martindale.com
Legal Library
|
Mayer Brown LLP New York, NY Document Search Results (59) Show: results per page Sort by:  | NDRC Clarifies Foreign Investor Status of Foreign Invested RMB Funds
Yong Ren, Phillip K. Smith, Charles Z. Wang; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 China's National Development and Reform Commission (the "NDRC") has issued a Letter on Relevant Issues Relating to Foreign-Invested Equity Investment Enterprises (the "Letter") in response to the Shanghai Development and Reform Commission's request to clarify the 'national...
|  | In re KB Toys, Inc.: “Disabilities Attach To and Travel With the Claim”
Frederick D. Hyman, Monique J. Mulcare; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 17, 2012 On May 4, 2012, the Delaware bankruptcy court in In re KB Toys, Inc., et al. (KB Toys), handed down a thoughtful decision addressing the issue of whether impairments attach to a claim or remain with its seller. The KB Toys court held that “a claim in the hands of a transferee has the same...
| | TOUSA III: Lenders Beware? Eleventh Circuit Upholds Bankruptcy Court’s Original Fraudulent Transfer Decision
Sean T. Scott, Brian Trust; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 17, 2012 On May 15, 2012, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Circuit Court”) issued an opinion in In re TOUSA, Inc., in which it affirmed the original decision of the bankruptcy court and reversed the appellate decision of the district court. After a 13-day trial, the bankruptcy court...
| | Second Circuit Reaffirms That Knowledge Defenses Can Defeat Class Certification
Joseph De Simone, Joshua D. Yount; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2012, previously published on May 3, 2012 The recent summary order from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. RALI Series 2006-QO1 Trust, No. 11-1683-cv (2d Cir. Apr. 30, 2011), reaffirms the important principle of securities law that knowledge defenses can create individual factual...
| | The New CFTC and SEC Swap “Entity” Definitions-Highlights
Joshua Cohn, Curtis A. Doty, Jerome J. Roche, David R. Sahr, Donald S. Waack; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 30, 2012 On April 27, 2012, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (collectively, the “Commissions”) released the text (the “Adopting Release”) of their final rulemaking further defining the terms...
| | Tip of the Month, April 2012 - Best Practices in Collecting Data: Who To Do It, When To Do It, How To Do It
Anthony J. Diana, Frank M. Dickerson, Kim A. Leffert; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 30, 2012 A putative class action complaint has just been filed against a large company. After distributing a legal hold, the general counsel considers who should be in charge of the eventual collection of documents, including electronically stored information (ESI), when the collection process should begin,...
| | The Backlash to Employers Requesting Applicants’ Facebook Passwords
Robert P. Davis, Marcia E. Goodman, Richard E. Nowak, Andrew S. Rosenman; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 Social media has come to play an increasingly important role in how businesses operate. Because social media sites allow users to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content faster than ever before, employers have sought to harness the power of social media to remain relevant in...
| | Lehman Bankruptcy Court Holds That Pre-Petition Collateral Transfers and Guaranties to Clearing Bank Are Safe Harbored
Howard S. Beltzer, Joshua Cohn, Mark G. Hanchet, Christopher J. Houpt; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 On April 19, 2012, the Lehman bankruptcy court handed down its decision on the long-pending motion to dismiss filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in response to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s $8.6 billion avoidance action against it. The action sought to recover the value of collateral taken...
| | US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Clarifies Standard for “Domestic Transactions” Prong of Morrison
Domenic C. Cervoni, Joseph De Simone, Lisa H. Miller, S. Christopher Provenzano, Richard M. Rosenfeld; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2012, previously published on April 23, 2012 The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an opinion that addresses the ambiguity created by Morrison’s off-market transactions prong, announcing a standard for “domestic transactions” that combines tests proposed by both the Eleventh Circuit and the Southern District of New...
| | Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act Makes Significant Changes to Capital Formation, Disclosure and Registration Requirements
Rory M. Cohen, Frank A. Falbo, Wendy Dodson Gallegos, Gary A. Jungels, Stephanie M. Monaco, John W. Noell, Matthew A. Posthuma; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2012, previously published on April 5, 2012 The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, was signed by President Obama on April 5, 2012. The JOBS Act makes significant changes to the capital formation, disclosure and registration requirements applicable to many public companies.
|
|