The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that U.S. Steel was not required to compensate its employees for time spent donning and doffing protective gear. The Court reasoned that the collective bargaining agreement between U.S. Steel and the union...
This paper surveys some of the major developments in energy merger and acquisition transactions during 2013 as well as some of the key regulatory developments that either affected or are likely to affect activity going forward. Overall, deal...
In This Issue: Australia – An Overview; Foreign Investment – Regulations and Government Policy; Forms of Business Organisation; Companies and Securities Regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Banking and Finance; Intellectual Property;...
This alert will be of interest to FCA-authorised investment management firms that are registering, or are currently considering registering, as alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”)....
On January 23, the Treasury Department’s OFAC announced that a Luxembourg bank agreed to pay $152 million to resolve potential civil claims that the bank concealed the interest of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in certain securities held in one of...
On January 28, the CFPB issued a consumer advisory in response to recent reports of data breaches at several large retailers. In addition to providing tips for consumers in the wake of a retail breach, the advisory encourages card holders to submit...
Most of the media has been consumed with talk of a proposed severance tax on oil and gas production, but meanwhile in Sacramento another tax on oil and gas production is being poised to take effect -- funding requests to implement SB 4. The State...
As reported on the website for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on January 30, the Department of Education (Department) sent its version of the gainful employment (GE) rule to OMB (specifically, the Office of Information and Regulatory...
On Tuesday, a jury convicted Senator Roderick Wright of eight felony counts for perjury and election fraud related to election residency requirements. The jury considered whether Senator Wright lied on his candidacy papers when he said he resided in...
In this memorandum opinion, the Court of Chancery granted a motion for partial summary judgment and issued a permanent anti-suit injunction, finding that the agreement governing the Delaware and Georgia litigation contained a valid Delaware forum...
