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As more states have passed or amended state false claims laws, many state attorneys general and state "qui tam" relators have attempted to retroactively apply these punitive statutes.

Recently, the SEC adopted final rules implementing the "conflict minerals" disclosure requirements in Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

On 21 March 2011, the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the Panel) published a consultation paper (PCP 2011/1) setting out detailed, and potentially far reaching, changes to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the Code).

The Bribery Act 2010 (UK) (the "Bribery Act") came into force on 01 July 2011. The Financial Services Authority (the "FSA") has shown an intention to ensure that the firms which it regulates and, in particular, investment banks, adequately address the risk that they, or anyone acting on their behalf, might act corruptly.

Until the current crises in the financial markets, negotiated acquisitions of public companies had been documented by a form of merger agreement which had evolved into an almost standard "seller friendly" template.

In a No-Action Letter issued to the Managed Funds Association on February 6, 2014, the staff of the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission expanded its interpretation of the definition of "Knowledgeable Employee" in Rule 3c-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) on January 30, 2009, published an interim final rule (“Rule”) that implements the prompt corrective action (“PCA”) provisions of section 1142 of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (“HERA”).

The Justice Department’s February 4, 2013 lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill Co., puts an exclamation point on the latest era in civil fraud enforcement.

The most recent development in the ongoing regulatory battle against research analyst conflicts of interest is the FINRA revised rule proposal in Regulatory Notice 12-09 entitled "Debt Research Reports" that extends most of the firewalls created for equity research to debt research providers.

The decision last Friday by the D.C. Circuit in "United States v. Science Applications International Corp.", No. 09-5385, 2010 WL 4909467 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 3, 2010), forcefully―and hopefully, finally―rejects the Department of Justice‟s ("DOJ") longstanding yet irrational argument that "collective knowledge" can be used to prove intent under the civil False Claims Act.

Today, the Supreme Court held, 7-2, that the term "administrative" in the False Claims Act’s public disclosure provision in Section 3730(e)(4)(A) includes allegations or transactions disclosed in state and local administrative reports.

On June 30, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted a rule prohibiting investment advisers from making political contributions or other payments to attempt to influence their selection by government officials to manage government investment accounts.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation recently issued proposed regulations to effect changes in the PBGC's reportable event program which are expected to relieve more than 90% of plans and sponsors from many of the existing reporting requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

On the opening day of its new term, the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to weigh in on two cases involving three topics with enormous practical consequences for False Claims Act (―FCA‖) litigants.

Today, the Supreme Court held that a government agency’s response to requests for information under FOIA is a "report" within the meaning of the False Claims Act’s "public disclosure" bar.

On May 25, 2011—with two Commissioners dissenting—the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") released final rules implementing the new whistleblower program created by The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act"), which was enacted on July 21, 2010.

Important changes are expected in the operation of the Chinese merger control regime.

On May 25, 2011—with two Commissioners dissenting—the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") released final rules implementing the new whistleblower program created by The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act"), which was enacted on July 21, 2010.