The European Parliament and the EU member states recently reached a preliminary agreement on auditor reform. The agreement includes a provision mandating auditor rotation every 10 years for listed companies, banks, and insurance companies, with extensions for 10 years, if the engagement is put out for public bid, and 14 years, if the audit is conducted by multiple firms.

Companies’ capital raising activities and equity-based employee benefit plans would be adversely affected if the PCAOB adopts its reproposed amendments to require disclosure in the auditor’s report of (1) the name of the engagement partner on the most recent period’s audit, ...

A new ruling has been issued in the MD&A case that we discussed in our February 3 post.

Daniel M. Gallagher stated that the SEC must "take exception to efforts by third parties that attempt to prescribe what should be in corporate filings".

President Joseph Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law on November 15, 2021.

California's 2016 legislative session ended, once again, with a flurry of activity in the legislature and by Governor Jerry Brown, resulting in numerous new laws requiring employer action.

As you have likely heard by now, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been targeting companies that require departing employees, as a condition to receiving severance benefits...

On the heels of the news reports describing cyberattacks on the energy sector that have continued to accumulate over the last few years, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

On November 17, FERC adopted regulations to enhance the protection of CEII using its new statutory authority from the FAST Act, which added Section 215A to the Federal Power Act.

Under a notice of proposed rulemaking to be released today, December 21, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is proposing to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)...

President Peña Nieto announces short-term plans for accelerating the reform’s implementation.

The court further held that the trustee did not have a separate claim for the defendants' alleged failure to notify the trustee of breaches of representations and warranties.

On May 29, we issued a LawFlash reporting that the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) extended the BE-10 reporting deadline for new filers to June 30, 2015.

A futures commission merchant agreed to settle CFTC charges of supervisory failures relating to overcharges for exchange and clearing fees.

The US Department of State recently announced that US consular posts in India are experiencing unusually long wait times for nonimmigrant visa (NIV) interview appointments.

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced a new online system for China nationals to use who hold a 10-year B1/B2, B1, or B2 (visitor) visa to facilitate international travel to the United States.

The new EB-3 China cut-off date for AOS applications that was set to take effect June 1 was implemented early as of May 9.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (the Tribe) in New York viewed these decisions as a business opportunity. Assuming its tribal government sovereign immunity would bar exposure to any IPR proceeding...

A cybersecurity breach involving theft of a company’s customer data could mean that the company has a weakness.

As anyone in the electric vehicle sector is aware, network charging infrastructure is a threshold issue to be addressed in order to get more electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads in US markets.