This update summarizes the key provisions of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act," "Sarbanes-Oxley," or the "Act"), and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the "SEC") rules under the Act relevant to foreign private issuers (a term that covers most non-U.S. issuers, other than foreign governments). It is current through September 1, 2004.

FW discusses M&A in the oil & gas sector with Alicia Quesnel at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, Norman Wisely at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, Justin T. Stolte at Latham & Watkins LLP, and Jim Hansen at Opportune Partners LLC.

Thriving in the face of adversity as politics and security play an integral part in everyday life is a default position for Israel. The data backs this up: recent OECD reports describe Israel...

On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s Division of Corporation Finance (SEC Staff) published new and revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding private offering exemptions.

In this context, some lawyers suggest that law firms could cease investing in their tax departments because of the potential liabilities or even go as far as to scrap them altogether.

After more than a yearlong litigation hiatus, ImberaTek, LLC, an Ideahub, Inc. subsidiary, has sued Apple ( 1:24-cv-00129) in the Western District of Texas over nine patents described by the plaintiff...

The private funds radar is our regular roundup of developments from around the world for private fund stakeholders.

In this edition of the UK Enforcement newsletter, we provide an update on recent anti-corruption, fraud and bribery developments in the UK.

Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration has published the digest of arbitration news for the last month.

On November 3, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed a series of new rules that would reform the registration, communication and offering processes under the Securities Act of 1933 ("the Securities Act"). The current proposals are incremental, building on the integrated disclosure system and shelf registration through increased reliance on the periodic and current reports filed by public companies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act".)

Construction, Property and Real Estate cases/news in brief.

The dispute in University of London Press v. University Tutorial Press revolved around the copyright ownership of examination papers set by two examiners for the University of London matriculation examinations.

A round-up of recent case law updates from Keating Chambers

Please find below details of some of the notable transactions on which Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm in Hong Kong...

134 law firms participated in this year's Index of Pro Bono. Of these, 127 firms provided data on the levels of pro bono engagement among their lawyers.

Halliwells, the client, as respondent in an adjudication, invited the RICS-nominated adjudicator to withdraw for lack of jurisdiction and denied liability for his fees and expenses.

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.

Please find below details of some of the notable transactions on which Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firms in Asia, have recently advised...

A round-up of recent Construction industry updates.

By analyzing a decade's worth of BPCIA filings, we have gained insight into how venue strategy, repeat players, and specialized counsel are shaping the contours of this complex...