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In response to the increasing frequency and severity of cybersecurity incidents, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has issued interpretive guidance for registrants to assist them in assessing what, if any, disclosures should be provided in periodic reports and registration statements about cybersecurity matters in light of each registrant’s specific facts and circumstances.

In a defamation lawsuit brought by a terminated broker, the Court of Appeals of New York recently held that statements made by an employer on Form U-5 are protected by an absolute privilege under New York law.

As a regular business practice, employers should routinely anticipate and prepare for emergencies to ensure minimal interruption to their business.

The Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") on January 22, 2010 that proposes new restrictions on its rules regarding artificial or prerecorded telemarketing calls (known as "robocalls") under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA").

By the time Paul Twomey, President of ICANN, walked out of his office on January 7, 2009, he had received over 300 comments on his organization’s new generic top level domain name (gTLD) plan, many from angry representatives of the world’s top companies and some from the U.S. government, including the Departments of Commerce and Justice.

Late in 2009, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued proposed regulations that will, if adopted, significantly accelerate the requirement to notify the PBGC when many "reportable events" occur or are about to occur with respect to a defined benefit plan.

Arbitration agreements must be carefully drafted so that employees’ substantive rights are similar to what they would have in the court system.

At its meeting on Wednesday, December 13, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to its proxy rules that would permit, but not require, a public company to furnish proxy materials to shareholders using the Internet beginning July 1, 2007.

Hank Paulson, the former head of Goldman Sachs worldwide who left that position last month to become the new US Secretary of the Treasury, has used the occasion of his first public address as Secretary to suggest that the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has caused too much damage to US competitiveness internationally and should be revised.

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to its proxy rules to require public companies and other soliciting persons to furnish proxy materials to shareholders using the Internet.

In a recent decision, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ordered a trustee to disgorge all of the fees he received because of fraudulent conduct on his part.

In an effort to make it easier for people to find and connect with one another online, social networking provider Facebook, Inc., is offering its users the opportunity to create custom usernames to identify themselves in the URLs for their profile pages.

After more than a year since the implementation of the PRC Employment Contract Law (the “Law”), the law governing non-competition agreements remains unsettled.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance will be given greater attention in mergers and acquisitions thanks to a highly publicized case.

The good news with respect to the mergers and acquisitions market is that in spite of terrible economic conditions there are still opportunities, particularly for the acquisition of “distressed” companies.

Section 951 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act added Section 14A to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") which requires reporting companies to make certain new disclosures and enable shareholders to cast advisory votes on executive compensation ("say-on-pay") and compensation arrangements and understandings in connection with business combination transactions ("golden parachutes").

The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (the “Act”) creates new special enrollment rights, requires employers to provide a new notice to employees, and requires employers to disclose certain health plan information to states.