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Recently, the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released unofficial guidance in a question and answer format providing responses to certain interpretive questions that have arisen in connection with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Major brokerage firms are agreeing to buy back billions of dollars of outstanding auction-rate securities—a welcome surprise for investors, whose assets lost liquidity overnight when the market for the securities collapsed in February.

For acquisitions initiated after June 22, 2008, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is no longer exempt from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). 73 Fed. Reg. 30317 (May 27, 2008).

With holiday cheer in full swing, it is time once again to consider how to avoid putting family and friends in danger by inadequately protecting material, nonpublic information entrusted to us at work.

A summary on a number of decisions in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

Purchasers of public companies focus on negotiating the best terms for the acquisition. Price, break-up fees, deal protections (such as voting agreements or matching rights), closing conditions and required actions to facilitate regulatory approval or obtain financing all are key deal considerations for buyers.

As anticipated, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board each has acted unanimously on outstanding proposals to reform and harmonize their guidance to public companies and public company auditors on compliance with the mandates of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for management assessments of internal control over financial reporting and ICFR audits.

The SEC recently published its final rule release (the “Adopting Release”) announcing significant revisions to its rules governing disclosures by oil and gas companies.

In these times of budget austerity and acute market competition, corruption risks have received new attention, particularly at defense contractors.

On August 20, 2013, in an obstruction of justice case filed against former BP engineer, Kurt E. Mix, Judge Duval of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued an order allowing the government to introduce evidence that the defendant "sat passively" in a meeting as his superiors made allegedly false statements to government officials.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently voted to propose rules and interpretive guidance to persons engaging in cross-border security-based swap transactions.

On 12 November 2013, the European Securities and Markets Authority issued a public statement1 on shareholder cooperation and acting in concert under the EU Takeovers Directive (2004/25/EC).

On Tuesday, the Senate passed S. 386, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 ("FERA"), to address concerns about the potential for fraud by mortgage handling companies, financial institutions, and other recipients of TARP and economic stimulus funds.

On Thursday April 5, 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act") into law, adopting measures designed to facilitate both public and private capital formation.

In a definitive judgment handed down on 20 June 2016 in JSC VTB Bank v Alexander Katunin [BVIHCMAP2015/004 & 007], the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal confirmed that the correct test in determining conduct amounting to submission to the jurisdiction of the court ...

On December 8, 2011, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. ("ISS") broadcast a webinar ("Webinar") to provide color on its 2012 Corporate Governance Policy Updates.

A discussion on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, which is due, to be implemented by national law in each of the European Union member states, by July.

"When I am President, any governor who's willing to promote clean energy will have a partner in the White House. Any company that's willing to invest in clean energy will have an ally in Washington."