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In a prepared statement before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Antitrust Task Force on July 24, 2003, Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") Chairman Timothy Muris identified health care as one of three FTC target markets because they "have the biggest impact on consumers.

On June 29, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted significant modifications to the securities registration and offering processes under the Securities Act of 1933. Release Nos. 33-8591; 34-52056; IC-26993. The new rules were adopted substantially as proposed in Release Nos. 33- 8501; 34-50624; IC-26649. The modifications are critically important to any company that accesses the public securities markets and to the investment banking firms that underwrite public offerings.

On June 29, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted significant modifications to the securities registration and offering processes under the Securities Act of 1933. Release Nos. 33-8591; 34-52056; IC-26993. The new rules were adopted substantially as proposed in Release Nos. 33- 8501; 34-50624; IC-26649. The modifications are critically important to any company that accesses the public securities markets and to the investment banking firms that underwrite public offerings.

American corporations are currently witnessing a sea change in their corporate governance. Over the past several years institutional and activist shareholders have pursued and partially achieved significant alterations in the balance of power between shareholders and incumbent boards of directors, with further potentially fundamental changes yet to come.

On November 4, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved proposals by The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. to revise their respective listing standards to require increased minimum standards of corporate governance by listed companies. See Release No. 34-48745.

The conduct of certain banking and financial services related activities within Germany requires a banking licence pursuant to Section 32 of the Gesetz über das Kreditwesen – „KWG“ (German Banking Act).

On February 18, 2005 the President signed into law the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (the "Act" or "CAFA"). The Act, whose stated purpose is "to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants," represents the culmination of years of efforts to address the recent dramatic increase in practices widely viewed as abusive in interstate class actions brought in state courts.

On March 11, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted its long-awaited amendments to Form 8-K, the form for filing current reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The amendments added eight new mandated disclosure items to Form 8-K, transferred two items to Form 8-K from other periodic reports and revised two of the previous Form 8-K disclosure items.

On November 4, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved new corporate governance rules for the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Nasdaq Stock Market. On January 29, 2004, the NYSE published nearly 50 frequently asked questions regarding these rules and the NYSE’s answers. This article contains the Questions and Answers published.

The surge in criminal antitrust enforcement over the last decade has made it more important than ever for defense counsel to be completely familiar with all the pretrial activities that may take place in a criminal investigation. With a few notable exceptions, most of the Antitrust Division’s recent prosecutions of large national or international cartels have resulted in plea agreements rather than trials. To obtain the most favorable results for their clients, counsel must be prepared to handle

Quietfield v Vascroft - The article considers the propositions that the judgment of Jackson J, subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal in Quietfield v Vascroft (Matthew Holt and Abdul Jinadu, was right, but that Quietfield’s concession on natural justice was wrong, and that the adjudicator’s error resulted in an excess of jurisdiction.

In August of 2004, Arch Coal, Inc. ("Arch") successfully rebutted the Federal Trade Commission’s ("FTC" or "Commission") claim that the acquisition by Arch of Triton Coal Company, LLC ("Triton") would substantially lesson competition among leading coal producers in Wyoming’s Southern Powder River Basin ("SPRB"). On August 16, 2004, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the FTC’s request to enjoin the acquisition pending an administrative hearing.1 Four days later, the U.S

The surge in criminal antitrust enforcement over the last decade has made it more important than ever for defense counsel to be completely familiar with all the pretrial activities that may take place in a criminal investigation. With a few notable exceptions, most of the Antitrust Division’s recent prosecutions of large national or international cartels have resulted in plea agreements rather than trials. To obtain the most favorable results for their clients, counsel must be prepared to handle

Concern over the liability exposure of directors and officers has never been higher. Sarbanes Oxley has increased the responsibilities of a company’s board of directors, and has ensured a level of board independence that has significantly increased the frequency of internal corporate investigations designed to identify and correct misconduct and fend off regulators, including the SEC.