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In one of the first cases interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2011 decision in "Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders", Judge John Koeltl of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a recent decision that has important ramifications for Section 10(b)/Rule 10b-5 liability in private securities fraud actions.

The recent financial crisis has led to much regulatory ferment, along with public outrage at the apparent lapses of market oversight by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission).

The appetite for Engineering, Procurement and Construction contractors accepting project and contractual risks fluctuates with supply and demand in the market.

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

On December 13, 2011, Texas and Colorado agencies adopted far-reaching rules governing the disclosure of chemicals contained in hydraulic fracturing fluids

The key to any successful Bankruptcy Code Section 363 sale is a robust and vigorous auction process.

This article examines some of the most commonly made amendments to the standard FIDIC Forms of Contract by both Employers/Owners and Contractors.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) recently issued a new Notice to Lessees and Operators of Federal Oil and Gas Leases and Pipeline Right-of-Way Holders (NTL) regarding the preparation of regional oil spill response plans (known in the industry as "OSRPs"). The NTL (No. 2012-N06), which became effective on August 10, 2012, provides guidance to the owners and operators of offshore facilities in the federal Outer Continental Shelf, who are required to develop and submit OSRP

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved final regulations for the cap-and-trade program mandated by Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) on October 20, 2011. AB 32 requires California to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020.

Law360, New York (January 04, 2012, 1:23 PM ET) -- Although it was scheduled to end on Dec. 9, 2011, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) carried on for two extra days and reached a deal that surprised many observers.

A new decision from the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) has created a split in that district concerning the application of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders 131 S. Ct. 2296 (2011), in SEC enforcement actions.

On August 22, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its final rule requiring annual disclosure of the use of conflict minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or an adjoining country (collectively, the Covered Countries).

On March 27, 2012, Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act in an attempt to "increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies."

From 1937 until 1963, Lyndon Baines Johnson served as Congressman, Senator and Majority Leader and Vice President; and, upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, LBJ became the 35th President of the United States.

On March 26, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in Luminant Generation Co., L.L.C. v. EPA, vacating the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) September 15, 2010 disapproval of three provisions of Texas’s State Implementation Plan.

The year 2011 brought the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on "say on pay" advisory votes under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.