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In a recent case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, reversing a decision by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, held that a holding company in chapter 11, BankUnited Financial Corporation, could not retain as property of its bankruptcy estate tax refunds received during its bankruptcy case.

False Claims Act Amendments: On May 20, 2009, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 was signed into law, marking only the second time in the history of the civil False Claims Act (FCA) that all-embracing amendments have been made to this 1863 law.

In a recent release jointly issued by the Commissions, the SEC and CFTC set forth rules and guidelines requiring certain regulated entities to establish programs to address the risks of identity theft.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently issued an order assessing $2.8 million in civil penalty and disgorgement fees against Panther Energy Trading LLC and its principal Michael J. Coscia for engaging in the disruptive trading practice of spoofing.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) recently proposed to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address personal conflicts of interest with respect to Government contractor employees who perform acquisition functions. 74 Fed. Reg. 58584 (Nov. 13, 2009).

If private equity investors (“PE Investors”) feel like they have whiplash from the recent actions of the FDIC, there are good reasons for it.

On July 8 the UK government published proposals for the reform of banking regulation. These proposals were announced by Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the UK finance minister), and contained in a report prepared by the UK Treasury.

On July 1, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved an amendment to New York Stock Exchange Rule 452 that will prevent brokers from voting uninstructed client shares in director elections.

On November 5, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "Commission" or "CFTC") approved proposed position limits rules (the "Proposed Position Limits Rules") and proposed new aggregation standards for determining compliance with position limits (the "Proposed Aggregation Standards" and, together with the Proposed Position Limits Rules, the "Proposed Rules").

On 1 January 2014, "the most comprehensive reform of [the EU] merger procedures to date" came into force.

The Takeover Panel has now released its response statement setting out the final results of its recent consultation on proposed changes to the City Code (RS2011/1).

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently filed lawsuits against three pipe fitting companies alleging that the defendants engaged in price fixing activities and monopolization-related offenses.

Today, the Supreme Court agreed to resolve a key definitional issue under the public disclosure bar in Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson, No. 08-304 ("Graham County II").

The historic financial reform legislation moving toward passage in Congress is expected to require that all financial organizations deemed "too big to fail" have a "living will."

This week, FINRA posted on its website a Targeted Examination Letter entitled "Spot-Check of Social Media Communications".

On October 26, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted a new rule (the "Reporting Rule") requiring advisers to private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and funds of funds,

Earlier today, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Act).

A new Statement of Insolvency Practice 16 ("SIP 16") relating to pre-packaged sales in administration ("Pre-Packs") came into force on 1 November 2013.