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Charlie Jones; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 4, 2012, previously published on October 3, 2012 The interpretation and application of the attorney-client privilege and the work-product protection are some of the most difficult—and contested—areas of any lawsuit. But a clear understanding of the doctrines, combined with a few preventative measures, can both preserve the right to...
| | Eastern District of Texas Issues New Model Order Regarding E-Discovery in Patent Cases
Jason Bloom, David H. Harper; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 4, 2012, previously published on October 3, 2012 At the Eastern District of Texas Judicial Conference on September 27, 2011, Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader unveiled a new Model Order Regarding E-Discovery in Patent Cases during his remarks. Citing the disproportionately high expenses of discovery in intellectual property cases and the...
| | SEC Issues Rules on Disclosing Use of Conflict Minerals
Bruce Newsome, Lauren K. Swann, George H. Wang; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 27, 2012, previously published on September 24, 2012 The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has implemented Congress’ initiative to use disclosure requirements of U.S. securities laws to inhibit the ability of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to fund their activities through the exploitation of trade...
| | Not So Fast: Recovering Plaintiff Attorneys’ Fees in Non-Monetary Class Action Settlements Just Got Harder
Timothy Newman; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 19, 2012, previously published on September 13, 2012 It is not uncommon in class actions for parties to reach a settlement that provides non-monetary relief to the plaintiffs and a payment of attorneys’ fees to class counsel. In August, however, a California federal court denied preliminary approval of such a settlement. The court questioned...
| | SEC Requires New Disclosures by Resource Extraction Issuers
Bruce Newsome, Lauren K. Swann, George H. Wang; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 14, 2012, previously published on September 13, 2012 In the next year, companies that work in the development of oil, natural gas or minerals will have to publicly make new disclosures of payments of $100,000 or more made to governments. The $100,000 threshold is on a project-by-project basis, and will require companies to provide details of the type...
|  | New Opportunities for Mexican Maquila Investment
Larry B. Pascal, Julio Planas-Vidal; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 3, 2012, previously published on August 2012 Set forth below is a brief overview of the Mexican “Program for Maquiladora and Manufacturing Exporting Industry” (hereto referred as “IMMEX” and popularly known as the “maquiladora” or “maquila” industry).
| | DealThink: Doing the Two-Step (Or the One-Step): A Look at One-Step and Two-Step Mergers
Haynes Boone LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 18, 2012, previously published on August 17, 2012 You are the general counsel of a public company. The CEO walks into your office one day and says that the board of directors has identified a merger target for the company, a public company incorporated in Delaware, but time is of the essence. The CEO asks you what the differences are between...
| | Fifth Circuit Holds SEC Claims Against Bartek Untimely
Jeremy D. Kernodle, Nicole Somerville; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 18, 2012, previously published on August 15, 2012 In Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bartek, the Fifth Circuit held that the federal “catch all” statute of limitations for government enforcement actions - 28 U.S.C. § 2462 - begins to run when the violation occurs, not when the government discovered the violation. The court...
| | Rosado v. China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd.: Second Circuit Holds Stock Price Recovery after Alleged Fraud Does Not Bar Securities Suit
Richard Guiltinan, Carrie Lee Huff; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 16, 2012, previously published on August 14, 2012 In a recent decision, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals considered the issue of stock price rebounds in reviving a securities fraud class action suit that had been dismissed by the district court for failure to adequately allege an economic loss as a matter of law. In Rosado v. China North East...
| | Weathering the Storm: They Said What They Meant: 5th Circuit Declines Invitation to Add Requirements to Safe Harbor for Forward Contracts
Trevor Hoffmann, John Middleton, Robin E. Phelan; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 16, 2012, previously published on August 14, 2012 The Bankruptcy Code provides a number of “safe harbors” for forward contracts and other derivatives. These provisions exempt derivatives from a number of Bankruptcy Code provisions, including portions of the automatic stay, restrictions on terminating executory contracts, and the method...
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