Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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Drinker Biddle & Reath handles complex and sophisticated business transactions and litigates many of the most important legal challenges our clients face. Our 150-year practice history is marked by service to clients, the public and the bar, with an extraordinary tradition in leadership of legal ethics. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Drinker Biddle's lawyers serve clients from twelve offices across the U.S.

Corporate Law and Litigation, including: Commercial Litigation, Communications Litigation, Corporate and Securities, Corporate Restructuring, Environmental, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Health, HR Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Investment Management, Products Liability and Mass Tort, Private Client and Real Estate.

Lacey Act Revisions -- Importers Get Further Relief
Karen Lobdell, September 26, 2009
For those who have been losing sleep over the next phase of the Lacey Act implementation on October 1, 2009, you can breath a small sigh of relief. On September 2, 2009, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a Notice in the Federal Register to announce revisions to the...

IRS Issues Guidance for Taxpayers Electing To Defer Debt Forgiveness Income under 2009 Stimulus Legislation
Stephen D. D. Hamilton, Emily G. Jones, September 10, 2009
On August 17, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2009-37, which, among other things, details the procedures that taxpayers must follow to elect to defer recognition of cancellation of debt (COD) income under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Stimulus...

Short Selling Restrictions -- Update
Matthew M. McDonald, Audrey Burns, September 10, 2009
In the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission has placed considerable focus on abusive short selling. In the fall of 2008, the SEC issued interim final temporary rules to Regulation SHO designed to curtail abusive short selling and increase disclosure of short selling activity. On April...

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