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On March 23, the U.S. Treasury (UST), in conjunction with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve, unveiled the Obama administration's plan to purchase troubled or "legacy" assets that are currently clogging the balance sheets of U.S. financial institutions.

This advisory provides a general summary of the New York Limited Liability Company Transparency Act (NY LLCTA) and its requirements and is not intended to, and does not, provide legal...

On June 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to its statutory authority to register and oversee nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs), voted to propose a series of credit rating agency reforms to address concerns about the integrity of their credit rating procedures and methodologies in the light of the role they played in determining credit ratings for securities collateralized by or linked to subprime residential mort

In the midst of a legal recession, one might assume that lawyers’ greatest challenge is to attract and retain clients, increase revenues, control costs, and operate more efficiently.

This advisory provides a general summary of the Corporate Transparency Act and its requirements as they relate to investment managers.

On June 10, the United States Department of the Treasury (“UST”) released an interim final rule (“Rule”) providing much-anticipated guidance on the compensation and governance standards applicable to companies (“TARP Recipients”) that have received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”), and introducing a few additional concepts such as the newly created “Office of the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation” referred to in the public press as the “Pay Czar.

On June 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance added new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) and revised or withdrew others.

On April 7, the U.S. Treasury Department (UST) published guidelines for insurance companies and other companies that are structured as bank or savings and loan holding companies in mutual organization or their stock holding company subsidiaries to receive TARP funds under the Capital Purchase Program (CPP).

The Federal Trade Commission has announced the new notification thresholds for pre-merger notification reports that must be filed under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

The Office of the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Final Staff Report on the Work Plan for considering the incorporation of International Financial Reporting Standards.

Our panel of experts discuss executive stock trading plans, the Delaware Court of Chancery's ruling in a stock options backdating case, the impact of securities litigation on outside directors, and the Securities and Exchange Commission's and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's suggested revisions and interpretations to Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley.

On July 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to provide new guidance to public companies about how to comply with federal securities laws, particularly with respect to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, while developing their websites to serve as effective means for disseminating important information to investors.

On April 1, 2014, the New York state 2014–2015 budget became effective.

On September 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an emergency order to temporarily amend Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in response to the potential of sudden and excessive fluctuations of securities prices and disruption in the functioning of the securities markets.

Corporations today are under constant pressure from the media, the public, and the government to demonstrate that they have good corporate governance practices in place.

Sercurities litigation has seen a number of notable developments, including significant decisions in Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific Atlanta and Ryan v. Gifford, as well as two closely watched trials (Apollo and JDS Uniphase). Our panel of experts from Northern and Southern California discuss how these cases have affected their practice, as well as trends in securities class action cases.

Recently a purported shareholder of certain special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) initiated derivative lawsuits asserting that the SPACs are investment companies...

Despite turmoil in the capital markets and subprime sector, our clients in 2007 kept us busy closing transactions all year. We were particularly active with property sales and purchases, joint venture investments, large leases and permanent financings.