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The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) for the People's Republic of China (the "PRC" or "China"), which provides security reviews for inbound mergers and acquisitions, has implemented new review features that have the potential to alter the foreign investment landscape.

For businesses with California operations, the coming year will bring several important changes to California employment law.

On August 16, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "the Commission") issued an order granting in part and denying in part requests for further clarification of its reform

Currently, shareholders of public companies can nominate their own director nominees, but they may only do so through proxy contests of public companies in which a shareholder must, at its own expense, prepare, file with the SEC and disseminate its own proxy materials.

Entities regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), including banks, credit unions, payday lenders, mortgage servicers, debt collectors, and other financial services providers...

In our earlier article "Whose E-mail Is It Anyway," we discussed whether the Fourth Amendment and/or the attorney-client privilege protects an employee’s personal documents and e-mails stored on a company computer or sent through a company’s network.

In our last Private Client Alert, published in January, we reported on the repeal of the Federal estate and generation-skipping transfer ("GST") taxes effective January 1, 2010. Prior to that date, each tax was imposed separately at a 45% marginal tax rate, with an exemption of $3.5 million ($7 million for a married couple).

Significantly, the state did not prohibit Sea-Land's use of the lead-bearing slag material to construct the seawall. Nor did the state take any action to remove the slag material once the seawall was constructed.

On July 2, 2014, a dry bulk shipping company with a fleet of at least 53 vessels, and affiliated entities entered Chapter 11 with a prepackaged plan of reorganization.

Many estate planning practitioners routinely engage in the joint representation of spouses in connection with their estate planning.

On June 14, 2011, the Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, held a hearing on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA").

On July 9, 2014, then Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett approved an amendment to Pennsylvania's Mechanics' Lien Law of 1963 (the "Lien Law") by signing into law Senate Bill 145

Pryor Cashman today announced that leading trusts and estates attorneys Daniel L. Kesten and Lauren Cutson Janian have joined the firm's New York office as Partners.

Action Item: The United States Supreme Court continues to find that federal law strongly favors arbitration clauses. The Supreme Court's decision in DIRECTV should provide some reassurance to companies that arbitration clauses in consumer contracts should be enforced by the courts.

On June 10, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed rule changes that would expand the rights of shareholders with respect to the nomination and election of directors to serve on the boards of directors of public companies.

U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in New Jersey issued a decision rejecting a direct challenge to the FTC’s authority to police corporate cybersecurity practices.

There are three recent developments noteworthy to ship­owners, operators and other maritime industry stakeholders.