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Michael D. Bopp, Jeffrey L. Steiner; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 This alert focuses on the impact that Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") and related regulations will likely have on both financial and nonfinancial end-users. While Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act provides certain exceptions...
| | Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act Applies to Debt-Only Issuers
J. Alan Bannister, Blaise F. Brennan, Nicolas H.R. Dumont, Joerg H. Esdorn; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 19, 2012 On Thursday, April 19, 2012, the Federal Reserve Board ("Fed"), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC"), the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Commodity Futures Trading...
|  | U.S. Sentencing Commission Approves Increased Penalties for Certain Fraud Offenses
Matthew Benjamin, David Debold; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 In the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, Congress issued directives to the United States Sentencing Commission to "review and, if appropriate, amend" various sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to fraud offenses. Last Friday,...
| | Federal Agencies Release Joint Statement of Policy Clarifying That Banking Entities Covered by the Volcker Rule Have Two Years to End Prohibited Proprietary Trading or Private Equity Fund or Hedge Fund Activities
Michael D. Bopp, Kimble C. Cannon, C.F. Muckenfuss; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 19, 2012 On Thursday, April 19, 2012, the Federal Reserve Board ("Fed"), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC"), the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Commodity Futures Trading...
| | CFTC Adopts Final Rules Implementing Real-time Public Reporting of Swap Data and Re-Proposes Rules Relating to Block Trades
Michael D. Bopp, David Duncan, Jeffrey L. Steiner; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2012, previously published on March 23, 2012 Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd Frank Act") requires agencies to promulgate hundreds of new rules. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") is at the forefront of implementing the derivatives title of...
| | Supreme Court Tightens the Standard for Patent Eligibility Under Section 101 of the Patent Act
Brian M. Buroker, William G. Jenks, Matthew D. McGill, Mark A. Perry; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 23, 2012, previously published on March 21, 2012 On March 20, 2012, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, 566 U.S. --- (2012), addressing the scope of the "laws of nature" exception to the definition of patentable subject matter set out in 35 U.S.C. § 101. While Section...
| | SEC Makes First Public Announcement of Credit to an Individual for Cooperation in an Investigation
Barry Goldsmith, Mark K. Schonfeld, John H. Sturc; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2012, previously published on March 20, 2012 On March 19, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that it had credited the substantial cooperation of a former senior executive of an investment adviser in an investigation by declining to take enforcement action against him. This is the first time the SEC has...
| | ISS Updates Governance Risk Indicators (GRId) -- Public Companies Have Until February 23rd to Correct Revised GRId Data Before Implementation
Amy Goodman, Elizabeth A. Ising, Gillian McPhee; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 24, 2012, previously published on February 21, 2012 Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS"), a leading proxy advisory firm, recently announced updates to its Governance Risk Indicators (GRId) methodology for U.S. public companies. GRId evaluates and rates public company practices across four key categories of corporate...
| | Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Provision Does Not Cover Employees of Non-Public Companies, First Circuit Rules
Olushola Ayanbule, Eugene Scalia; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 7, 2012, previously published on February 6, 2012 In an important decision regarding the scope of the Sarbanes-Oxley "whistleblower" provision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled on Friday that the provision generally does not extend to employees of non-public companies. Lawson v. Fidelity Management & Research...
| | Considerations for Public Company Directors in the 2012 Proxy Season
Amy Goodman, Elizabeth A. Ising, Gillian McPhee, Ronald O. Mueller, John F. Olson; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 5, 2012, previously published on January 3, 2012 The past year has been one of change and challenge for public companies and their boards, as companies have moved to implement "say-on-pay" and other provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank"). With the 2012 proxy season on the...
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