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Jonathan Klarfeld, Ropes & Gray antitrust partner, discusses key takeaways and likely impacts of the Federal Trade Commission's recent divestiture study.

The Federal Trade Commission has announced revised jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended ("the Act").

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the conduct of clinical trials worldwide. Restrictions on travel, dislocation of clinical trial subjects, and the need of many health care facilities

On August 20, 2019, the SEC settled charges against TherapeuticsMD, a Florida-based life sciences company, for violating Regulation FD by selectively communicating to sell-side

In August 2009, Pfizer settled a number of cases alleging FCA violations concerning several drugs, including an antipsychotic drug called Geodon.

On January 6, 2017, the SEC announced that Illinois-based multinational confectionery company Mondelēz International Inc. and its subsidiary Cadbury agreed to settle FCPA charges...

In a decision issued on May 3, Judge Edward M. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed – with prejudice – the bulk of federal and California state wage and hour allegations made against Ropes & Gray client Adventures Rolling Cross-Country (ARCC), a California-based travel camp operator that provides international educational and adventure camp experiences for youths.

David Tittsworth, Ropes & Gray investment management counsel, analyzes the possible fate of the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule.

On March 10, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2017-01, announcing a temporary non-enforcement policy for non-compliance with its fiduciary rule.

On August 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") filed a notice in connection with pending litigation that revealed a portion of its current plans for the fiduciary rule.

This year, there has been a continued increase in initiatives promoting an anti-ESG approach to investment selection and proxy voting for ERISA plans.

On January 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Hughes v. Northwestern University that the plaintiff-participants will get another opportunity to assert that the Northwestern retirement plan...

On February 3, 2017, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") to examine its new fiduciary rule.

On February 6, 2017, the Division of Market Oversight of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") issued temporary no-action relief from the notice filing requirements...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") staff indicated today that the SEC is considering extending the compliance date for investment adviser registration for currently unregistered private fund advisers from July 21, 2011 until the first quarter of 2012.

On October 11, 2011, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the "Council") released a second notice of proposed rulemaking and interpretive guidance regarding the process by which the Council will determine, with respect to each "nonbank financial company," whether such company could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability and therefore should be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the "Board") and be subject to prudential standards.

On October 30, 2023, the SEC granted permanent relief from Rule 15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended...

After almost two years of extensive review and deliberation, the Chinese legislature finally passed the new Drug Administration Law ("DAL") on August 26, 2019, which will go into effect on December 1, 2019.