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).

On July 12, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued Notice 2013-43 (the "Notice"), postponing a number of deadlines under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA").

Congress has passed the most significant tax reform legislation in three decades (the "Act"), and on Friday, December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the bill into law.

In a keenly anticipated development the Cayman Islands was removed from the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions (the "EU blacklist") on 6 October 2020 after adopting reforms relating to...

Today (19 October 2022) LMA and ELFA published the second edition of the Guide for Company Advisors to ESG Disclosure in Leveraged Finance Transactions...

On October 12, 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published new guidance setting out how UK competition/antirust law will apply to competing businesses...

Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") recently announced "GRId 2.0," an update to its Governance Risk Indicators (GRId) ratings of corporate governance for U.S. public companies.

Indicators (GRId) ratings of corporate governance for U.S. public companies.

On September 29, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘CFTC") Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight announced that it had declined to extend its...

Several jurisdictions recently imposed restrictions to limit the size of gatherings and close or reduce in-person operations of various "non-essential businesses," all in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 through increased social distancing.

The Preparatory Committee for the EU Unitary Patent System recently published its draft Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court. U.S. and international companies can now comment on the rules.

The USPTO is hosting a Boardside Chat webinar on Thursday, July 18, from noon to 1 p.m. ET, to discuss its previous PTAB Orange Book patent/biologic patent study

On Tuesday, January 31, the IRS announced the rollout of thirteen initial compliance campaigns that will be undertaken by its Large Business and International Division.

As indicated in the article, Kat recently participated in a webinar sponsored by the District of Columbia Bar Taxation Community on this topic.

Using the same procedure it used to crack the secrecy of Swiss Banks, on November 30, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice obtained a court order allowing the IRS to issue a "John Doe" summons...

Generally, with limited exceptions, each U.S. person who has a financial interest in, or signature authority over, one or more foreign financial accounts is required to report those accounts annually to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on U.S. Treasury Form TD F 90-22.1, "Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts" (FBAR).

Hi, I'm Kat Gregor, and I am a tax partner in Ropes and Gray's Boston office.

With just over three months until EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) compliance is scheduled to start, the European Commission has announced it is considering another one-year extension.

Ropes & Gray’s global M&A team is equipped to handle any deal, in any industry sector, anywhere in the world.

Linked is the First Quarter 2016 edition of the Ropes & Gray M&A Newsletter.