biden Administration are in full swing, its financial regulatory priorities are becoming clearer. In this Client Alert, we discuss where we expect the Administration to focus, with respect to the banking, fintech, and derivatives sectors.
Client Alert | February 16, 2021
On February 11, 2021, in one of its inaugural foreign policy actions since taking office, the Biden Administration authorized new sanctions and export-control restrictions on Myanmar (also called Burma) in response to the Myanmar military’s recent coup against the country’s elected civilian government.
Client Alert | February 16, 2021
The English Supreme Court's February 12, 2021 judgment in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another [2021] UKSC 3 is a landmark decision in the field of human rights and environmental protection.
Client Alert | February 15, 2021
Gibson Dunn lawyers provide a look at personal data and other privacy-related legal developments across Europe for February 2021.
Client Alert | February 12, 2021
New York partner Alexander Southwell is the author of "What's to Come for Cybersecurity in the Biden Era," [PDF] published by The National Law Journal on February 10, 2021.
Publications | February 12, 2021
With the emergence of COVID-19, 2020 was a year of significant and unprecedented change in daily life and the economy. In particular, 2020 was a busy year for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) lawsuits—across industries—implicating employers’ retirement and healthcare plans.
Client Alert | February 11, 2021