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 | Historical Reform of the Mexican Telecommunications Industry Marcos Vergara del Carril; Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2013, previously published on March 19, 2013 The new President of Mexico, Mr. Peña Nieto, has reached an unprecedented multi-party agreement between his party, the Partido Revolucionario Industrial (PRI), and the rest of the major political forces: the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), which governed Mexico between 2000 and 2012,...
|  | Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: The Mysterious Methods to CFIUS Approval Reid Whitten; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 On February 25, 2013, the Chinese state oil company, CNOOC, closed a $15.1 billion deal to take over Canadian oil company, Nexen. Along with interests in the Canadian oil sands of Alberta and offshore production in west Africa and the North Sea, CNOOC will acquire more than 200 drilling leases in...
|  | Court Finds No Inference of Conspiracy Arising From Members of Standard Setting Organization Pursuing Self Interest In Refusing To Approve Plaintiff's Competing Technology Thomas D. Nevins; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2013, previously published on March 18, 2013 The Massachusetts United States District Court granted a Rule 12(b)(6) motion dismissing antitrust claims brought under Section 1 of the Sherman Act by a company that had invented a new technology for testing metallic materials. Plaintiff alleged that defendant horizontal competitors, whose...
|  | A “Deep Dive” into Space and Export Controls Mark L. Jensen; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 For the last nine months, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has been collaborating with NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the National Reconnaissance Office on a “Deep Dive” survey and assessment of the U.S. space industrial base supply chain network. ...
|  | Lenders Beware -- California Decision May Ignite Next Wave of Lender Liability Litigation M. Reed Mercado; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 15, 2013, previously published on March 13, 2013 In a recent decision from the California Court of Appeals entitled Jolley v. Chase Home Finance, LLC, the Court severely curtailed lenders’ ability to dispose of lender liability claims on summary judgment, thereby adopting a marked departure from existing law. In so doing, the Court...
|  | Second Circuit Rules That Putative Auction Rate Securities Class Action Complaints Failed to Adequately Plead Antitrust Conspiracy Rena Andoh; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 15, 2013, previously published on March 13, 2013 In Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Citigroup, Inc., No. 10-0722-cv(L) and 10-0867-cv(CON), 2013 WL 791397 (2d Cir. Mar. 5, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of two related class action complaints brought on behalf of purchasers of auction...
|  | U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) Orders Argentina To Submit Proposal For Alternative Payment Plan To Avoid Debt Default... Again Gabriel G. Matus; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 On March 1, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered Argentina to submit its proposal for the terms on which it is prepared to make payment on approximately $1.3 billion of unpaid debt obligations stemming from the country’s $95 billion debt default a decade ago. The...
|  | Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Section 11 and 12(a)(2) Claims, Holding that Plaintiff's Allegations Were Sufficient to Plead a Reasonable Inference of Misrepresentations in a Prospectus Robin A. Achen, John P. Stigi; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 In New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, PLC, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4317 (2d Cir. Mar. 1, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the dismissal of a claim for violations of Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933...
|  | Eastern and Southern District Courts Compel Plaintiffs to Arbitrate their FLSA Collective Action Claims on an Individualized Basis Rebecca R. Hirschklau, Eric Raphan, Rachel Tischler; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 In February, two New York Federal District Court decisions joined other recent federal cases in enforcing arbitration agreements that preclude employees from bringing their Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims on a collective basis and required the employees to individually pursue...
|  | Line in the Sand: Siemens Argentina Case Limits Personal Jurisdiction Under the FCPA Thaddeus Rogers McBride, Cheryl Palmeri; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 A New York federal district court judge has dismissed a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) claim against a former executive of Siemens, S.A. Argentina and Siemens Transportation Systems for lack of personal jurisdiction. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
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