Lenders Who Are Refinanced With Proceeds of New Debt Secured by Liens on Assets of an Entity, not an Obligor, on the Refinanced Debt Could be Required to Return Those Proceeds to the Extent the Lien Constituted a Fraudulent Transfer.

On December 6, 2012, California’s Attorney General filed a suit against Delta Air Lines.

UK-incorporated quoted (or, in U.S. terms, public) companies have reason to fear that binding say on pay ("BSOP") could become a reality for general shareholder meetings held on and after October 1, 2013.

This alert discussed a recent noteworthy decision on willfulness in patent infringement actions.

A notice to executives and directors regarding some basic tax planning alternatives that are currently available, but that Congress is poised to eliminate. Anyone who has significant deferred compensation, supplemental retirement benefits, restricted stock, or stock options that are in-the-money should now consider what could be a window of opportunity for (1) deferring taxation on their stock gains, and (2) updating their payment elections - whether to lengthen their period of tax deferral or t

A disccusion on the recent updates on the development of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, including the release of the much anticipated final regulations to FATCA.

Consumer class action lawsuits are expensive. Case after case confirms this fact. Recognizing this, many consumer class action lawsuits are filed without a proper class representative, solely so that discovery may be initiated to locate a plaintiff with a "legitimate" claim.

Law360 (January 25, 2021, 9:47 PM EST) — The First Circuit's recent ruling that the federal Wire Act's prohibition on interstate communications for wagering applies only to sports betting affirmed a...

Leading Gibraltar law firm ISOLAS LLP has welcomed significant new changes to the jurisdiction's Limited Partnership Law

The first quarter of 2012 presented a mixed bag for the U.S. DOJ in FCPA enforcements.

The third quarter demonstrated that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") continues to hold the attention of a broad audience, including in the courtroom.

On July 25, 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court in In re American Capital Equipment, LLC1 affirmed the bankruptcy court’s decision finding (a) at the disclosure statement stage, that the debtors’ chapter 11 plan was patently unconfirmable and (b) converting the chapter 11 case to chapter 7.

The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") continue to reevaluate and adapt their approach to FCPA enforcement.

As a follow up to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ("CFPB") June 2011 notice of proposed rulemaking ("Notice") on determining which markets it should cover and which entities in such markets should be deemed "larger participants" under its nonbank supervision program, the agency issued its first proposed rule defining "larger participants" ("Proposal").

On December 5, 2011, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ("CFPB") published in the Federal Register a notice and request for comment ("Notice") soliciting suggestions from the public for streamlining the consumer financial protection regulations that it inherited from other federal regulators under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("DFA" or "Dodd- Frank Act").

Meeting a primary objective of Director Patricia Shiu’s initial regulatory agenda, on April 26, 2011, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ("OFCCP") published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (the "Proposed Regulations") substantially rewriting, and materially increasing the obligations of federal contractors to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment qualified protected veterans.

The CFTC recently adopted final amendments to the compliance obligations of commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors that, among others, would rescind or modify several CFTC registration exemptions and exclusions commonly relied upon by registered investment companies.