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Xinlan Liu; Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 The most important issue for foreigners working in China is to apply for work and resident permits with Chinese authorities. Compare with the procedures and documents required for foreigners who work for a foreign enterprise’s representative office in China, those for the foreigners working...
| | BONDing WITH NPE's - The requirement for security for costs or expenses under Section 1030 of the California Code of Civil Procedure
Edwin Komen; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 29, 2013 A little used and often overlooked provision of the California Code of Civil Procedure recently played an important role in three recent cases brought by AF Holdings LLC, a foreign entity formed under the laws of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, against California residents for allegedly...
| | MOFCOM Requests Public Comments on Draft Provisions Related to Remedies Imposed in Conditional Approvals
Yasue (Becky) Nao Koblitz; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on April 1, 2013 Since China’s Anti-monopoly Law (“AML”) came into effect in August 2008, MOFCOM has issued 16 conditional approvals requiring certain structural or behavioral remedies to prevent anticompetitive consequences that, from MOFCOM’s perspective, could arise as a result of the...
| | California's Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 22, 2013 The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (RULLCA) was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September 2012. Intended to come into effect on January 1, 2014, RULLCA replaces the Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act, and significantly revises the rules for formation...
| | Second Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order, Holding That a Clearing Broker's Alleged Knowledge of Fraud Against Shareholders, Absence Direct Involvement, Is Insufficient to Create a Duty of Disclosure
John M. Landry, Jonathan D. Moss, John P. Stigi; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 27, 2013 In Levitt v. J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., No. 10-4596, 2013 WL 1007678 (2d Cir. Mar. 15, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court order certifying a class of shareholder fraud plaintiffs in a lawsuit against J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and J.P....
| | The Seventh Circuit Expands Scope of Absolute Priority Rule to Protect Creditors
Blanka K. Wolfe; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 22, 2013 In a recent decision, In re Castleton Plaza, LP, 2013 WL 537269 *1 (Feb. 14, 2013), the Seventh Circuit held that the absolute priority rule ¿ which requires that creditors be paid in full before equity holders receive anything on account of their equity interests under a plan of...
| | Museum Loans
Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 25, 2013 Museum loans have many benefits. Generous lenders serve the public good by making works available for display and exhibition both here and abroad. Lenders should have a passing familiarity with legal issues surrounding museum loan agreements because the agreement is designed to govern all aspects...
| | Lenders Beware -- California Decision May Ignite Next Wave of Lender Liability Litigation
M. Reed Mercado; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 22, 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 the FLSA Does Not Apply to Claims for Gap-Time Pay
Eric Raphan, Jonathan Sokolowski; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 26, 2013, previously published on March 21, 2013 In Lundy v. Catholic Health System of Long Island Inc., No. 12-1453 (2d Cir. Mar. 1, 2013), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, resolving what had previously been an unsettled issue in the Circuit, held that the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) does not permit a cause of action for...
| | Supreme Court Ruling Reverses Bad 9th Circuit Precedent on CAFA
Thomas R. Kaufman; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 26, 2013, previously published on March 20, 2013 On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Standard Fire Insurance v. Knowles, a short, narrow, and unanimous opinion addressing removal of class actions to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”). The central holding of the case is that a district court...
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