On October 31, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the statutory scheme of appointing Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
November 5, 2019
In a move designed to encourage greater participation by banks and other lending institutions in Federal Housing Administration (FHA) programs, on October 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) setting forth guidance on the appropriate use of the False Claims Act (FCA) to enforce violations of FHA regulatory requirements.
November 4, 2019
This edition of Gibson Dunn’s Federal Circuit Update first summarizes the Federal Circuit’s far-reaching decision in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., and reviews pending petitions for certiorari to the Supreme Court in cases appealed from the Federal Circuit, as well as recent filings for en banc review.
November 4, 2019
The third quarter of 2019 continued the public pushback on the unrestricted use of AI technologies, particularly, for the U.S., with regard to technologies used to create “deepfake” video and audio clips as well as the use of facial recognition technology in the public sector.
November 4, 2019
On October 22, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced the first-of-its-kind enforcement action and settlement against the developer and marketer of three tracking applications.
November 1, 2019
In October 2019, the German Conference of Federal and State Data Protection Authorities (the “DSK”) published its long-awaited guidelines for the determination of fines in privacy violation proceedings against companies.
October 30, 2019
Gibson Dunn lawyers summarize the key changes in the UK Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) new Stewardship Code 2020 impacting investors and asset managers, the outcomes from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)/FRC discussion paper, and related recent and forthcoming UK and EU legal and regulatory developments.
October 28, 2019
On October 4, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear a case addressing the extent to which “anti-washout” provisions can prevent overriding royalty interests from lapsing when the lessee of an oil and gas lease enters into a new lease for the same assets.
October 24, 2019
On October 14, 2019, the Trump administration authorized new sanctions against the Government of Turkey in response to that country’s recent military incursion into northern Syria, an action the U.S. government condemned as “endangering innocent civilians, and destabilizing the region, including undermining the campaign to defeat ISIS.”
October 18, 2019
After California Governor Gavin Newsom signed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act into law in October 2019, in response to concerns raised after its original passage, Gibson Dunn lawyers provide an overview of the amendments.
October 16, 2019
On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published proposed regulations on the transition from interbank offered rates (IBORs) to other reference rates.
October 15, 2019
On September 1, 2019, Argentina introduced a number of new restrictions on foreign currency transactions, reversing its four-year-old policy that had eliminated such controls. This move follows similar recent capital restrictions imposed by other States. Such regulations may give rise to investment treaty claims by foreign investors.
October 14, 2019
With the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) set to take effect on January 1, 2020, California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the much-anticipated draft regulations operationalizing the CCPA on October 10, 2019.
October 11, 2019
On October 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service released Rev. Rul. 2019-24, addressing two scenarios involving the taxation of virtual currencies.
October 10, 2019
As the Supreme Court begins its 2019 Term, Gibson Dunn’s Supreme Court Round-Up provides summaries of the questions presented in the cases that the Court will hear this Term as well as other key developments on the Court’s docket.
October 7, 2019
Gibson Dunn provides an update on shareholder activism activity involving NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed companies with equity market capitalizations in excess of $1 billion during the first half of 2019.
October 7, 2019
The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to establish an anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program to prevent and detect financial crime.
October 4, 2019
On September 24, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued two rulings with respect to the online ‘right to be forgotten’.
October 2, 2019
On September 26, 2019, the SEC announced that it has adopted a new rule, Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933, that allows all issuers to “test-the-waters.”
October 1, 2019
On September 23, 2019, the UK’s highest court ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend (or “prorogue”) Parliament for five weeks, from September 9, 2019 until October 14, 2019, was unlawful.
September 24, 2019