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This morning, the Obama Administration provided more detail on its previously announced plan to reform the U.S. tax laws relating to the taxation of income earned by foreign subsidiaries ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a roundtable at its headquarters in Washington, DC on May 5, 2009 to discuss issues raised by its recent proposals to restrict short sales...
Partners’ interests in a partnership, such as an investment fund, can change during the course of a year as a consequence of transfers and redemptions of interests and the admission of ...
It’s proxy time, and business reporters are riding their favorite seasonal hobby horse: executive compensation. This year’s stories are colored by the current financial and business c...
On April 10, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published proposed amendments to Regulation SHO that would impose new restrictions on short sales. As proposed, t...
In an important decision published last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Northern District of Texas, holding that a covenant not to sue in a settlement agreement autho...
In March 2008, the Paulson Treasury issued its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure (the “Paulson Blueprint”), in which Treasury recommended the establishment of ...
In an important decision published last week, the Second Circuit reversed a decision by the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court, which had held that premiums payable to the Pen...
President Obama’s budget proposal, released on February 26, 2009, contained the following line item: “Tax carried interest as ordinary income.” On April 3, Representative Sander Lev...
Despite credit market turmoil and declines in deal activity, antitrust remains an important consideration in M&A transactions involving private equity buyers and sellers. The Obama admini...