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SEC Staff Issues Conflict Minerals & Resource Extraction Payments Disclosure Guidance
Andrew J. Brady,Brian V. Breheny,Hagen J. Ganem,Marc S. Gerber, June 11, 2013
The staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued long-awaited guidance on two of the more controversial provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act - the conflict minerals and resource extraction payments disclosure provisions. Although reporting...

Potential New Tax Planning Opportunities for Financially Distressed Pass-Through Entities
Jennifer Y. Golden,Matthew J. Hofheimer,John André LeDuc,Steven Joshua Matays,Maxwell M. Miller, May 31, 2013
In a decision issued last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a debtor’s qualified subchapter S subsidiary (QSub) status is not property of the bankruptcy estate. The Third Circuit’s opinion appears to break with previous cases that have expanded the tax...

Ranbaxy Resolves Criminal and Civil Charges Through Record Settlement
John T. Bentivoglio,Jennifer L. Bragg,Maya P. Florence,Michael K. Loucks,Gregory M. Luce, May 17, 2013
On May 13, 2013, generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy USA Inc. (Ranbaxy), a subsidiary of Indian generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, pled guilty to seven felony charges as part of a global settlement pursuant to which Ranbaxy will pay a total of $500 million to resolve criminal and...

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