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On October 27, 2009, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14E ("SLB 14E"), providing guidance regarding its interpretation of the "ordinary business matters" exclusion in Rule 14a-8(i)(7) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Recent press reports regarding copyright termination notices filed by the heirs of famed comic book illustrator Jack Kirby as well as a recent decision by a federal District Court in a long-running case regarding termination notices filed by the heirs of "Superman" co-creator Jerome Siegel both serve as timely reminders of the substantial complexity of copyright and other intellectual property issues raised by the transfer of valuable intellectual property assets and the critical importance of

In December, an Advocate General to the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") issued an advisory opinion in the Schrems II case that impacts standard contract clauses ("SCCs")...

On February 10, 2020, the California Attorney General's office released its latest version of the regulations implementing California's new data privacy law...

This Client Alert looks at some of the recent changes, issues and challenges facing those interested in the derivatives market in the PRC and Hong Kong.

The Chinese government recently released two new measures aimed at tightening oversight of the lifestyles and finances of Chinese government officials and their family members.

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Act"). Along with revisions subsequently passed by Congress, the Act constitutes a much-publicized, comprehensive system of health care reform.

Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in "Bilski v. Kappos" (Case No. 08-964) that some business methods may be eligible for patent protection under United States law.

On 30 April 2010, the Indonesian Directorate General of Taxation revised two key tax regulations, which have been the subject of much commentary for their implications on Indonesian tax structuring.

After a lengthy period of suspense, two keenly anticipated implementing regulations under Indonesian law No. 4 of 2009 (the "Mining Law") were issued on 1 February 2010: Government Regulation No. 23/2010 ("GR23") on Mining Business Activities and Government Regulation No. 22/2010 ("GR22") on Mining Areas.

Chancellor Chandler of the Delaware Chancery Court recently issued a decision, In Re John Q. Hammonds Hotels Inc. Shareholder Litigation (C.A. No. 758-CC, January 14, 2011), that should provide some comfort to full service Wall Street banks. An earlier ruling in this matter (C.A. No 758-CC, October 2, 2009) raised the possibility that ordinary course marketing activities by full service banks could undermine the ability of clients to rely on their advice, even if the banking team w

On February 8, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") published its new interpretive release (the "Release") on the application of existing public company disclosure requirements to climate change.

The California Legislature has passed legislation designed to make it much more difficult for companies

On April 30, 2010, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress a series of amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that would expand the situations in which a company can significantly reduce its exposure to criminal liability by maintaining effective compliance and ethics programs.

In an opinion issued today in "Jones v. Harris Associates L.P.", 559 U.S. ___ (2010) (Alito, J.), the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split by unanimously affirming the standard set nearly three decades ago in "Gartenberg v. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc.", for courts to assess claims by mutual fund shareholders under § 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

On August 13, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission"), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice (collectively, the "Agencies"), proposed significant modifications to the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Act Notification and Report Form ("Form").

On January 23, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army finalized the new Navigable Waters Protection Rule narrowing the....

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), by a 3-2 vote, adopted fundamental changes to the federal proxy rules that will require public companies to include shareholder director nominees in their proxy materials.