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Mayer Brown LLP Document Search Results (371) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Production Tax Credit for Wind Energy and Bonus Depreciation Extended, Cuts to Section 1603 Cash Grant Program Delayed
Jeffrey G. Davis; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2013, previously published on May 9, 2013 On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”), which was passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives on January 1, 2013. In addition to addressing some issues related to the so-called “fiscal cliff,” the...
|  | MOFCOM Conditionally Approves Marubeni/Gavilon: Competition Law and Industrial Policy in the Agricultural Sector
Hannah C. L. Ha, John M. Hickin, Philip F. Monaghan; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 8, 2013 On 22 April 2013, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) published its conditional approval of Marubeni’s acquisition of Gavilon Holdings - hot on the heels of the regulator’s conditional clearance of the Glencore/Xstrata merger which also concerned strategically-sensitive global...
| | MOFCOM Orders Extraterritorial Divestiture of Key Mining Asset in Glencore/Xstrata Merger: Lessons for Future Notifications
Hannah C. L. Ha, John M. Hickin, Philip F. Monaghan; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 Following a lengthy review lasting the best part of a year, on 16 April 2013 the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) gave a conditional green light to the acquisition by Glencore International plc. (Glencore) of all of the remaining shares of Xstrata plc....
| | Occupier's Liability - Defence Upheld in "Slip & Fall" at Cinema
Veronica M. Y. Lee; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 In a recent decision handed down by the High Court, Yau Tsz Hin v. Broadway Theatre Company Limited, HCPI 674 of 2010, the cinema successfully defended a 'slip and fall' claim lodged by its patron. The conduct of the defence focussed on the cinema having in place an adequate cleaning and inspection...
| | CFTC Provides Derivatives Prime Brokerage Limited No-action Relief from External Business Conduct Rules
Joshua Cohn, Curtis A. Doty; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2013, previously published on May 1, 2013 Today, compliance is required for the first time with previously deferred provisions of the swap dealer external business conduct rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”). In response to market concerns regarding the potentially disruptive impact of the...
| | Managing the Risks & Costs of the Production of Private or Confidential Information: Redaction & Production Strategies
Therese Craparo, Anthony J. Diana; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2013, previously published on April 2013 A financial services organization is a party to a litigation in which plaintiffs are seeking information concerning business practices that impacts a number of the organization’s customers. The organization does not want to provide private and confidential information about the...
| | Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Justice Department’s “Gross Trebling” Approach in Calculating Damages in False Claims Act Cases
J. Gregory Deis, Frank M. Dickerson, William Michael; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in United States v. Anchor Mortgage Corp., 2013 WL 1150213 (7th Cir. Mar. 21, 2013), provides additional guidance on the appropriate measure of damages under the False Claims Act (FCA). In a setback for the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the...
| | Hong Kong's New Competition Law - Competition Commission Gets Chairperson and Commissioners
John M. Hickin; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 The Honourable Wu Hung-yuk, Anna, G.B.S., J.P., has been appointed Chairperson of the Hong Kong Competition Commission for a period of three years from 1 May 2013. She was appointed through an announcement made by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR on 26 April 2013.
| | Simplification of Approved Share Schemes
Andrew Stanger; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2013, previously published on April 2013 In March 2012, the Office of Tax Simplification made various recommendations to the Government in relation to the simplification of approved (taxadvantaged) employee share schemes. HMRC conducted a consultation process on its response to these recommendations over the summer of 2012, and has also...
| | The Financial Transaction Tax: An Update
Sandy Bhogal, Alexandria Carr; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2013, previously published on April 2013 On 18 April 2013 the UK government issued a legal challenge to the decision of the EU Council of 22 January 2013 which authorised a subset of the EU (not including the UK) to introduce a financial transaction tax under a little used procedure known as enhanced cooperation. The decision was subject...
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