Gibson Dunn lawyers discuss an HK$1.75 million fine levied against Asia Research & Capital Management Limited relating to a failure to comply with an EU regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps.
October 18, 2022
Our lawyers discuss a fine levied against a wine company by the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation for dealing with tangible and intangible economic resources of a sanctioned winery.
October 17, 2022
Gibson Dunn's lawyers address topics relevant to the world of accounting firms in this latest quarterly newsletter.
October 14, 2022
Our quarterly update on personal data and other privacy-related legal developments across Europe.
October 13, 2022
Our lawyers discuss new U.S. export controls targeting China, which are likely to have a far-reaching impact on the technology sector.
October 13, 2022
Gibson Dunn lawyers review a proposed rule issued on October 11 by the U.S. Department of Labor regarding who is an “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
October 11, 2022
Our lawyers summarize California’s new pay transparency and pay scale disclosure law, which was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 27, 2022.
October 11, 2022
In making a winding-up order against Carnival Group International Holdings Limited, the Hong Kong Court emphasizes the importance for the directors of an insolvent company to carefully consider whether they should procure the company to oppose the winding-up petition otherwise they could be personally liable to pay costs arising from the opposition.
October 11, 2022
Our lawyers discuss a recent case in the Delaware Court of Chancery featuring an extraordinary order unwinding a transaction by divesting a party’s ownership of shares in a Delaware corporation and vesting ownership of those same shares in another litigant.
October 10, 2022
On September 23, 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License D-2, expanding a prior authorization to further facilitate the free flow of information over the internet to, from, and among residents of Iran. Our lawyers discuss its implications of this decision.
October 3, 2022
New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has proposed rules in an attempt to clarify numerous ambiguities in New York City’s Artificial Intelligence, which takes effect on January 1, 2023.
October 3, 2022
On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced updates, new policies, and clarifications to the U.S. Department of Justice’s corporate criminal enforcement policies. Our attorneys provide a summary of the key policy changes and clarifications, along with observations regarding their potential implications.
October 3, 2022
The German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action published the draft of the 11th amendment to the Act against Restraints on Competition. It will further strengthen the German competition watchdog’s powers to investigate market sectors and to impose remedies even in the absence of an infringement of competition law.
September 30, 2022
Gibson Dunn lawyers provide an overview of the FCPA as well as domestic and international anti-corruption enforcement, litigation, and policy developments from the first half of 2022.
September 29, 2022
Gibson Dunn’s Supreme Court Round-Up provides a preview of cases set to be argued during the October 2022 Term and other key developments on the Court’s docket. During the October 2021 Term, the Court heard argument in 63 cases, including 1 original-jurisdiction case.
September 28, 2022
On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission launched one of the most ambitious rulemaking processes in agency history with its 3-2 vote to initiate an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on “commercial surveillance” and data security.
September 27, 2022
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has recently handed down its judgment in CACV 483, 484 & 485/2018 (Shine Grace Investment Ltd v Citibank, N.A. & Anor), upholding the decision of the Court of First Instance in rejecting the plaintiffs’ claims for alleged mis-selling of equity accumulator contracts by Citibank, N.A.
September 21, 2022
This mid-year update provides an overview of the major developments in federal and state securities litigation in the first half of 2022.
September 20, 2022
On September 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published Preliminary Guidance on Implementation of a Maritime Services Policy and Related Price Exception for Seaborne Russian Oil, taking a step toward implementing the commitment made at the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting on September 2, 2022 to institute a comprehensive prohibition of services that enable maritime transportation of Russian-origin oil and petroleum products unless such oil is purchased below an agreed-upon price cap.
September 19, 2022
The President recently issued an Executive Order providing specific guidance for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States in conducting national security reviews of covered transactions. This client alert covers the five factors that the Executive Order directed CFIUS to consider, as well as their impact on the CFIUS process.
September 16, 2022