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Daniel L. Ring, Andrew Tauber; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 1, 2012 In Walker v. Medtronic, Inc., No. 10-2219, ---F.3d--- (January 25, 2012), the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act preempt state-law claims arising from the alleged malfunction of a Class-III medical device that had...
|  | Leniency Applications Protected: German Court Denies Private Plaintiffs Access to File
Kiran S. Desai, Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Jens Peter Schmidt, Gillian Sproul; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 2012 Yesterday, a decision of the Local Court of Bonn, Germany, became public denying a company seeking redress from cartelists access to a leniency application and documentary evidence submitted in the context of a cartel proceeding. Following a period of uncertainty, this is the first time - as far as...
| | Applying Illinois’s Anti-SLAPP Statute Following the Illinois Supreme Court’s Decision in Sandholm v. Kuecker
Charles E. ("Chuckie") Harris, Victoria D. McCoy; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 A recent Illinois Supreme Court decision, Sandholm v. Kuecker, creates additional complexity when seeking dismissal based on Illinois’s anti-SLAPP (“Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation”) statute.
| | Update on Enforcement of Social Insurance Contributions Requirements for Foreign Employees in China
Duncan A. W. Abate, Rachel Zhang; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 30, 2012 In December 2011, the PRC Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security ("MOHRSS") issued a circular ("Circular") urging local HRSS bureaux to enforce the Interim Measures on Participation in PRC Social Insurance of Foreigners Employed in China (the "Interim...
| | Employment Law Agenda 2012: Key Developments to Have On Your Radar
Christopher Fisher, Katherine Fox; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 2012 2012 is set to bring with it some important changes to UK employment law. There are some key dates that employers should ensure they have in mind and are prepared for. These are outlined below. Employers also need to be alert to the large number of proposals still under consideration by the...
| | Fund Manager not a Connected Person
Jeckle Chiu; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 27, 2012 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited ("HKEx") published its listing decision "HKEx-LD22-2011" on 30 December 2011. HKEx determined that a fund/asset manager ("Manager") who was holding approximately 12 percent of the shares of a listed issuer ("Listco")...
| | PRIME Finance - Specialist Panel for Resolving Global Financial Disputes
Seema Bono, Menachem M. Hasofer, William H. Knull, Philip Allen Lacovara, Rani Mina, Jeffrey W. Sarles; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 2012 A new and dynamic approach to resolving complex cross-border financial disputes was unveiled this month with the opening conference in The Hague of PRIME Finance, the Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance. The panel comprises a diverse group of high profile judges and experts...
| | 25 Percent Public Float is Required to Resume Trading
Jeckle Chiu; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 30, 2012 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited ("HKEx") published its listing decision "HKEx-LD23-2011" on 30 December 2011 in which it decided that the listed issuer ("Listco") was required to restore its public float to at least 25 percent before it could resume trading of...
| | Recent Changes in French Transfer Tax Treatment Impact Structuring Of Block Trades
Florent Bouyer, Robert M. Flanigan, Benjamin Homo; Mayer Brown;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 30, 2012 France has recently lifted a cap on registration duties (droits d’enregistrement) applicable to certain transfers of equity interests in corporations listed or headquartered in France, which may have a significant impact on the way block trades involving French companies are structured....
| | Pensions Regulator Issues another FSD
Martin Scott, Devi Shah; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 30, 2012 The Pensions Regulator has issued a financial support direction (“FSD”) to ITV plc (“ITV”) and four of its subsidiaries in connection with the Boxclever Group Pension Scheme (the “Scheme”). ITV has appealed the issuing of the FSD to the Upper Tribunal.
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