Private equity (PE) fundraising in Europe hit €91.9 billion in 2017, the highest it has been since 2006.1 Of that amount, €71.7 billion was invested in European companies, an increase of 29 percent...

On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new Rule 163B and related amendments under the Securities Act to expand the permitted use of "testingthe-waters"

Legal battles over the antitrust treatment of no-poach agreements continue to escalate with new district court decisions and new pronouncements from two "titans" of antitrust policy

The September 2018 edition of Employment Flash summarized the requirements of the U.K. Equality Act 2010 Regulations 2017

The Trump administration has announced two initiatives aimed at addressing U.S. national security risks arising from the use of non-U.S. technology generally

In the past year, nearly a dozen companies have taken advantage of new rules to list on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx).

In early February 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its intent to file statements of interest in multiple ongoing private lawsuits to clarify how "no-poach"agreements should be evaluated

On April 25, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) published for public comment proposed amendments to the rules governing swap data repositories (SDRs)

On December 10, 2018, Olympus Medical Systems Corporation and a former quality manager at the company pleaded guilty to introducing misbranded medical devices into interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

There is an ongoing debate regarding the role of publicly traded for-profit business corporations in addressing the many serious challenges confronting society, including some directly

On the heels of a widely reported decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holding that an insured was covered by a computer fraud policy for social engineering-related loss ...

In 2018, a number of executive compensation issues made headlines, with trending topics including director compensation litigation, the impact of the recent U.S. tax reform on performance-based

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that it will hold a series of public hearings examining whether changes in the economy

On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule changes, as mandated by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act),

One of the foremost threats companies face today is that posed by cybercriminals, and the unique vulnerabilities of companies in the oil and gas sector create

Partners Peter Atkins, Marc Gerber and Edward Micheletti look at dueling statements recently released by the Business Roundtable...

On April 25, 2019, the judge in National Women's Law Center v. Office of Management and Budget ruled that employers subject to EEO-1 reporting are required to report 2018 wage data by gender.

On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two unanimous decisions interpreting the Copyright Act.

New York's Commercial Division recently initiated changes that continue its focus on utilizing efficiency, innovation and agility to attract high-stakes complex commercial cases.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) again seeks to increase the salary required to maintain a so-called "white-collar" exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).