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Skadden: UK Supreme Court Clarifies Test for Implying Terms Into a Commercial Contract [Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Limited]

December 11, 2015 Commercial Contracts

Sidley Austin: Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance

December 11, 2015 Directors Duties in M&A Context

Skadden: Planning for the 2016 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

December 11, 2015 Annual Proxy

Skadden: EU Allegations of Qualcomm Market Abuse Indicative of Global Enforcement Trend

December 11, 2015 Antitrust & Competition
Simpson Thacher: Scope of Federal Statutory Whistleblower Provisions

December 11, 2015 SEC Actions Dodd-Frank Whistleblowing Rules
Schulte Roth & Zabel: Update on Insider Litigation

December 11, 2015 White Collar Crime/Defense
Davis Polk: Second Circuit Grants Jefferies Bond Trader New Trial, Reverses Others

December 11, 2015 Federal Securities Litigation
Cadwalader: The “State of Play” of the European Financial Transaction Tax: European Council Meeting, 8 December 2015

December 11, 2015 EU Proposes Financial Transactions Tax
Cleary Gottlieb: Protection of Foreign Investments in Iran

December 11, 2015 Iran/P5+1 Agreement
Ballard Spahr: ACC Foundation Releases Largest Study of its Kind on Cybersecurity Among In-House Counsel Study

December 11, 2015 Legal Practice & Malpractice
DLA Piper: Insights from inside the Paris climate negotiations: Remaining challenges at COP21 and implications for business

December 10, 2015 Climate Change
Paul Weiss: United States v. Litvak: Second Circuit Overturns Conviction, Holds Defense Is Entitled to Put Forward Expert Evidence on Materiality

December 10, 2015 Federal Securities Litigation
McGuireWoods: The Importance of Oversight: Recent Trends in Delaware Financial Advisor Liability

December 10, 2015 M&A Litigation (Delaware)
Lowenstein Sandler: NY Court Freezes Chinese Company Assets in Fight with GE Over Arbitration Award

December 10, 2015 Arbitration & ADR (US)
Dentons: Turning conflicts checks from a "no" to a "yes"

December 10, 2015 Legal Practice & Malpractice
Skadden: 2016 Compensation Committee Handbook

December 10, 2015 Compensation Committee
Debevoise & Plimpton: Insider Trading & Disclosure Update - Vol. 2, Issue 2

December 10, 2015 SEC Enforcement Actions
Chapman and Cutler: Should Audit Committees Voluntarily Step Up Their Game? Practical Considerations to Guide 2016 Audit Committee Disclosure Discussion

December 10, 2015 Audit Committee
Cleary Gottlieb: UK SFO Concludes Historic DPA Resolving Bribery Act Charge

December 10, 2015 UK Adopts Deferred Prosecution Agreements
Arnold & Porter: New York Takes Lead on Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement by Proposing Criminal Liability for Compliance Officers

December 10, 2015 Money Laundering Rules and Enforcement
Kramer Levin: Employment Law Update: December 2015

December 09, 2015 Workplace Compliance Issues
Mintz Levin: Regulation Crowdfunding: The Long Wait Is Over, But Is Equity Crowdfunding D.O.A.?

December 09, 2015 JOBS Act & Crowdfunding
WilmerHale: NYDFS Proposes to Require Chief Compliance Officers to Certify Effectiveness of AML and Sanctions Programs

December 09, 2015 Money Laundering Rules and Enforcement
Sullivan & Cromwell: Congress Creates New Exemption for Private Resales of Securities

December 09, 2015 Rules, Regulation & Guidance
Skadden: DOJ Scores as Electrolux and General Electric Abandon Deal; FTC Challenges (Again) Staple’s Proposed Acquisition of Office Depot

December 09, 2015 Antitrust Enforcement
Skadden: New Capital Formation Changes and Reduced Disclosure Burdens Enacted As Part of 'FAST Act'

December 09, 2015 Rules, Regulation & Guidance
Willkie Farr & Gallagher: Will the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Proposed Changes to Administrative Proceedings Quiet Critics?

December 09, 2015 SEC Administrative Hearings
Morrison & Foerster: Financial Services Report, Winter 2015

December 08, 2015 Financial Services
Morrison & Foerster: Dismissal of Securities Fraud Case Against China-Based Company Once Again Reversed on Appeal

December 08, 2015 Federal Securities Litigation
Morrison & Foerster: FAST Forward: A Summary of the Securities Law Provisions of the FAST Act

December 08, 2015 Rules, Regulation & Guidance
King & Spalding: Harmonizing Cybersecurity And Trade Secret Protection

December 08, 2015 Trade Secrets
Sullivan & Cromwell: RBC Capital Markets, LLC v. Jervis: Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Financial Advisor Liability for Aiding and Abetting Unreasonable Sale Process

December 08, 2015 M&A Litigation (Delaware)
Shearman & Sterling: A Summary of Compensation-Related Updates to the Proxy Voting Guidelines of ISS and Glass Lewis

December 08, 2015 ISS & Glass Lewis Voting Policies
Dentons: SEC adopts final rules for securities crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act

December 08, 2015 JOBS Act & Crowdfunding
McDermott Will & Emery: New Partnership Audit Rules Impact Both Existing and New Partnership and LLC Operating Agreements

December 08, 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act Adopts Important Tax Changes Affecting Partnerships

Latest Legal News from the United States

Corporate Governance Skadden: Planning for the 2016 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season Simpson Thacher: Scope of Federal Statutory Whistleblower Provisions	Human Resources McGuireWoods: New IRS Early Interaction Initiative Will Help Employers Stay Current with Their Payroll Taxes Kramer Levin: Employment Law Update: December 2015	International Trade Baker Hostetler: Federal Court Sets Strict Standards for Bringing Customs Penalty Cases Steptoe & Johnson: The Calm Before the Storm: Selecting ITC Counsel
Capital Markets Morrison & Foerster: Structured Thoughts: News for the financial services community, Volume 6, Issue 8 Davis Polk: SEC Proposes Rule Changes to Facilitate Intrastate and Regional Securities Offerings	SEC & US Securities Law Sidley Austin: FINRA and MSRB Issue Guidance on Best Execution Obligations in Equity, Options and Fixed Income Markets Simpson Thacher: Scope of Federal Statutory Whistleblower Provisions	M&A/Private Equity Squire Patton Boggs: Sharing Regulatory Risk in Global M&A Andrews Kurth: SEC Staff Updates Proxy “Unbundling” Guidance for M&A Transactions
Intellectual Property King & Spalding: Harmonizing Cybersecurity And Trade Secret Protection Mintz Levin: Determining Damages for Standard Essential Patents: the Federal Circuit Provides Some Guidance in CSIRO v. Cisco	Antitrust Sidley Austin: Fifth Circuit Holds That A Manufacturer Pressured By Its Two Largest Distributors Not to Deal With a Third Distributor Is Per Se Liable For Antitrust Conspiracy Skadden: EU Allegations of Qualcomm Market Abuse Indicative of Global Enforcement Trend	Bankruptcy & Restructuring Schulte Roth & Zabel: Tenth Circuit BAP Limits Insider Claims [In re Autterson] Willkie Farr & Gallagher: Business Reorganization & Restructuring Digest (November 2015)
Federal Contracting Alston & Bird: Effective Cybersecurity: You Have a Breach Response Plan … Now How Do You Test It? Hogan Lovells: 2016 U.S. Congress Legislative Calendar	Environment DLA Piper: Insights from inside the Paris climate negotiations: Remaining challenges at COP21 and implications for business Clifford Chance: Global Environment Newsletter - Winter 2015 / 2016	Litigation Lowenstein Sandler: NY Court Freezes Chinese Company Assets in Fight with GE Over Arbitration Award Dentons: Avoid pitfalls when battling a motion to disquality [Kirk v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.]
Arbitration Lowenstein Sandler: NY Court Freezes Chinese Company Assets in Fight with GE Over Arbitration Award Ashurst: Court or tribunal: the chicken or the egg?	Tax Steptoe & Johnson: Rep. Brady Introduces Two-Year Extenders Bill McGuireWoods: IRS Begins Campaign to Encourage Taxpayers to Protect Personal Information	Data Privacy/Protection Mayer Brown: VTech Hack – Largest Cybersecurity Breach Affecting Children McGuireWoods: U.S. Chamber of Commerce and BusinessEurope Request Quick, Perennial Safe Harbor Fix