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The economy continues to suffer, and taxpayers’ funds are apparently the preferred solution to address the financial institutions’ crisis.

With respect to the 2008 calendar year, each United States person who had a financial interest in, or signature or other authority over, any foreign financial account generally must file Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (the “FBAR”), by June 30, 2009. The FBAR and related instructions were revised for filings in respect of the 2008 calendar year, and two aspects of these revisions have given rise to recent uncertainty and are of particular interest to the asset m

A discussion on key five IP consideration corporate counsel should be aware of when retaining a contractor for the developing of a company's software.

On July 14, 2008, the US Department of Labor (the DOL) published a series of frequently asked questions (the FAQs) that favorably limit the scope of the DOL’s November 2007 final regulation regarding the annual reporting obligations of ERISA investors in private investment funds. The 2007 regulation was generally scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2009 and, among other things, would have significantly increased the amount of disclosure that ERISA investors must provide to the DOL and I

HMRC published this week a consultation paper entitled "Review of tax rules on partnerships: disguised employment and profit and loss allocation schemes" following its announcements in the 2013 Budget, with a view to introducing new legislation in Finance Bill 2014.

On December 4, 2012, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") published Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations ("Iran Disclosure Guidance") on the new disclosure obligations imposed on reporting issuers by Section 219 of the recently enacted Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ("ITRSHRA").

On February 2, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued final regulations under ERISA’s "necessary services" exemption (the "Final Regulations").

Continuing its stream of emergency actions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced material amendments late Sunday to the emergency orders issued last Friday prohibiting the short selling of publicly traded securities of 799 financial firms (the Short Sale Ban Order) and requiring Section 13(f) institutional investment managers to report short sales effected on or after Monday, September 22, 2008, (the Reporting Order).

A number of significant developments occurred at the SEC during the first quarter of the year. This Client Alert summarizes some of the more significant developments as they relate to hedge fund and other private fund advisers.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has proposed and is requesting comment on a new rule, FINRA Rule 2240, that would govern research analyst conflicts of interest and would replace and, in various ways, amend current NASD and NYSE rules.

Sometimes, an opinion has an "Alice in Wonderland" quality to it, where a court seems to come up with a theory out of thin air.

On October 18, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed rules to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") pertaining to "Say-on-Pay" votes (the "Proposed Rules").

The Chancellor delivered his 2013 UK Budget yesterday.

The FTC has announced today new reporting notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended ("HSR Act" or the "Act"), which will be effective 30 days after the revised thresholds are published in the Federal Register.

The Supreme Court recently issued a significant antitrust and securities ruling in Billing v. Credit Suisse First Boston, a case that was closely watched by the securities industry. The Court reversed the Second Circuit and held that underwriters are entitled to “implied immunity” from private antitrust suits for their actions in underwriting initial public offerings.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") is a multi-agency regulatory body empowered to review transactions involving a foreign person and a U.S. business that may affect U.S. national security.

Commercial agreements usually provide for extraordinary termination rights or even automatic cancellation in the case of insolvency of one of the parties.

On December 16, 2009, the SEC issued significant new rules requiring enhanced disclosure of compensation and corporate governance matters by registered companies.