After a public consultation period of three months, the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE"), China's foreign exchange control authority, issued the Foreign Exchange Administration Rules on Cross-border Guarantees (the "New Rules") on May 19, 2014.
May 20, 2014
Proposed Rule Mandates Fenceline Monitoring for Benzene and Combustion Efficiency Requirements for Flares On May 15, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed revisions to the MACT standards applicable to petroleum refinery operations.
May 19, 2014
With the Supreme Court having completed argument for the October Term 2013, Gibson Dunn's Supreme Court Round-Up is summarizing the opinions the Court has already released, the issues presented in cases that have been argued this Term or will be argued next Term, and other key developments.
May 16, 2014
On May 14, 2014, the French government extended the blocking power of the French Ministry of Economy with respect to foreign investments regarding six new business sectors.
May 16, 2014
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Delaware may give Delaware corporations an important tool to discourage meritless shareholder litigation. In ATP Tour, Inc.
May 13, 2014
Washington, D.C. partner Bill Scherman, senior associate Jason Fleischer and of counsel Brandon Johnson are the authors of "The FERC Enforcement Process: Time for Structural Due Process and Substantive Reforms" [PDF] published by the Energy Law Journal on May 13, 2014.
May 13, 2014
On May 6, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling which continued the recent trend of further restricting the extra-territorial application of the U.S.
May 9, 2014
Washington, D.C. associate David Fotouhi is the author of "CERCLA Recoveries Have A New Limit For Subcontractors" [PDF] published by Law360 on May 6, 2014, at www.law360.com
May 6, 2014
In a series of three opinions issued on April 24, 2014, the Federal Circuit has decided that decisions by the Director of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to institute -- or not to institute -- an inter partes review ("IPR") under 35 U.S.C.
May 5, 2014
On April 29, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of unanimous decisions lowering the bar for parties to recover their attorneys' fees in "exceptional" patent cases pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
May 2, 2014
Los Angeles partner Marcellus McRae and associate Roxanna Iran are the authors of "Initial Stages of Federal Litigation: Overview" [PDF] was published in May 2014 by PracticalLaw.com.
May 1, 2014
New York associate Daniel Chirlin and London of counsel Deirdre Taylor are the authors of "2013 Antitrust Enforcement Update: Part 2 (Europe)" published in the May 2014 edition of Westlaw Journal.
May 1, 2014
On April 29, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision of a divided panel of the D.C. Circuit which vacated EPA's Transport Rule, also known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
May 1, 2014
The following article written by Gibson Dunn partner Jose W. Fernandez appears in the Spring 2014 issue of Americas Quarterly, the journal of the Council of the Americas. It argues that improving U.S.-Latin American relations means deepening already strong economic and historical ties rather than pursuing dramatic new initiatives. Mr. Fernandez joined the firm's New York office in 2013 after serving for nearly four years at the State Department, where he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs in 2009.
May 1, 2014
Washington, D.C. partner Joseph Warin and associates Brendan Fleming and J. Matt Williams are the authors of "2013 Year-End Update on Corporate Non-Prosecution Agreements and Deferred Prosecution Agreements (Part 2)" [PDF] published in the May 2014 issue of Westlaw Journal's White Collar Crime.Part 1 of this article was published in April 2014 (http://www.gibsondunn.com/publications/Pages/2013-Year-End-Update-on-Corporate.aspx).
May 1, 2014
Denver Of Counsel Ryan Bergsieker is the author of "Implications of the SEC's Increased Focus on Cybersecurity" [PDF] published in the May 2014, Volume 18, Issue 5 of the Wall Street Lawyer.
May 1, 2014
Orange County associate Michael Titera is the author of "Insights - Inside the SEC" [PDF] published in the May 2014 issue of Insights.
May 1, 2014
The European Commission (the "Commission") has enacted a revised Block Exemption Regulation governing technology transfer agreements. The revised regime has been enacted following two prior consultation phases in 2011/2012 and in 2013 (the "Consultations") (cf.
April 30, 2014
On April 15, 2014, the European Parliament adopted the Directive on Disclosure of Non-Financial and Diversity Information by Certain Large Companies and Groups (the "Directive").
April 29, 2014
In the Obama Administration's latest response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") at the U.S.
April 29, 2014