June 7, 2013 FCPA Powerhouse: Willkie Farr
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June 2013 Delaware Supreme Court Issues Important Ruling Barring Re-Litigation Of Stockholder Derivative Suit Under Collateral Estoppel
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May 30, 2013 Business Judgment Rule, Not Entire Fairness, Applies to Going-Private Transactions Approved By a Special Committee and a Majority-of-the-Minority Vote
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May 28, 2013 Sixth Circuit Creates Split With Second and Ninth Circuits on Section 11 Liability For Statements of Opinion or Belief
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May 9, 2013 Second Circuit Curtails 10b-5 Market Manipulation Claims
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May 7, 2013 Enforcement Under The New UK Regulatory Architecture
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May 2013 Back To Basic: Proof of Materiality Not Needed To Trigger The Fraud-On-The-Market Presumption of Reliance
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April 29, 2013 Ralph Lauren Settles Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Allegations With First-Ever SEC Non-Prosecution Agreement in an FCPA Case
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April 26, 2013 Eighth Circuit Rules: Endorsement Voids Otherwise Mandatory Arbitration Clause in Insurance Policy
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April 26, 2013 Financial and Trade Sanctions Briefing III
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April 24, 2013 ‘Morrison’s’ Impact on Claims Under the Commodity Exchange Act
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April 19, 2013 Supreme Court Limits Scope of Alien Tort Statute
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April 10, 2013 An Arbitrator’s Authority to Award Interest on an Award until “Date of Payment”: Problems and Limitations
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April 8, 2013 U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Effect of Contractual Forum-Selection Clauses in Federal Courts
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April 5, 2013 Insurers Too Must Heed Iran Sanctions
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April 5, 2013 Delaware Supreme Court Issues Important Ruling Barring Re-Litigation of Stockholder Derivative Suit Under Collateral Estoppel
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April 2013 “Well, Now I’m Screwed. I Can’t Sell.” The Words That Will Take The SEC’s Insider Trading Case Against Mark Cuban To Trial
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March 6, 2013 The SEC’s Case Against Mark Cuban Heads to Trial
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March 2013 Pack Your Bags and Renew That Passport: Duties of Independent Directors of Delaware Corporations Having Significant Operations or Assets Abroad
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March 1, 2013 Supreme Court Rejects Application of Fraud Discovery Rule to SEC Enforcement Actions Seeking Civil Penalties
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February 28, 2013 Supreme Court Further Clarifies Class Certification Standards For Securities Fraud Actions
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February 26, 2013 Delaware Steps Up Enforcement of Unclaimed Property Law
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February 13, 2013 Facebook Wins Dismissal of IPO Derivative Action
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February 8, 2013 Pack Your Bags and Renew That Passport: Duties of Independent Directors of Delaware Corporations Having Significant Operations or Assets Abroad
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February 6, 2013 SEC Rule 412: What Is Said Now Trumps What Was Said Before
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February 2013 Second Circuit Decision Clarifies the Standard for Claims of Aiding and Abetting Securities Fraud
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February 2013 Government’s Burden in Insider Trading Cases Clarified
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January 24, 2013 Defending an FCPA Books and Records Violation
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January 2013 Former Federal Prosecutors Pen New Treatise On The FCPA
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December 20, 2012 Deferred Prosecution Agreements Are Coming To The UK
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December 18, 2012 ‘SEC v. Obus’: Second Circuit Clarifies Standards for Insider Trading
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August/September 2012 Are Arbitration Clauses in International Insurance Contracts Enforceable? The Fourth Circuit Joins the Debate
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December 3, 2012 Deferred Prosecution Agreements Will Come to the U.K.
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November 16, 2012 Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission Issue Long-Awaited FCPA Guidance
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November 6, 2012 SFO Issues New Guidance
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November 6, 2012 Extension of Current Iran Sanctions
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October 24, 2012 The FTC Withdraws Its 2003 Policy Statement on Monetary Equitable Remedies In Competition Cases
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October 9, 2012 Assessing the SEC’s New ‘Neither Admit Nor Deny’ Policy
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October 1, 2012 Every Good Document Review Starts With Human Expertise
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August 23, 2012 Financial and Trade Sanctions Briefing II – UK and EU
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August 22, 2012 Government’s Burden In Insider Trading Cases Clarified
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August 20, 2012 Second Circuit Decision Clarifies The Standard For Claims of Aiding and Abetting Securities Fraud
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August 17, 2012 The Eleventh Circuit and Third Circuit Diverge on Reverse-Payment Settlements
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July 27, 2012 UK Deferred Prosecution Agreements - Are They the Bridge Between Prosecution and Civil Recovery?
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July 20, 2012 Vigorous FCPA Compliance Program Averts U.S. Enforcement Action Against Financial Services Firm For Rogue Employee Violations
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July 12, 2012 When Is It Safe To Conclude You Are Not An Insider?
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June 28, 2012 U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Class Certification Requires Plaintiff Class To Establish By Admissible Evidence That Damages Can Be Awarded On a Class-Wide Basis
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June 13, 2012 The FSA’s Thematic Review on ABC Systems and Controls in Investment Banks, Are We Heading in The Right Direction?
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June 7, 2012 Further FSA Enforcement Action Against An MLRO, What Next For Those Responsible For Financial Crime Issues?
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June 2012 Eleventh Circuit Rejects the Strength of a Patent as a Criterion for the Legality of Reverse-Payment Settlements
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June 2012 The Second Circuit Weighs In On Challenges To Class Certification In MBS-Related Litigation
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June 1, 2012 Financial and Trade Sanctions: What Banks Need To Know
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June 1, 2012 A Troubling Bank Balance — Competing Duties For Banks When Making Suspicious Activity Reports
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May 29, 2012 BSIs British Standard for an Anti-Bribery Management System (ABMS) vs. Bribery Act Guidance: What Is Necessary To Show “Adequate Procedures”?
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May 29, 2012 Lessons To Be Learnt Regarding PEP’s From Recent FSA Enforcement Action
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May 24, 2012 A New Act, A New Director, What Next For The SFO?
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May 21, 2012 Shah v HSBC – Update
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May 18, 2012 The Opportunities and Risks Posed by Social Media for Antitrust Compliance
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May 4, 2012 Troubleshooting OTC Euro Transactions
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May 2, 2012 Second Circuit Issues Important Decision on Class Certification In MBS-Related Litigation
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April 20, 2012 SEC Rule 412 Precludes Claim Challenging Registration Statements Based on Superseded Statements In Incorporated Filings
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April 20, 2012 Imposition of Compliance Monitors In FCPA Settlements Is Down, But Recent Court Ruling Increases The Risk of Public Access To Monitor Reports
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April 4, 2012 Two District Courts Interpret Dukes To Require “Rigorous Analysis” In Antitrust Class Certification Decisions
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April 4, 2012 A Troubling Bank Balance – Competing Duties For Banks When Making Suspicious Activity Reports
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April 3, 2012 Financial and Trade Sanctions Briefing – Financial Institutions
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February 18, 2012 Dutch Court Decision Impacts Global Securities Class Actions
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February 15, 2012 Challenges To The Validity of Delaware Forum Selection Bylaws Commence
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February 8, 2012 Morrison Held To Preclude Securities Act Claims
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February 2012 Delaware Forum Selection Bylaws Under Attack
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February 2012 District Court, Applying Janus Broadly, Rules Against The SEC in Securities Fraud Case
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January 24, 2012 Dutch Court Decision Has Significant Implications for Securities Class Actions
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December 21, 2011 New York’s Highest Court Holds That The Martin Act Does Not Preempt Common Law Claims In Securities Cases
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December 19, 2011 Second Circuit Upholds Investor’s FCPA Conviction On Willful Blindness Theory
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November 16, 2011 Seventh Circuit Holds That Insurance Coverage For “Personal and Advertising Injury” Does Not Include Antitrust Liability
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November 2011 Jones v. Harris: Eighteen Months Later, The Investment Lawyer, vol. 18, no. 11
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October 14, 2011 Case Alert: Lower Courts Apply the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus Decision to Limit Rule 10b-5 Claims Brought by the SEC
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September 27, 2011 District Court, Applying Janus Broadly, Rules Against The SEC in Case of First Impression
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September 14, 2011 DOJ’s Antitrust Division Issues Revised Policy Guide To Merger Remedies
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August 9, 2011 New Insurance Products Protect Against Costs of FCPA Investigations
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July 7, 2011 Ninth Circuit is First Out of the Gate to Apply the Supreme Court's Janus Capital Decision Limiting the Scope of the 10b-5 Private Right of Action
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June 23, 2011 Supreme Court Adopts Rule Of Narrow Construction for Rule 10b-5
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June 23, 2011 PCAOB Foreign Inspections – A Chinese Conundrum
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June 22, 2011 PCAOB Foreign Inspections – A Chinese Conundrum
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June 13, 2011 Supreme Court Holds That Rule 10b-5 Must Be Construed Narrowly
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June 9, 2011 Supreme Court Reverses The Fifth Circuit and Holds That Class Action Plaintiffs Are Not Required To Prove Loss Causation At The Class Certification Stage
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June 2011 The Halliburton Oral Arguments: The Supreme Court Grapples with the Role of Loss Causation in Class Certification
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May 27, 2011 SEC Adopts Final Rules For Whistleblower Claims; Exclusions From Potential Whistleblowers Significantly Cut Back
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May 20, 2011 Securities and Exchange Commission Enters Into First Deferred Prosecution Agreement
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April 14, 2011 NCLC Urges the U.S. Supreme Court to Allow Loss Causation to be Considered at the Class Certification Stage of 10b-5 Civil Actions
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March 24, 2011 Supreme Court Reaffirms “Total Mix” Standard For Assessing Materiality In Federal Securities Actions
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March 4, 2011 SEC Files Contested Administrative Proceeding Against Former Director For Insider Trading
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February 1, 2011 SEC Chief Accountant of Corporation Finance Warns Against Over-Reliance on ABA “Treaty” In Reporting Litigation Contingencies
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January 20, 2011 SEC Investigating Financial Industry’s Compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act When Dealing With Sovereign Wealth Funds
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January 2011 New Corporate Sentencing Guidelines Provide Guidance Regarding What Constitutes An Effective Corporate Compliance Program
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December 6, 2010 SEC Issues Proposed Rules For Whistleblower Claims
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November 23, 2010 Objections to the Jurisdiction of the Arbitration Tribunal Under the US Federal Arbitration Act: How to Preserve the Right to Judicial Review
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November 22, 2010 New York Court of Appeals Stands Firm on Imputation In Pari Delicto In Suits Against Outside Professionals
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November 16, 2010 Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts
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November 11, 2010 New Corporate Sentencing Guidelines Provide Guidance Regarding What Constitutes An Effective Corporate Compliance Program
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November 10, 2010 Case Study: Kirschner V. KPMG
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October 23, 2010 Court Reinstates Insider Trading Claim Against Mark Cuban
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October 6, 2010 ABB Ltd. Settles FCPA Charges
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September 27, 2010 The Accidental Tipper: Personal Benefit Requirement for Insider Trading
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September 23, 2010 Fifth Circuit Reinstates SEC Insider Trading Claim Against Mark Cuban
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September 23, 2010 U.K. Ministry of Justice Opens Consultation Period Regarding Draft “Adequate Procedures” Guidance Under The U.K. Bribery Act
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September 16, 2010 NCLC Urges United States Supreme Court to Reverse Expansion of Implied Private Right of Action for Securities Fraud
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September 2010 Morrison v. National Australia Bank: The Supreme Court Addresses The Extraterritorial Application Of U.S. Securities Laws
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August 25, 2010 Sweeping Economic Sanctions Against Iran: Now What?
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August 24, 2010 First Department Decision Raises Drafting Issue for Arbitration Clauses
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August 17, 2010 Shareholder Inspection Rights: Delaware Supreme Court Provides Guidance To Shareholders Seeking Corporate Books and Records To Investigate Suitability of Directors To Serve
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August 2010 The Rules Governing Who Decides Jurisdictional Issues: First Options v. Kaplan Revisited
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August 3, 2010 The European Union Adopts Sweeping Economic Sanctions Against Iran in the Wake of the U.S. and UN Actions to Increase Pressure on Iran and Major Oil Companies and Suppliers of Refined Petroleum
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July/August 2010 The Board And Risk Management
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August 2010 Financial Reporting After The Subprime Crisis: New Challenges For Audit Committees – Part II
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July 26, 2010 Key Provisions of The Dodd-Frank Act Broadly Implicate FCPA Compliance Issues, Reward Whistleblowing For Securities Law Violations, and Require Reports of Certain Foreign Payments
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July 25, 2010 Forum Non Conveniens Defeats Shareholder Litigation on Cross-Border Mergers
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July 2010 Financial Reporting After The Subprime Crisis: New Challenges For Audit Committees – Part I
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July 1, 2010 In Re Cadbury and In Re Alcon: Forum Non Conveniens Defeats U.S. Shareholder Litigation Arising From Cross-Border Mergers
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June 29, 2010 Supreme Court Significantly Narrows Scope of Honest Services Fraud Statute In Case Involving Willkie Client
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June 28, 2010 Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision on Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Securities Laws
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June 2010 United Kingdom Enacts Bribery Act 2010
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April 19, 2010 United Kingdom Enacts Bribery Act 2010
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April 15, 2010 First Quarter of 2010 Shows Sharp Increase In FCPA Enforcement
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April 9, 2010 Financial Reporting After the Subprime Crisis: New Challenges For Audit Committees
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April 1, 2010 Supreme Court Emphasizes Role of Deference to Independent Directors in Mutual Fund Fee Litigation
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March 31, 2010 Recent Developments In F-Cubed Securities Class Actions
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March 19, 2010 TARP Fraud: A New Federal Crime Is Born?
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March 17, 2010 The Board and Risk Management
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March 12, 2010 First Circuit Rejects Primary Rule 10b-5 Liability for Underwriters
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March 2010 New Developments In Securities Litigation
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March 12, 2010 The First Circuit Rejects Primary Rule 10b-5 Liability For Underwriters
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March 2010 Fraud Law Developments
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March 2010 SEC Announces Measures to Encourage Cooperation and Names Specialized Unit Chiefs
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February 24, 2010 U.S. Supreme Court Adopts “Nerve Center” Test For Diversity Jurisdiction
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February 12, 2010 BAE Reaches Global Settlement With U.S. and U.K. Authorities, Agreeing To Pay $447 Million In Fines and Ending Five Years of Bribery Investigations
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February 5, 2010 U.S. Senate Hearing On Foreign Corruption May Result In New Anti-Money Laundering Rules For Some U.S. Businesses
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February 2010 Recent Developments in Government Investigations of Financial Fraud
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January 20, 2010 SEC Brings FCPA Charges Based On Extorted Payments
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January 14, 2010 SEC Announces Measures To Encourage Cooperation and Names Specialized Unit Chiefs
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January 5, 2010 Recent Enforcement Actions by U.K. Serious Fraud Office and Introduction of New U.K. Bribery Bill in Parliament Demonstrate Increased Focus on Corruption
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December 29, 2009 Issues of Proof In Climate Change Litigation
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December 18, 2009 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Opinion Holding That Federal Law Trumps State Anti-Arbitration Insurance Statute
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November 25, 2009 SEC Brings First Regulation G Enforcement Action
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November 25, 2009 Recent Developments In Government Investigations of Financial Fraud
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November 2009 Federal District Court In Mark Cuban Case Issues Decision On Misappropriation Theory of Insider Trading
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October 2009 The SEC’s Pay-To-Play Rule Proposal for Investment Advisers
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October 2009 The Future of Secondary Actor Liability Under Rule 10(B)-5 After Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
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October 2009 Neil Barofsky: Bringing Transparency To TARP
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October 2009 SEC Examinations and Enforcement in the Post-Madoff Era The SEC’s Inspector General’s Report Harshly Details the SEC’s Failure to Uncover the Madoff Scheme, Offers Road Map to Future Enforcement Policies
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October 2009 In re Flag Telecom: Additional Limitations on the Scope of Securities Class Actions at the Class Certification Stage
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September 3, 2009 NCLC Urges Supreme Court Not To Permit Litigation Explosion Concerning Mutual Fund Fees
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September 2009 The Special Inspector General for TARP: The New Enforcer and the Next Wave of Investigations
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August 25, 2009 SEC Invokes Sarbanes-Oxley Clawback Provision Without Alleging Wrongdoing By Defendant
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August 14, 2009 Avery Dennison Settles FCPA Charges Related To Conduct In China, Indonesia, and Pakistan
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August 13, 2009 Second Circuit Issues Ruling With Major Implications On Scope of Securities Class Actions
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August 10, 2009 SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami Addresses New Initiatives During His First 100 Days
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August 10, 2009 Delaware Court of Chancery Refuses to Allow Private Equity Group to Deny Advancement and Indemnification Rights to Directors of Its Failed Portfolio Company
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August 4, 2009 Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Claims Against Investment Adviser That Failed to Detect a Ponzi Scheme
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July 21, 2009 Federal District Court In Mark Cuban Case Issues Decision on Misappropriation Theory of Insider Trading
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July 20, 2009 Investor Convicted On FCPA-Related Charges
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July 6, 2009 Court Toughens Application of Rule 8 Pleading Standards for Civil Cases
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July 2009 Failed Financial Institution Litigation: Remember When
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July 2009 TARP Enforcement: Latest Developments And Insights
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June 11, 2009 The Case for the Automatic Multidistrict Litigation Stay
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Summer 2009 Why Principles of Federalism and Communitarianism Demand That Tort Law Be Left Up To The States - The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
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May 28, 2009 Supreme Court To Review “Inquiry Notice” Standard For Securities Fraud Actions
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May 22, 2009 Current Efforts to Regulate the OTC Derivatives Market
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May 19, 2009 A Primer on Securities Litigation and Enforcement in an Economic Crisis
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May 19, 2009 The Special Inspector General For TARP: The New Enforcer and The Next Wave of Investigations
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May 18, 2009 Supreme Court Toughens and Broadens Application of Heightened Pleadings Standards
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May 14, 2009 Maryland Prohibits Minimum Resale Price Maintenance -- Other Jurisdictions May Follow
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May 8, 2009 SEC Action Indicates Increased Enforcement Investigations Into Hedge Funds and Derivatives
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May 6, 2009 New York Pension Fund Scandal Widens; New York State Attorney General Creates Task Force of 36 State Attorneys General To Investigate Pension Fund Abuse
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April 24, 2009 SEC Sanctions Investment Adviser For Misleading Investors About The Quality and Rigor of Its Due Diligence Process For Evaluating Hedge Fund Investments
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April 15, 2009 Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Decision Limiting Judicial Oversight of Merger Litigation
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April 13, 2009 Proposed Legislation Would Repeal Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption
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April 1, 2009 Fair Value Accounting & Litigation: The Next Wave of Valuation Risk
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March 2009 Second Circuit Keeps Bar High on Pleading Standards, Affirms Dismissal of Enron Case Against JP Morgan Chase
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March 18, 2009 Southern District of New York Dismisses Securities Fraud Class Action Alleging Failure To Disclose Contingent Bankruptcy Planning
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February 25, 2009 Delaware Chancery Court Refuses To Hold Citigroup’s Directors Personally Liable For Failing To Monitor Risks Associated With Citigroup’s Subprime Exposure
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February 13, 2009 Halliburton and KBR Entities To Pay $579 Million, The Largest Penalty Ever Paid By A U.S. Company In An FCPA Case
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February 3, 2009 Alleging Demand Futility In New York State Court Derivative Actions Arising From Stock Options Backdating
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January 29, 2009 Second Circuit Issues Significant Securities Decision
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January 28, 2009 But I Was the Client: The Attorney-Client Privilege As Applied to Former Officers and Directors
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January 9, 2009 Directors’ Fiduciary Duty During the Credit Crunch
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2009 The Charade of Tradition-Based Substantive Due Process
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December/January 2009 SEC Enforcement: A Year in Preview
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December 18, 2008 French Competition Council Provisionally Suspends Orange’s Exclusivity For iPhone
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December 16, 2008 Supplemental Update: Siemens Agrees To Pay An Additional €395 Million To Settle Corruption Charges With German Authorities; Total Penalties Exceed $1.6 Billion
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December 15, 2008 Siemens Pleads Guilty To FCPA Charges, Including First Ever Criminal Internal Controls Violation, and Agrees To Pay a Record $800 Million In Penalties
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December 12, 2008 Directors’ Fiduciary Duties During The Credit Crunch: Three Recent Cases Involving Acquisitions of Financial Institutions
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December 2, 2008 Status Update On Treasury, Federal Reserve and FDIC Financial Market Initiatives
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December 1, 2008 Former Vetco International Subsidiary Aibel Group Ltd. Admits To Failing To Meet Obligations Under Deferred Prosecution Agreement and Agrees to Pay $4.2 Million Fine For Violating The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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November 26, 2008 New York’s Data Privacy Guide Offers Best Practice Tips For Protecting Personal Information and Preventing Identity Theft
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November 26, 2008 Recent SEC Decision Reminds Regulated Entities To Act Promptly and Take Special Care When Responding To SEC Requests
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November 2008 Second Circuit Issues Significant Decision Restricting Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over "Foreign Cubed" Securities Class Action
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Winter 2008 Do the PSLRA's Proportionate Liability Provisions Govern Section 20 Control Person Liability?
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November 2008 Applying Stoneridge to Restrict Secondary Actor Liability Under Rule 10b-5
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November 1, 2008 A Recent Application of Stoneridge to Scheme Liability Claim
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October 28, 2008 Congressional Hearings Explore Proposals For New or Modified Financial Regulation
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October 28, 2008 Court Decision Limits “Local Law Defense” Under The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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October 27, 2008 Second Circuit Issues Significant Decision Restricting Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over “Foreign-Cubed” Securities Class Action
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October 23, 2008 Failed Financial Institution Litigation: Remember When
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October 21, 2008 Special Committees Must Be Fully Independent and Demonstrate a “Vigorous” Commitment To Protecting The Interests of The Corporation
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October 16, 2008 Treasury, FDIC and Federal Reserve Announce Development of Additional Programs to Bolster Credit Markets
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October 10, 2008 Specialized or Smaller Firms May Find Business Opportunities In The Treasury Department’s Troubled Assets Relief Program
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October 7, 2008 Loan Document Considerations In Connection With The Bankruptcy Filing of Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.
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September 28, 2008 U.S. Bailout Plan Update
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September 25, 2008 New York State Insurance Department To Regulate Certain Credit Default Swaps As Insurance
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September 25, 2008 Latest Status Report On The Bailout Plan
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September 25, 2008 Federal Reserve Issues Policy Statement Liberalizing The Restrictions On Minority Investments In Banks and Bank Holding Companies By Private Equity and Other Firms
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September 24, 2008 Update On U.S. Bailout Plan
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September 23, 2008 SEC Announces A “Sweeping Expansion” of Its Investigations of Possible Market Manipulation
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September 15, 2008 Lehman Brothers Holdings and Certain of Its European Subsidiaries File For Bankruptcy Protection
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September 12, 2008 Scheme Liability: Secondary Actors' Role Post-Stoneridge
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September 5, 2008 Department of Justice Makes Significant Changes To Its Corporate Charging Guidelines
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July 22, 2008 DOJ Releases FCPA Opinion on Promotional Expenses To Be Paid To Journalists of State-Owned Media Outlets
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July 15, 2008 SEC Announces Examinations Focusing on the Dissemination of False Information Intended to Manipulate Stock Prices
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July 8, 2008 Whither 'Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta'? Early Results
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July/August 2008 DHB Industries Sec. Lit. - The Government's Use of the CAFA to Object to a Securities Class Action Settlement
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June 27, 2008 DOJ Releases Opinion Addressing Acquirers’ FCPA Liability for Conduct of Acquiree Where The Ability To Conduct Pre-Closing Due Diligence Is Restricted
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June 12, 2008 NAIC Highlights – Summer 2008 National Meeting
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June 9, 2008 Willbros Group Inc. Agrees to Pay $32 Million in Penalties, Disgorgement, and Prejudgment Interest for Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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May 15, 2008 Pleading & Proving Loss Causation in § 10(b) Credit Crisis Cases
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May 2, 2008 Seventh Circuit, in a Case Of First Impression Under Stoneridge, Holds That Employee Who Participated in Fraudulent Scheme but Did Not Personally Prepare or Disseminate False Financial Statements is Shielded From Securities Fraud Liability
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May 2008 The Role of Fair Value Accounting in the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown
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May 1, 2008 D&O Alert
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April 21, 2008 Court of Appeals Approves Covert Coordination Between SEC and DOJ
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April 8, 2008 NAIC Highlights – Spring 2008 National Meeting
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April 2008 Fair Value Accounting & Subprime
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March 17, 2008 Role of Monitors in Corporate Investigations and Prosecutions Update: New Justice Department Guidelines and Continuing Criticism
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February 26, 2008 WABTEC Settles FCPA Claims Related to Foreign Subsidiary’s Improper Payments
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February 5, 2008 Lucent Settles FCPA Claims Related to Travel and Entertainment Expenses
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January 25, 2008 Congress and the Media Criticize Role of Monitors in Corporate Investigations and Prosecutions
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January 22, 2008 U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Argument that “Scheme Liability” Theory Still Applies to Financial Institutions and Professionals
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December 20, 2007 Insurance Coverage for Subprime Mortgage Problems
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October 18, 2007 Major New Compliance Rule for Government Contractors
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October 2, 2007 Seventh Circuit Emphasizes the Necessity for the Timely Selection of Each Party Arbitrator
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September 19, 2007 DOJ Releases Two Opinions On Hosting Foreign Officials Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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September 7, 2007 Federal Court Rejects FTC Request to Block Whole Foods — Wild Oats Supermarket Merger
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July 25, 2007 Federal Trade Commission Loses Two Bids to Block Two Energy Mergers in One Month
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July 16, 2007 Supreme Court Overturns Longstanding Precedent and Rules that Minimum Resale Price Restraints are Subject to the Rule of Reason
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June 25, 2007 Supreme Court Heightens Scienter Pleading Standard in Securities Fraud Cases
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May 7, 2007 Baker Hughes to Pay Record Amount in FCPA Case
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March 27, 2007 Coverage for Corporate General Counsel Under Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policies
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March 1, 2007 FTC Orders Compulsory Licensing and Sets Maximum Royalty Rate for Patents Concealed From Standard-Setting Organization
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February 26, 2007 FTC Challenges Private-Equity Firms’ Investments in Competing Companies
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February 13, 2007 Vetco Pays Largest Criminal Fine in the History of the FCPA
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January 17, 2007 U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Two Antitrust Cases
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January 8, 2007 The European Commission Approves the Merger of Gaz De France and Suez
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January 3, 2007 European Commission Revises Cartel Leniency Rules
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December 28, 2006 New DOJ Guidelines on Corporate Prosecutions
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November 30, 2006 Antitrust Division Endorses Ex Ante Disclosure Of Maximum Royalty Rate And Licensing Terms In Context Of Standard Setting
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November 8, 2006 The Federal Trade Commission Dissolves Consummated Merger
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October 12, 2006 Securities Class Action May Proceed Based on Allegations of Misleading Statements Concerning Potential FCPA Violations
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August 9, 2006 FTC Addresses Application of Antitrust Laws to Standard-Setting Process
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August 9, 2006 DOJ Clearance of the Whirlpool/Maytag Transaction May Signal a Greater Recognition of Foreign Competition in U.S. Merger Analysis
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May 25, 2006 Securities and Exchange Commission Brings First Ever Enforcement Action Under the USA Patriot Act
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April 28, 2006 U.S. Antitrust Regulators Continue Enforcement of HSR “Gun Jumping”
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March 9, 2006 U.S. Supreme Court Issues Three Notable Antitrust Decisions
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February 22, 2006 FTC Announces Reforms to the Second Request Merger Review Process
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February 16, 2006 Delaware Chancery Court Enforces Contractual Restrictions on Buyer’s Remedies in Stock Purchase Agreement and Confirms that Restrictions will not Apply in Cases of Actual Fraud
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January 9, 2006 Delaware Chancery Court Highlights Pitfalls of a Flawed Special Committee Process in Interested Merger Transaction
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March 17, 2005 Congress Makes Significant Changes to Rules Governing Class Actions
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February 9, 2005 The Implications of the Supreme Court’s Booker Decision on Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs
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December 15, 2004 InVision Acquisition Closes After InVision and GE Reach Agreement with the Department of Justice Over FCPA Allegations
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December 2004 Eighteen Safeguards To Corporate Self-Investigation
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September 27, 2004 SEC Drops Appeal in FCPA Enforcement Action
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June 30, 2004 Supreme Court Limits Claims Under Alien Tort Statute
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June 21, 2004 SEC Finds Donations to Bona Fide Charity to be in Violation of the FCPA
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May 12, 2004 Bush Administration Imposes Trade Sanctions Against Syria
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May 3, 2004 United States Sentencing Commission Adopts More Stringent Requirements for Corporate Compliance Programs
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February 2, 2004 Second Circuit Court of Appeals Applies Heightened Pleading Requirement to Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 That Sound in Fraud
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June 18, 2003 Delaware Chancery Court Emphasizes Social and Institutional Connections in the Meaning of Director Independence
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April 15, 2003 Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Down Absolute Lock-up of Merger as a Preclusive and Coercive Defensive Measure
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March 17, 2003 The SEC Adopts a Professional Conduct Rule for Lawyers
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December 6, 2002 SEC Releases Proposed Professional Responsibility Rule for Lawyers
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November 11, 2002 SEC Proposes a Professional Responsibility Rule for Lawyers
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July 15, 2002 SEC Requires CEOs and CFOs to Certify the Accuracy of SEC Reports
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April 12, 2002 Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Amended for Transactions Involving Foreign Persons and With Respect to the “Transition” Rule
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February 12, 2002 Competitive Concerns Before a Transaction Closes: Pre-Merger Conduct Between Competitors
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December 3, 2001 U.S. Implementing New Expanded Money-Laundering Law
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