This alert addresses the end of the Dodd-Frank Act moratorium on the ability of "commercial firms" to acquire FDIC-insured banks that are excluded from the definition of "bank" in the Bank Holding Company Act: industrial banks (or "ILCs," as they are commonly labeled) and credit card banks.
September 3, 2013
Brussels Of Counsel Lena Sandberg is the author of "Investments in renewable energy under the State Aid Guidelines on environmental protection" [PDF] published in the September 2013 issue of Concurrences.
September 2, 2013
London senior counsel Charles Falconer, partner Patrick Doris and associate Sunita Patel are the authors of "Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in 29 Jurisdictions Worldwide" [PDF].
September 1, 2013
San Francisco partners Rachel Brass and Trey Nicoud and London of counsel Deirdre Taylor are the authors of "2013 Criminal Antitrust Update" [PDF] published in the September 2013 issue of Westlaw Journal's White Collar Crime.
September 1, 2013
New York partner Lee Dunst is the author of "Evidentiary disclosures in parallel criminal and civil cases in the United States" [PDF] published in the September 2013 issue of the Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division.
September 1, 2013
Washington, D.C. partner Karen Manos is the author of "Penalties For Unallowable Costs" [PDF] published in the September 2013 issue of Government Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report, published by Thomson Reuters/West.Reprinted with permission, © September 2013, Thomson Reuters/West.
September 1, 2013
Century City partner Scott Edelman, Los Angeles partner Perlette Michèle Jura and associate Nathaniel Bach are the authors of "Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in 29 Jurisdictions Worldwide" [PDF]. Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd.
September 1, 2013
New York partner Lee Dunst is the author of "Avoiding and Navigating Compliance Monitorships" [PDF] published in the September 2013 issue of the Newsletter of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association.
August 30, 2013
The Government of India ("Government") has approved several amendments to India's consolidated foreign direct investment policy ("FDI Policy"). These amendments are effective as of August 22, 2013.
August 29, 2013
On August 23, 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") proposed two rules meant to limit employees' exposure to respirable crystalline silica: a potentially harmful substance that is released into the air when workers cut silica-containing materials like concrete or rock, such as in hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and in many other operations. Crystalline silica is abundant in workplaces across America.
August 28, 2013
Gibson Dunn provides a brief summary of developments and trends in corporate governance and executive remuneration in the UK, as of summer 2013.
August 27, 2013
On August 8, 2013, India's upper house of Parliament passed the Companies Bill, 2012 ("Companies Bill"). The Companies Bill is a new legislation that is intended to replace the existing [Indian] Companies Act, 1956, as amended ("1956 Act") which currently governs Indian companies.
August 22, 2013
The first part of 2013 saw continuing vigorous sanctions activity, particularly in connection with Iran. This article reviews sanctions developments in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom during the first half of 2013 in regulatory and legislative matters and enforcement.OFAC SANCTIONSI. LEGISLATION A. Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (IFCA)On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 as a subtitle in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. As set forth below, the IFCA expands the targets for U.S.
August 21, 2013
Palo Alto partner Paul Collins is the author of “The Chancery Court as ‘Gatekeeper’ in M&A Litigation” [PDF] published in the August 21, 2013 issue of the Delaware Business Court Insider.
August 21, 2013
Los Angeles partner Michael Farhang and Palo Alto associate Susannah Wright are the authors of "When a Whistleblower Walks: Dodd-Frank and the Challenges That Employee Departures Present" [PDF] published in the August 19, 2013 issue of Bloomberg BNA's Pension & Benefits Daily.Reproduced with permission from Pension & Benefits Daily, 160 PBD, 08/19/2013.
August 19, 2013
Washington, D.C. partner Michael Murphy is the author of "Lone Pine Orders Are Still Useful In Fracking Litigation" [PDF] published by Law360 on August 7, 2013 at www.law360.com.
August 7, 2013
On July 24, 2013, the First Circuit held in Sun Capital Partners III LP v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Indus. Pension Fund that a private equity fund can be jointly and severally liable in certain circumstances for pension liabilities incurred by its portfolio companies.
August 2, 2013
Los Angeles partner Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. is the author of “Ten Lessons from the Chevron Litigation: The Defense Perspective” [PDF] published in the Spring 2013 issue of the Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation.
August 1, 2013
San Francisco partners Thad Davis and Michael Li-Ming Wong are the authors of “World War Z: Why Life Sciences Companies May be in the Path of the ‘New’ Securities Enforcement & Litigation Onslaught, & How to Avoid Trouble” published in Expert Guide: Fraud and White Collar Crime in August 2013.
August 1, 2013
Washington, D.C. partners Joseph Warin and Michael Diamant, and associate Oleh Vretsona are the authors of “How to use company data efficiently to detect fraud and corruption” [PDF] published in the August 2013 issue of Financier Worldwide.
August 1, 2013