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The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission jointly issued a 120-page "resource guide" to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in November 2012, which confirms the DOJ's and the SEC's narrow view of several key defenses under the FCPA.

In this memo we report on developments in relation to corporate governance in the UK and the following recent UK cases of interest to corporate lawyers: Porton Capital Technology Funds v 3M UK Holdings Limited; and the UK Supreme Court ruling in the Lehman client money case.

President Biden has finally nominated Jonathan Kanter as the next Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Antitrust Division.

During a public meeting held on October 18, 2011 (the "Open Meeting"), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "Commission" or the "CFTC") approved by a vote of 3 to 2 imposing final rules position limits for futures, options and swaps (the "Final Rules") pursuant to the provisions of Section 737 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act"), which amended Section 4a of the Commodity Exchange Act in certain respects.

On June 10, 2009, the SEC proposed a new Rule 14a-11, which would require public companies to include in their annual meeting proxy statements director nominees of shareholders (or groups of shareholders acting in concert) who meet specified ownership and other criteria, including the absence of intent to change control of the company.

Some of the most contentious matters of statutory interpretation that arise under the False Claims Act relate to the FCA’s “public disclosure bar.”

The London Stock Exchange (the Exchange) has launched the High Growth Segment of the Main Market.

In one of the most significant white-collar crime rulings in recent memory, the Supreme Court last Thursday in Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. ___ (2010) (Case No. 08-1394) held that 18 U.S.C. § 1346, the so-called "honest services" statute, covers only bribery and kickback schemes, considerably limiting the scope of the statute, which, for years, has been considered among the most powerful weapons available to federal prosecutors.

Included in the legislation coming out of Washington over the past week are a number of revenue raisers that will be of interest to the financial community, including banks, funds, investors, and investment professionals.

False certification cases brought under the civil False Claims Act are based on the theory that claims for payment for goods or services delivered to the Federal government can be considered "false" under the FCA if the defendant, in the course of performance, fails to comply with a statute, regulation, contract provision or other legal requirement, and the defendant either expressly or implicitly "certifies" compliance with that legal requirement.

With the holidays underway we take this opportunity to wish you a happy holiday season and to encourage you to talk about something other than nonpublic work news during your festivities.

Global M&A activity increasingly focuses on businesses with assets and/or sales in the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) has amended Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act).

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC", and together with the CFTC, the "Commissions") recently adopted final rules (the "Product Rules") defining the terms "swap" and "security-based swap" and providing related interpretive guidance on a wide range of issues.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the "PCAOB" or "Board") has issued a concept release soliciting comment on whether the PCAOB should require the mandatory rotation of accounting firms that audit public companies.

On 29 June, 2009, HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) in the UK published a draft code of practice for the banking sector (the “Code”). This was expected, following the 2009 Budget.

With 2010 as a guide, the U.S. antitrust agencies likely will continue their campaign to "reinvigorate antitrust enforcement" in 2011.

This briefing provides a summary of how the AIFMD will affect non-EU managers who wish to market their funds to UK investors from 22 July 2013.