Gibson Dunn lawyers highlight some key considerations that a company should note in connection with a private investment in public equity (PIPE) transaction.
April 9, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers provide a look at personal data and other privacy-related legal developments across Europe for April 2020.
April 9, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers detail some of the factors that have influenced the introduction of Digital Services Tax in the UK and its wider implications for multinational enterprises.
April 9, 2020
Many companies have retooled (or are considering retooling) their businesses to meet the rising demand for personal protective equipment (“PPE”), ventilators, and other products or services to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, on April 2, 2020, the President ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to use its authority under the Defense Production Act (“DPA”) of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. §§ 4501 et seq., to facilitate the supply of materials for the production of ventilators by several companies operating in the United States.
April 8, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is already reshaping federal and state regulatory enforcement actions in the United States and around the world. Although it is too early to know the path or impact of future enforcement, experience gleaned from previous post-disaster enforcement activity and an analysis of enforcement activity to date brings into focus a few areas likely to prominently figure in regulator’s activity. These changes will not be consistent. As in the past, the political environment, enforcement resources, and ways in which fraud emerges from the crisis will differ across domestic and international borders.
April 8, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers outline key strategies for private equity funds seeking to acquire both distressed assets and assets of distressed sellers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 8, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers in London provide a summary and compendium of English law legal developments during the current COVID-19 pandemic as of April 8, 2020.
April 8, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers in Germany discuss ways to overcome obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the country's civil courts.
April 7, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is in full progress. Most companies are extremely burdened by the crisis and looking for easements. This newsletter shall give you an overview of various possibilities to reduce personnel costs in the short term under German law.
April 7, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers discuss the short-, medium- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sports industry and related sectors, and note considerations for stakeholders facing the new business environment.
April 7, 2020
As public companies wrestle with the continuing and evolving impact of COVID-19, there are several key corporate governance matters that public companies and their boards of directors should consider in the short term.
April 7, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers examine considerations for private credit investors in the Asia-Pacific region stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 7, 2020
On March 17, 2020, Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, issued a Declaration activating the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act, extending immunity “from suit and liability under federal and state law with respect to all claims for loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from” administration or use of qualifying products used to combat or reduce the spread of COVID-19.
April 6, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers highlight some of the common issues that employers must keep in mind when considering and implementing employee furloughs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 6, 2020
The rapid spread of COVID-19, increasingly stringent government orders in response, and the profound effects on the global economy have raised concerns among corporate directors about how to adequately discharge their fiduciary duties.
April 6, 2020
Gibson Dunn lawyers discuss key elements of successful business whistleblower action plans in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 6, 2020
On April 2, 2020, the California Supreme Court issued an important opinion regarding the right of parties to agree to waive the mandatory provisions for service of process abroad under the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters.
April 6, 2020
The UK Government has announced a series of measures to support public services, people and businesses through this period of severe - but temporary - disruption caused by COVID-19. The Government’s measures are a mixture of tax relief, financing and support towards the cost of employees. Further clarity on the Government’s plans and practical processes for taking advantage of the support is expected to be provided as the days progress.
April 6, 2020
On 3 April 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a statement setting out its expectations of FCA solo-regulated firms under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (“SMCR”) during the COVID-19 outbreak. This client alert provides FCA solo-regulated firms with an overview of the FCA’s SMCR-related expectations.
April 6, 2020
The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published an interim final rule on affiliation (the “Affiliation IFR”) a summary of affiliation tests (the “Summary”), a lender application form and agreement, and FAQs, with respect to, the Paycheck Protection Program (the “Program” or “PPP” and such rule, the “Rule”).
April 4, 2020