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Further Setback for the CFPB Director’s Authority?
Andrew Smith, Nancy Thomas, and Marc Hearron
5/17/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Financial Services, Financial Services Litigation
Client Alert
The European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive—a non-EU Fund Manager’s Perspective
Jeremy Jennings-Mares, Jay Baris, Afia Fening, Peter Green, Robert Putney, and Isabelle Sajous
5/17/2013
Capital Markets, Financial Institutions | Europe, Financial Institutions + Financial Services, Investment Management
Client Alert
FINRA Focuses on Anti-Money Laundering Procedures and Red Flags
Daniel Nathan and Kiersten Fletcher
5/16/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation, Financial Institutions + Financial Services, Securities Litigation, Enforcement + White-Collar Defense
Client Alert
DOJ Turns FCPA Spotlight on Financial Services Sector as Enforcement Efforts in Latin America Continue
Adam Hoffinger, Robert Salerno, and Demme Doufekias
5/15/2013
FCPA + Anti-Corruption, Government Contracts, Internal Investigations, Public Companies Counseling + Compliance, Securities Litigation, Enforcement + White-Collar Defense, Securities: Regulatory + Enforcement
Client Alert
Jury Buys Plaintiff’s Argument That Drug Manufacturer Should Have Distributed Dear Doctor Letter Sooner, Without Prior FDA Approval
James Huston, Ellen Adler, and Joanna Simon
5/15/2013
Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical + Medical Device, Product Liability
Client Alert
New EU rules on online and alternative dispute resolution – a win/win?
Susan McLean
5/15/2013
International Arbitration, Technology Transactions | Europe
Client Alert
Bowman v. Monsanto: Crisis Averted on IP Protection for Self-Replicating Technologies
Matthew Chivvis, Matthew Kreeger, and Michael Ward
5/14/2013
Intellectual Property Litigation, Life Sciences, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
Client Alert
A Fractured Federal Circuit Creates More Questions Than Answers: CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp., No. 2011-1301
Jason Hall, Scott Llewellyn, and Brian Matsui
5/13/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
Client Alert
FINRA Identifies Concerns with Marketing of Real Estate Investment Products
Thomas Devaney, Daniel Nathan, and Kelley Howes
5/10/2013
Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation, Investment Management, Private Equity Funds
Client Alert
CPSC Seeks to Hold Former CEO Responsible for Buckyballs® Recall
Erin Bosman, Julie Park, and Ellen Adler
5/9/2013
Consumer Products, Product Liability, Retail
Client Alert
CPSC Imposes Comprehensive Compliance Programs In Two Settlements, Warns This Is The Wave Of The Consumer Products Future
Ellen Adler
5/8/2013
Consumer Products, Product Liability, Retail
Client Alert
Reforming Proposition 65: Governor’s “Update” Is a Promising Start
Michael Steel, Michèle Corash, and Robert Falk
5/8/2013
Consumer Litigation, Consumer Products, Environment + Energy, Environmental Litigation, Product Liability, Proposition 65, Retail
Client Alert
IOSCO Consultation Report on Financial Benchmarks
Peter Green, Jeremy Jennings-Mares, Bradley Berman, Anna Pinedo, and Lloyd Harmetz
5/6/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions | Europe, Financial Institutions + Financial Services
Client Alert
SEC Sanctions Fund Trustees for Inadequate Disclosures and Failure to Follow Compliance Policies
Jay Baris and Kelley Howes
5/2/2013
Investment Management, Regulatory + Enforcement, Securities Litigation, Enforcement + White-Collar Defense, Securities: Regulatory + Enforcement
Client Alert
FTC Staff Updates its COPPA FAQs, Providing Crucial Guidance for Covered Operators
D. Reed Freeman and Julie O'Neill
4/30/2013
Privacy + Data Security
Client Alert
Update on CEQA Reform: Steinberg’s Quest for the “Elusive Middle Ground”
Miles Imwalle and Shaye Diveley
4/30/2013
Cleantech, Environment + Energy, Environmental Regulation, Land Use, Project Finance, Real Estate
Client Alert
The Supreme Court Again Revisits (And May Rein In) Personal Jurisdiction: Two Cases Now Up Next Term
Grant Esposito and Brian Matsui
4/29/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Litigation, Litigation, Trials + Appeals, Product Liability, Trials
Client Alert
Employment Law Commentary, April 2013
Lloyd Aubry and Tritia Murata
4/25/2013
Employment + Labor
Client Alert
European Commission Plans to Change Consumer Product Safety Rules
Alistair Maughan
4/25/2013
Consumer Products
Client Alert
Challengers Double Down on Opposition to California’s Carbon Allowance Auctions
Peter Hsiao, William Sloan, and Sue Landsittel
4/24/2013
Cleantech, Environment + Energy, Environmental Litigation, Environmental Regulation, Land Use
Client Alert
Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues Draft Provisions Governing Protection of Personal Information
Paul McKenzie, Gabriel Bloch, and Cynthia Rich
4/24/2013
China, Privacy + Data Security
Client Alert
CFPB Uses Novel Interpretation, Increases Compliance Burden for Gift Card Issuers Through Its First Preemption Determination
Rick Fischer, Obrea Poindexter, Leonard Chanin, and Matthew Janiga
4/23/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Financial Institutions + Financial Services, Financial Services
Client Alert
SEC and CFTC Issue Identity Theft Rules
Daniel Nathan and Ana-Maria Ignat
4/19/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions + Financial Services, Investment Management, Public Companies Counseling + Compliance, Regulatory + Enforcement, Securities Litigation, Enforcement + White-Collar Defense
Client Alert
After Myriad Oral Argument, Supreme Court Set to Decide Patentability of Isolated Human DNA Molecules
Marc Hearron, James Mullen, and Matthew Kreeger
4/15/2013
Client Alert
Revolving Door Risk: Failure to Follow Best Practices Can Have Severe Consequences
Rick Vacura and Pablo Nichols
4/15/2013
Government Contracts
Client Alert
The UK’s Financial Services Act 2012: Some Key Features
Jeremy Jennings-Mares, Peter Green, and Lewis Lee
4/15/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions | Europe, Financial Institutions + Financial Services
Client Alert
The CFTC’s Further No-Action Relief for Operators of Securitization Vehicles that May Constitute Commodity Pools
James Schwartz, Larry Abrams, Chrys Carey, Anna Pinedo, and David Kaufman
4/10/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Capital Markets, Derivatives + Commodities, Financial Institutions + Financial Services, Structured Finance + Securitization
Client Alert
The AIA Technical Corrections Act Changes How Patent Term Adjustment is Calculated and Challenged
Janet Xiao and Alexandra Cavazos
4/9/2013
Intellectual Property Litigation, Interferences, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Patent Reexaminations
Client Alert
Delaware Supreme Court Holds that Collateral Estoppel Applies to Dismissal on Demand-Futility Grounds
Jordan Eth, Judson Lobdell, and Deanne Maynard
4/5/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Public Companies Counseling + Compliance, Securities Litigation, Securities Litigation, Enforcement + White-Collar Defense
Client Alert
Federal Reserve Board Approves Final Rules Defining When Significant Nonbank Firms are “Predominantly Engaged in Financial Activities”
Charles Horn, Henry Fields, Peter Green, Oliver Ireland, Jeremy Jennings-Mares, Barbara Mendelson, and Anna Pinedo
4/4/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions + Financial Services
Client Alert
SEC Offers Guidance on Use of Social Media for Public Disclosure
David Lynn
4/4/2013
Corporate Governance, Public Companies Counseling + Compliance, Securities Litigation, Enforcement + White-Collar Defense
Client Alert
The Basel Committee Proposes to Double Down on Counterparty Exposure Limits
Charles Horn, Oliver Ireland, Jeremy Jennings-Mares, Henry Fields, Peter Green, Barbara Mendelson, and Anna Pinedo
4/3/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions + Financial Services, Financial Services, Structured Finance + Securitization
Client Alert
J-REIT Reform – Finance and Insider Trading Regulations
Mitsutoshi Uchida and Shozo Iwasaki
4/2/2013
Investment Management, Japan, Real Estate | Japan
Client Alert
ITC Requires Early Evidentiary Hearing in Investigation Initiated by NPE
G. Brian Busey and Joshua Hartman
3/29/2013
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
Client Alert
U.S. Supreme Court Invites Solicitor General’s Views on Whether to Grant Review of Case Addressing Two Key Issues in ERISA Fiduciary Duty Claims
Paul Flum and Raymond Hasu
3/29/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Employment + Labor, Securities Litigation, Enforcement + White-Collar Defense
Client Alert
Comcast Corp. v. Behrend: Supreme Court Reinforces Dukes -- Holds that Class Certification Requires Merits Assessment of Damages Claims
James Boddy and Jacob Harper
3/28/2013
Employment + Labor
Client Alert
Chipping Away at Barriers to Global Financial Services: SEC Staff Addresses Issues for Foreign Broker-Dealers under Rule 15a-6
Hillel Cohn
3/28/2013
Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions + Financial Services
Client Alert
Comcast Corp. v. Behrend: Courts Must Assess Merits of Plaintiffs’ Damages Evidence at Class Certification
Rebekah Kaufman and Jacob Harper
3/28/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Class Actions, Consumer Products, Financial Services Litigation
Client Alert
Gleaning Insights from the Latest DOJ Guidance on Joint Licensing and Patent Pooling
Sean Gates and Joshua Hartman
3/28/2013
Antitrust Law
Client Alert
Howard v. Zimmer: Negligence Per Se Based on Violations of the FDCA—Blurring the Line Between Parallel Claims and Preemption
James Huston, Erin Bosman, and Joanna Simon
3/27/2013
Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical + Medical Device, Product Liability
Client Alert
Enforcement Heads Reveal All at SIFMA Annual Seminar
Daniel Nathan
3/22/2013
Public Companies Counseling + Compliance, Regulatory + Enforcement, Securities Litigation, Enforcement + White-Collar Defense
Client Alert
China Real Estate Update
Gregory Tan and Paul McKenzie
3/21/2013
Real Estate | China
Client Alert
Driving on Both Sides of the Road: Supreme Court Hears Bartlett Oral Argument
James Huston, Erin Bosman, Julie Park, and Joanna Simon
3/20/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical + Medical Device, Product Liability
Client Alert
Supreme Court Confirms EPA’s Interpretation That Logging Roads Do Not Require NPDES Permits
Chris Carr and Shaye Diveley
3/20/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Environment + Energy, Environmental Litigation, Environmental Regulation, Land Use
Client Alert
Supreme Court Holds that "First Sale" Doctrine Applies to Copies of a Copyrighted Work Lawfully Made Abroad: Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Marc Hearron and Craig Whitney
3/20/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Copyright, Intellectual Property Litigation, Licensing + Technology Transactions
Client Alert
The FSA and ESMA Get Technical on Prospectuses
Jeremy Jennings-Mares and Lewis Lee
3/20/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions + Financial Services, Global Offerings, Structured Products
Client Alert
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Standard Fire Insurance Opinion: Stipulations Limiting Damages No Longer Insure Against Removal
Rebekah Kaufman, Purvi Patel, and Debra Urteaga
3/19/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court, Class Actions
Client Alert
It's Déjà Vu All Over Again: Massachusetts Allows Actions for Violation of Privacy Rights Based on Collection of ZIP Codes
David McDowell and Purvi Patel
3/18/2013
Consumer Products, Privacy + Data Security
Client Alert
The Ninth Circuit’s “Nuanced” Approach to FAA Preemption Leads to Greater Uncertainty and Invites Artful Pleading
Marina Slavin, Ashley Washington, and Don Rushing
3/18/2013
Aviation + Aerospace, Product Liability
Client Alert
A European Financial Transaction Tax
Jeremy Jennings-Mares, Peter Green, David Goett, Thomas Humphreys, Trevor James, Anna Pinedo, Remmelt Reigersman, and Sonia Girgis
3/15/2013
Banking + Financial Services, Capital Markets, Derivatives + Commodities, Federal Tax, Financial Institutions | Europe, Financial Institutions + Financial Services, Financial Transactions, Financial Transactions | Europe, Structured Products, Taxation | Europe
Client Alert
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