Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights February 1, 2010 Articles & Books UCL Class Certification After ‘Tobacco II’ Few consumer protection statutes nationwide are as expansive as California’s Unfair Competition Law, a statute that prot... January 29, 2010 Client Update DOJ to Revise Horizontal Merger Guidelines to Better Reflect "Actual Agency Practice" On January 26, 2010, Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Ju... January 21, 2010 Client Update Revised Jurisdictional and Exemption-Related Thresholds under the HSR Act - January 2010 The Federal Trade Commission today published a notice to amend the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodin... January 15, 2010 Client Update SEC Enforcement Director Introduces New Unit Chiefs and Cooperation Initiatives Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami took three further steps Wednesday t... December 2, 2009 Client Update United States Supreme Court to Hear Case Concerning the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Securities Laws—Morrison v. National Australia Bank In recent years, securities fraud lawsuits in the United States have increasingly been brought against nonU.S. companies. ... November 30, 2009 Articles & Books Shareholders Spar With Public Companies An uptick in mergers and acquisitions has led to more litigation seeking to stop the deals As 2009 has progressed, we hav... November 9, 2009 Client Update Investor Protection Act Passes House Financial Services Committee The Investor Protection Act passed the House Financial Services Committee (the “Committee”) on November 4, 2009 on a p... October 27, 2009 Client Update 2009 Shareholder Litigations Over Acquisitions of California Public Companies As 2009 has progressed, we have seen the return of significant public company mergers and acquisitions activity and, with ... October 6, 2009 Client Update Representative Kanjorski Releases Investor Protection, Private Investment Fund Advisers Registration and Federal Insurance Office Proposals A discussion draft of legislation to regulate the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives markets (the “Draft Bill”) ... September 23, 2009 Client Update IRS Releases Internal Memorandum Regarding Lending in the United States by Foreign Persons The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has released an internal memorandum (the “Memorandum”), from the Office o... Load More
February 1, 2010 Articles & Books UCL Class Certification After ‘Tobacco II’ Few consumer protection statutes nationwide are as expansive as California’s Unfair Competition Law, a statute that prot...
January 29, 2010 Client Update DOJ to Revise Horizontal Merger Guidelines to Better Reflect "Actual Agency Practice" On January 26, 2010, Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Ju...
January 21, 2010 Client Update Revised Jurisdictional and Exemption-Related Thresholds under the HSR Act - January 2010 The Federal Trade Commission today published a notice to amend the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodin...
January 15, 2010 Client Update SEC Enforcement Director Introduces New Unit Chiefs and Cooperation Initiatives Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami took three further steps Wednesday t...
December 2, 2009 Client Update United States Supreme Court to Hear Case Concerning the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Securities Laws—Morrison v. National Australia Bank In recent years, securities fraud lawsuits in the United States have increasingly been brought against nonU.S. companies. ...
November 30, 2009 Articles & Books Shareholders Spar With Public Companies An uptick in mergers and acquisitions has led to more litigation seeking to stop the deals As 2009 has progressed, we hav...
November 9, 2009 Client Update Investor Protection Act Passes House Financial Services Committee The Investor Protection Act passed the House Financial Services Committee (the “Committee”) on November 4, 2009 on a p...
October 27, 2009 Client Update 2009 Shareholder Litigations Over Acquisitions of California Public Companies As 2009 has progressed, we have seen the return of significant public company mergers and acquisitions activity and, with ...
October 6, 2009 Client Update Representative Kanjorski Releases Investor Protection, Private Investment Fund Advisers Registration and Federal Insurance Office Proposals A discussion draft of legislation to regulate the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives markets (the “Draft Bill”) ...
September 23, 2009 Client Update IRS Releases Internal Memorandum Regarding Lending in the United States by Foreign Persons The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has released an internal memorandum (the “Memorandum”), from the Office o...