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Bingham McCutchen LLP Washington, DC Document Search Results (58) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Investment Fund Settles Enforcement Case With OFAC Relating to Iranian Sanctions
Rebecca S. Hartley, Carl A. Valenstein; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 23, 2012 Genesis Asset Managers, LLP (“GAM”) agreed with the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) on May 21, 2012, to remit $112,500 to settle potential civil liability for an alleged violation of the Iranian Transactions Regulations that occurred in August 2007. OFAC is...
| | Revised Regulations for Delineating Critical Habitat Under the Endangered Species Act
Sandra Franco, Ella Foley Gannon, Camarin E.B. Madigan, Michael B. Wigmore; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS and, together, the Services) issued the final rule revising the regulations for publishing the proposed and final boundaries of an endangered species’ designated critical habitat. With the goal of being...
| | SEC Approves MSRB’s New Underwriter Disclosure Requirements
Elizabeth H. Baird, W. Hardy Callcott, Timothy C. Foley, Paul M. Tyrrell; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 On May 4, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board interpretive notice (“the Notice”) regarding MSRB Rule G-17. The Notice describes certain disclosure and other obligations of municipal securities dealers when they act as...
| | FTC Loses the Androgel Appeal; Court Skepticism of “Pay for Delay” Claims Continues
Thane D. Scott, Hill B. Wellford; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 On April 25, 2012, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in the Androgel litigation, Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., affirming the District Court’s dismissal of the FTC’s complaint. This decision continues a trend of losses...
| | SEC Staff Study Presents Congress with Options for Expanding the Private Right of Action under Section 10(B) Following Morrison v. National Australia Bank
Michael D. Blanchard, Amy Natterson Kroll, Christopher M. Wasil; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 20, 2012, previously published on April 19, 2012 Ruling on the extraterritorial scope of Section 10(b) of the 1934 Act, in 2010 the Supreme Court in Morrison v. National Australia Bank rejected the expansive “conduct and effects” tests, and limited the reach of Section 10(b) to instances in which the security at issue is sold in the...
| | MSRB Proposes Revised Definition of Sophisticated Municipal Market Professional (“SMMP”)
Elizabeth H. Baird, W. Hardy Callcott, Timothy C. Foley, Paul M. Tyrrell; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2012, previously published on April 4, 2012 The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”) filed a Proposed Rule Change (the “Proposal”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that updates its definition of “sophisticated municipal market professionals” (“SMMPs”) under MSRB Rule...
| | OCIE Issues Guidance for Strengthening the Municipal Underwriting Due Diligence Process
Elizabeth H. Baird, Margaret (Peggy) Blake; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 2, 2012 On March 19, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations ("OCIE") issued a National Examination Risk Alert ("Alert") regarding the need for improved due diligence practices in municipal underwritings. The Alert was issued...
| | JOBS Act: Congress Attempts to Reduce Regulatory Burdens on IPOs and Private Offerings
Laurie A. Cerveny, Robert G. Leonard, Michael P. O'Brien, Charles A. Sweet, Carl A. Valenstein; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2012, previously published on April 2, 2012 Congress has passed and President Obama is expected to sign the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, a five-pronged attempt to reduce regulatory burdens on securities offerings and thus facilitate capital formation and job creation, especially by “emerging growth companies.” Although...
| | Sackett v. EPA: Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Review of Clean Water Act Compliance Orders
Sandra Franco, David M. Halverson, Bryan M. Killian, David B. Salmons, Michael B. Wigmore; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 23, 2012, previously published on March 22, 2012 In an unanimous decision in Sackett v. EPA, 566 U.S. --- (2012), the Supreme Court held that compliance orders issued by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") under Section 309 of the Clean Water Act ("CWA") are subject to immediate judicial review. Sackett overturns...
| | MSRB Proposes Amendments and Interpretative Guidance for Retail Order Provisions
Elizabeth H. Baird, Margaret (Peggy) Blake; Bingham McCutchen LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2012, previously published on March 15, 2012 On March 6, 2012, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”) issued a Request For Comment On Proposed Rule Amendments And Interpretive Notice On Retail Order Provisions (“Proposal”). The new MSRB rule would require that every syndicate participant in an offering with...
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