The Supreme Court held 6-3 that Section 1512(c) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act—which prohibits obstructing official proceedings—is limited to acts that impair the availability or integrity of evidence in an official proceeding.
June 28, 2024
The groups are seeking a total reversal of the EPA’s decision to grant Louisiana primacy over Class VI wells.
June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution requires the SEC to sue in federal court, not in the agency’s in-house court, when the SEC seeks civil penalties for fraud.
June 27, 2024
In a case that further highlights the significance of the Court’s emergency docket for challenging agency rules, the Supreme Court (5-4) granted Ohio and several other applicants a stay that suspends the EPA’s “Good Neighbor” plan regulating some states’ emissions.
June 27, 2024
The Supreme Court held 6-3 that a federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B), does not criminalize after-the-fact “gratuities” paid to state or local government officials in recognition for official acts, where there was no quid pro quo agreement to take those acts.
June 26, 2024
This proposed legislation, if enacted, would constitute the most significant modification of PAGA since it was enacted two decades ago, and would provide employers with significant new options when facing claims brought under PAGA.
June 26, 2024
The proposed rule would significantly curtail U.S. investments in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Macau used to advance the development and production of semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence systems.
June 25, 2024
This update highlights the principal changes announced in the BIS rule and discusses how these expanded export control measures coordinate with and complement additional sanctions targeting Russia announced by OFAC on the same day.
June 24, 2024
Our digital assets update covers recent legal news regarding all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, CBDCs, and NFTs, as well as other blockchain and Web3 technologies.
June 24, 2024
Gibson Dunn's lawyers bring you the latest in U.S. derivatives news from the past week.
June 21, 2024
This disciplinary action serves as a timely reminder regarding the importance of compliance with the Statutory Secrecy Prohibition and as an example of the SFC’s willingness to take decisive action against individuals who breach this provision.
June 21, 2024
SEC Expands Scope of Internal Accounting Controls to Encompass Companies’ Cybersecurity Practices in Recent Enforcement Action.
June 20, 2024
Today, in a case widely seen as a test of Congress’s ability to enact wealth taxes, the Supreme Court held narrowly that Congress did not violate the Sixteenth Amendment by requiring U.S. shareholders to pay a one-time tax on undistributed corporate earnings of controlled foreign corporations.
June 20, 2024
A quarterly update of high-quality education opportunities for Boards of Directors of public and private companies.
June 20, 2024
Our DEI Task Force provides an update on key developments, media coverage and commentary, and current litigation.
June 19, 2024
Gibson Dunn's ERISA litigation update summarizes key legal opinions and developments during the past year to assist plan sponsors and administrators navigating the rapidly changing ERISA litigation landscape.
June 18, 2024
The California Supreme Court held that the standard language in commercial general liability policies allows an insured to access its excess insurance policy after exhausting its underlying primary insurance for the same policy period, not all primary insurance issued during the continuous period of injury.
June 18, 2024
This alert describes the IRS’s recent focus on partnerships, provides background on basis adjustments under subchapter K, and discusses the Related-Party Basis Adjustment Guidance issued earlier today.
June 17, 2024
The Policy Statement asserts that “the U.S. Government is playing an increasingly important role in carbon credit markets” and serves to “codify the U.S. Government’s approach to advance high-integrity voluntary carbon markets.”
June 17, 2024
Gibson Dunn's lawyers bring you the latest in U.S. derivatives news from the past week.
June 17, 2024