Bingham McCutchen LLP

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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.

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.

State Securities Regulator Temporarily Enjoined From Pursuing Restitution On Behalf Of Citizens Subject To Class Action Settlement
Michael D. Blanchard,Jennifer M. Sepic,Jeffrey M. Tebbs, February 16, 2012
The district court for the Northern District of Texas, presiding over a securities class action settlement involving Securities America, Inc. (“SAI”), entered a temporary restraining order on Feb. 13, 2012, enjoining the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance from seeking...

Separate and Unequal — Delaware Decision in CML V, LLC v. Bax Holds LLC Creditors Have No Standing to Bring Derivative Actions During Insolvency
Michael D. Blanchard,P. Sabin Willett, September 21, 2011
Four years ago, in N. Am. Catholic Educ. Programming Found., Inc. v. Gheewalla, 930 A.2d 92 (Del.2007), the Delaware Supreme Court held that a creditor of an insolvent Delaware corporation had standing to bring a derivative action. Earlier this month, the court held that this rule does not apply to...

Connecticut Becomes First State to Pass Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Law
Sara R. Simeonidis, July 22, 2011
On July 1, 2011, Connecticut became the first state to mandate paid sick leave for certain employees. The Act (PA 11-52), which takes effect on January 1, 2012, requires employers with 50 or more employees in Connecticut to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave to “service worker”...

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