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Men's Wearhouse entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire rival suit maker Jos. A. Bank for cash consideration of approximately $1.8B.

Dan O'Connor, co-leader of Ropes & Gray's securities & futures enforcement practice, addresses the recent uptick in how the SEC is approaching issues at fixed income and credit funds.

Ropes & Gray – in conjunction with leading law firms across Europe – has released a new update of its monthly CSRD Transposition Tracker. The Tracker describes Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...

Health care costs and prescription drug prices are in the headlines – it seems like every day.

On Friday, December 6, 2019, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ("Ericsson"), a Sweden based telecommunications company, reached the second largest settlement in the history of U.S. ...

The relator in "United States ex rel. Ge v. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd." recently filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court.

On May 20, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced a $25 million settlement with Australian mining company BHP Billiton (the "Company") to resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") charges arising from the Company's sponsorship of the 2008 Summer Olympics

A recently disclosed bribery scandal related to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, along with other anti-corruption developments in Brazil, has reinforced the importance of implementing effective compliance policies and procedures.

The United States Solicitor General has recommended that the Supreme Court deny certiorari in United States ex rel. Nathan v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals N.A. Inc., et al. (No. 12-1349), a False Claims Act ("FCA") case involving the question whether a relator must identify specific false claims submitted for payment in order to plead fraud with sufficient particularity under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b).

Under the FCA, private individuals are allowed to bring fraud claims on behalf of the United States government as relators.

California voters appear to have approved Proposition 22 yesterday, allowing app-based rideshare and delivery companies to engage drivers as independent contractors, instead of being required to...

On August 31, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor published proposed amendments to the Best Interest Contract Exemption and other exemptions that would delay the applicability date of many of the requirements for fiduciaries ...

As you likely are aware from several earlier Alerts we have issued on this matter, in August 2011 the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board") issued a rule requiring almost all private employers (both unionized and non-unionized alike) to post workplace notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act").

As reported by Joe Morris at Ignites, the Department of Labor (DOL) is expected to reveal its long-awaited fiduciary rule rewrite, after the prior rule was vacated by the Fifth Circuit.

Employers now have official guidance regarding the much discussed employee social security tax obligations.

In accordance with a National Labor Relations Board (the "Board") rule that was issued last week, almost all private employers will be required, as of November 14, 2011, to post notices in their workplaces informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act"), including their rights to form and join unions, to bargain collectively through a union chosen by employees over their wages, hours and other conditions of employment, and to take collective action to impro

As we continue to monitor developments in state ESG laws, Oklahoma has remained a frequent focus of ours because it has had more activity than most peer states related to the contents...