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NEPA Review Revamp: What Developers Should Expect from the CEQ’s New Rule and the Incoming Litigation Storm-Front

After 40 years without an update, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has recently revamped its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.

August 3, 2020

Second Quarter 2020 Update on Class Actions

This update provides an overview and summary of key class action developments during the second quarter of 2020 (April through June). 

July 24, 2020

Senior Managers and Certification Regime: A Review and Next Steps for Firms

The Senior Managers and Certification Regime has applied to Financial Conduct Authority-solo regulated firms since 9 December 2019. This client alert provides a brief overview of the key changes that firms should have already implemented, summarizes key lessons from the FCA’s approach to enforcement of the regime against the banks, and details the steps that firms should be undertaking prior to the extended deadline of 31 March 2021.

July 23, 2020

Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Legal Update (2Q20)

Gibson Dunn lawyers review the latest developments in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems during the first half of 2020.

July 22, 2020

2020 Mid-Year Securities Enforcement Update

Gibson Dunn lawyers review developments in securities regulatory and enforcement activity during the first half of 2020.

July 20, 2020

Supreme Court 2019 Term – Summary Of Decisions Affecting Business Litigation

Gibson Dunn provides a round-up of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in the 2019 Term with a particular emphasis on business litigation developments, with a preview of the October 2020 Term.

July 20, 2020

2020 Mid-Year False Claims Act Update

As the world reels from the COVID-19 pandemic and certain sectors of the economy struggle, False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement and litigation has largely plodded along during the first six months of 2020—and some areas reflect increasing activity.

July 17, 2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union Strikes Down the Privacy Shield but Upholds the Standard Contractual Clauses under Conditions

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union struck down as legally invalid the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield, which some companies have used to justify transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S.

July 17, 2020

2020 Mid-Year FCPA Update

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 2020.

July 16, 2020

UK Tax Quarterly Update – July 2020

Gibson Dunn lawyers in London outline various UK and international tax developments considered to be of greatest significance during the second quarter of 2020.

July 16, 2020

2020 Mid-Year Update on Corporate Non-Prosecution Agreements and Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Gibson Dunn lawyers outline the latest developments in corporate non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) and deferred prosecution agreements as of mid-year 2020.

July 15, 2020

Supreme Court Round-Up (July 2020)

Following the close of the Supreme Court’s 2019 Term, Gibson Dunn’s Supreme Court Round-Up provides summaries of the Court’s opinions, the questions presented in cases that the Court will hear next Term, and other key developments on the Court’s docket. 

July 15, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh FTC Restitution Authority

On Thursday, July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court consolidated and agreed to review two closely watched cases, FTC v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC and AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC), concerning whether Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act authorizes the FTC to seek an award of restitution.

July 13, 2020

Ninth Circuit Asks The New York Court of Appeals Whether Litigation Financing Agreements Are “Usurious”

The New York Court of Appeals recently accepted a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that could have far-reaching consequences for the litigation funding industry.

July 10, 2020

Human Rights Abusers (and those dealing with them) Beware: UK Introduces Its First “Magnitsky” Sanctions

On 6 July 2020, the UK Government introduced into law the “Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020,” and designated the first individuals under the Regulations in connection with their involvement in gross human rights violations.

July 9, 2020

Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – July 2020

Gibson Dunn lawyers provide a look at personal data and other privacy-related legal developments across Europe for July 2020.

July 9, 2020

Dodd-Frank 2.0: Agencies Finalize Substantial Revisions to the Covered Funds Provisions of the Volcker Rule

On June 25, 2020, the five regulatory agencies responsible for implementing the Dodd-Frank Act’s Volcker Rule finalized their rulemaking, substantially revising the “covered funds” provisions of the regulation.

July 7, 2020

U.S. DOJ and SEC Issue First Comprehensive Update to FCPA Resource Guide Since 2012

On July 3, 2020, the DOJ's Criminal Division and the SEC published the Second Edition of A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a consolidated manual setting forth the authorities’ guidance regarding the FCPA that has served as an essential resource for practitioners in understanding the government enforcers’ views on the statute and approaches to enforcing it.

July 7, 2020

Supreme Court Upholds TCPA’s Robocall Ban, But Strikes Government-Debt Exception As Unconstitutional Under First Amendment

On July 6, 2020, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that the federal-debt-collection exception to the TCPA’s robocall ban violates the First Amendment, but also held 7-2 that the proper remedy is to sever the exception—leaving in place the entirety of the TCPA’s 1991 ban on robocalls. 

July 6, 2020

As California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Commences, a Tougher New Data Privacy Law Will Go Before California Voters in November

July 1, 2020, marks the date that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becomes enforceable. Just one week ago, however, on June 24, 2020, a new and tougher proposed privacy law, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), cleared the final hurdle to appear on the November 3, 2020 ballot in California.

July 1, 2020