Many companies wait too long to attempt transformations, doing so only when the signs of trouble have become obvious. But that's almost inevitably too late. High performers, by contrast, change before they must, knowing that the best way to transform is from a position of strength

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has significantly changed the environment in which public companies operate. Part of this shifting landscape includes the SEC’s intensified interest in reviewing public company disclosures in the executive compensation arena.

Kevin Loughrin was prosecuted for stealing and altering checks, using them to purchase items at retail stores, and then returning the items to the stores for cash.

In Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians v. California, 2022 WL 2978615 (9th Cir. 2022), five California tribes sued the State of California, contending that the State failed...

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), tasked by the G-20 to prevent a future financial crisis, on July 18, 2013, designated nine large insurance groups as Global Systemically Important Insurers ..

For the 2005 proxy season, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has increased its focus on what it views as an historical departure from generally required standards of disclosure of executive compensation among public companies. In August 2004, the SEC adopted new Form 8-K rules that significantly affect how and when public companies report material definitive agreements, including agreements related to compensation.

Bombay High Court evaluates a downstream FDI structure to rule that investment in the holding company was a 'sham' structured to invest downstream by way of redeemable instruments.

On December 6, 2007, the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) approved the application of GE Money Bank, a federal savings bank headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, to establish an operating subsidiary in the People’s Republic of China

CCI releases market study on the diagnostic medical imaging equipment industry in India...

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified a significant amendment on 29 June 2017 regarding the time-period within which a transaction is to be notified to the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Even if § 282 did not extend to a § 101 eligibility challenge, such a challenge would still be a defense to a claim of infringement.

This decision reinforces the importance of taking the correct approach to the construction of commercial instruments.

As Israeli individuals and companies continue to have a significant impact on the international marketplace, their exposure to FCPA investigations and liability is likewise enhanced.

COMP/M.5754: Alstom Holdings/Areva T&D Transmission activities – manufacture and supply of equipment and services for power generation and rail transport, transmission and distribution of high voltage electrical power.

The New York Convention of 1958 to which India is a signatory, specifies that an Arbitral Judgment might inter alia be refused enforcement if it is in disagreement with the public policy of the country...

On September 15, 2015, the United States District Court, District of Connecticut rejected most of the Government's challenges to privilege claims asserted by General Electric Company ("GE").

Welcome to Goodwin's ERISA Litigation Update. Litigation involving ERISA-governed benefits plans has exploded in recent years.

Welcome to Goodwin's ERISA Litigation Update. Litigation involving ERISA-governed benefits plans has exploded in recent years.

On December 14, 2005 the Court of First Instance (“CFI”) finally rendered its judgments on the appeals against the European Commission’s 2001 decision prohibiting the proposed merger between Honeywell International and General Electric Company (“GE”). There is no possibility of resurrecting the original transaction, and the appeal was brought as a matter of principle. Although the CFI has affirmed the Commission’s decision, this may well be a pyrrhic victory. On the controversial issues – ver