A new amnesty program to incentivize the repatriation of funds kept abroad by Mexican taxpayers was launched.

Recently a purported shareholder of certain special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) initiated derivative lawsuits asserting that the SPACs are investment companies...

Recently a purported shareholder of certain special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) initiated derivative lawsuits asserting that the SPACs are investment companies under the Investment Company...

White & Case's Corporate Defense and Special Litigation practice provides counsel to corporations and their leaders in domestic and international civil and criminal enforcement, including criminal and securities fraud, health care fraud, financial institution fraud, antitrust violations, environmental statutory enforcement actions, criminal tax matters, international boycott and trade restriction cases, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters.

The Ninth Circuit issued a ruling earlier this month that has handed the federal government another tool in its discovery belt and provides defense counsel with fair warning as they prepare to defend white-collar clients.

The 2013 amendments to the Mexican Constitution and Mexico's new Telecom Law require Mexico's federal government to build a nationwide fiber optic backbone network, which will be called the Red Troncal.

As part of the Tax Reform that became effective on January 1, 2014, the Mexican Congress passed a series of amendments to the Federal Tax Code for the purpose of modernizing and facilitating the compliance and enforcement of tax obligations.

Under the PPAs, SunPower, which is controlled by French oil company Total, and LAP's San Juan will supply 60 per cent of the transport system's energy demands.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is intensifying its oversight of foreign drug manufacturing facilities in response to longstanding challenges in inspection practices, staffing shortages and a significant inspection backlog.

In a recent decision vacating a jury's $358 million award for patent infringement, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sent a message to district courts – and to litigants – that it will no longer tolerate awards based on insufficient, irrelevant or unexplained evidence.

Deals are generally approved, but reviews are often taking longer and transactions are being scrutinized rigorously.

In the US, the trading of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-reduction credits is underway in a large group of states on the East Coast and in California.

New formal cybersecurity standards covering US financial institutions could have ramifications that reach far beyond New York.

The New York office of White & Case LLP and Chilean firm Carey have helped SunPower agree US$222 million worth of financing for a solar plant in northern Chile.

On June 11, 2015, the House Judiciary Committee voted 24-8 to approve the Innovation Act of 2015, a bill aimed to curb abusive litigation by so-called patent trolls.

On May 27, 2015, the Mexican Constitution was amended to create a National Anti-corruption System.

Private equity firms increasingly have been joining in consortia to make large corporate acquisitions. Recent headline-grabbing deals include the $11.3 billion buyout of SunGard Data Systems and the $15 billion acquisition of The Hertz Corp.

It must be pointed out that the maximum period of 60 calendar days to submit the report was not modified.

On June 25, 2014, the US Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Second Circuit and held that Aereo publicly performs copyrighted television programming.

On May 25, 2011, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in a 3 to 2 vote along party lines, adopted rules implementing Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act" or the "Act"), which requires the SEC to establish a program to pay awards to eligible whistleblowers reporting federal securities law violations.