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On July 25, 2008, the California Court of Appeal issued its decision in Clayworth v. Pfizer, No. A116798, answering a previously open question of California antitrust law: “whether the ...
As has been widely discussed in the financial press, on July 28, 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the Treasury Department’s support for covered bonds as “a promising f...
On June 11, 2008 the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a series of rules and rule changes designed to address what was, in the SEC’s view, the role of credit rating agencies i...
While the 2008 proxy season is just underway, several developments may foreshadow some interesting trends, although it will likely be a while before we are able to fully assess their impa...
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. has proposed a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. financial regulatory system that, for the first time, would bring insurance companies, hedge funds, p...
The Federal Trade Commission today published a notice to amend the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”)....
This memorandum highlights some new developments and considerations that may be relevant to the preparation of 2008 annual reports on Form 20-F. While the applicable changes to Form 20-F ...
In the current market, more and more public company merger agreements contain a so-called “go-shop” provision that permits the target company to continue to actively solicit a better ...
After planning to discuss two hedge fund-related measures at an open meeting held on December 4, 2006, the SEC revised its agenda on December 1 to withdraw both items. The withdrawn items...
On October 25, 2006, the SEC adopted Rule 2a-46 and Rule 55a-1 (the “New Rules”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “40 Act”) to expand the definition of “eligible po...