Bingham McCutchen LLP

About this office:

Bingham represents clients in cross-border restructurings and insolvencies; complex securities and financial regulatory matters; high-stakes litigation; environmental issues; government affairs; and sophisticated corporate, financing and technology transactions.

We have built our firm, on a global basis, in the areas where we are strongest and are able to counsel our clients most effectively. Our 1,000 lawyers are based in the world's major financial centers — New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong — as well as on both coasts in the United States.

At Bingham McCutchen LLP, we offer you focused strengths in a broad range of critical disciplines. Our practices include: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate; Banking; Base Reuse; Bioscience; Broker-Dealer Litigation; Business Regulation and White Collar Defense; Commercial Technology; Construction and Project Finance Litigation; Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Group; Emerging Growth Companies; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Energy and Resources; Environmental; Environmental and Land Use Litigation; Estate Planning; Financial Institutions Regulatory and Corporate; Financial Restructuring; General Corporate and Securities; Insolvency and Financial Services Litigation; Institutional Finance; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation; International Trade Law; Investment Management; Japanese Practice; Labor and Employment; Land Use; Privacy and Security; Private Equity; Product Liability; Project and Structured Finance; Project Development; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Securities and Corporate Governance Litigation; Sports, Entertainment and Media; Tax.

FINRA Sets February 8, 2010 as the Deadline for Compliance with Rule 2821's Principal Review and Surveillance Requirements for Variable Annuity Sales
John R. Snyder, Christine A. Bruenn, Donald S. Davidson, July 9, 2009
FINRA has announced February 8, 2010 as the effective date for Rule 2821's principal review and surveillance requirements for variable annuity sales. The review requirements as initially proposed were controversial, prompting FINRA to defer their implementation and consider further the comments...

Ashcroft v. Iqbal -- Supreme Court Affirms and Clarifies the Pleading Requirements and Motion to Dismiss Standard Articulated in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly
David B. Salmons, Rheba Rutkowski, Jeff Goldman, June 17, 2009
In Ashcroft v. Iqbal, No. 07-1015, the United States Supreme Court removed any doubt that Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, its 2007 decision about pleading standards, applies to all complaints filed in federal court, including claims of intentional discrimination.

SEC No-Action Letter Updating Guidance on Paying Continuing Commissions to Retired Registered Representatives; State Rules Remain More Complicated SEC No-Action Letter Updating Guidance on Paying Continuing Commissions to Retired Registered Representatives; State Rules Remain More Complicated
Christine A. Bruenn, Jeff Goldman, October 22, 2009
On November 20, 2008, the SEC approved a request for a no-action letter relating to "continuing commissions policies," as described in NASD Rule IM-2420-2.

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