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In this alert, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s recent reinstatement of a long dormant policy restricting certain future acquisitions by parties that hereafter enter into an FTC consent order.
Client Alert | April 28, 2022
This update provides an overview of key class-action-related developments during the first quarter of 2022 (January through March).
Client Alert | April 28, 2022
Today, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that emotional-distress damages are not available in discrimination actions against recipients of federal financial assistance.
Client Alert | April 28, 2022
Prospective joint venture partners frequently spend many hours discussing governance matters because they understand strong governance can be a key to venture success. In this recorded webcast, experts from Gibson Dunn and Ankura Consulting talk about designing an effective joint venture governance system.
Webcasts | April 27, 2022
Washington, D.C. partner Howard S. Hogan and New York associate Connor S. Sullivan are the authors of "Courts Continue to Debate the Legal Status of Reposted Social Media Content," published by The National Law Journal on April 22, 2022.
Article | April 26, 2022
On November 8, 2021 New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an amendment to the New York Civil Rights Law which requires employers provide notice to employees of electronic monitoring of telephone, email, and internet access and usage. The law is scheduled to go into effect on May 7, 2022.
Client Alert | April 26, 2022
Our lawyers discuss the dip in global M&A in Q1 2022 and how the current regulatory climate around antitrust issues presents a challenge for deal makers.
Client Alert | April 22, 2022
Today, the Supreme Court held that a regulation treating on-premises signs—those that contain advertisements for the place where the signs are located—differently from off-premises signs is content neutral and therefore not subject to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment.
Client Alert | April 21, 2022
In March 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule proposal for new climate change disclosure requirements for both U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers. In this webcast, a panel of Gibson Dunn lawyers provides an overview of the proposed requirements and discuss the key takeaways and the impact the proposal, if adopted, would have on public companies.
Webcasts | April 21, 2022
Today, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the Internal Revenue Code’s 30-day deadline for taxpayers to seek Tax Court review of “collection due process” determinations is a nonjurisdictional claims-processing rule that is subject to equitable tolling.
Client Alert | April 21, 2022
In March 2022, amidst an array of new proposals for sustainable products (including a proposed draft Regulation on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products) the European Commission announced an EU Strategy for Circular and Sustainable Textiles. This article explores the details of the strategy.
Client Alert | April 20, 2022
In the past year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) have put antitrust enforcement in the employment context at center stage.
Client Alert | April 18, 2022
This client alert provides an overview of, and our current perspectives on, the SEC’s recently proposed rules that would establish a new climate change reporting framework for U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers as well as practical recommendations on what companies should be doing now.
Client Alert | April 15, 2022
Los Angeles partner Michael Holecek and Washington, D.C. associates Andrew Kilberg and Logan Billman are the authors of "The FTC’s Foray Into Worker Classification Is Misguided and Unlawful" published by The National Law Journal on April 12, 2022.
Article | April 14, 2022
Since President Biden took office in January 2021, employers’ compensation and nondiscrimination practices have been under increasing scrutiny by the federal government.
Client Alert | April 12, 2022
On April 4, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice hosted international and state antitrust enforcers for panel discussions on current and emerging enforcement trends.
Client Alert | April 12, 2022
On 31 March 2022, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission released a new circular to licensed corporations on the handling of client complaints, alongside an Appendix setting out the SFC’s expected regulatory standards and suggested techniques and procedures for handling client complaints.
Client Alert | April 11, 2022
On April 8, 2022, the Ninth Circuit released a significant en banc opinion in Olean Wholesale Grocery v. Bumble Bee Foods, — F.4th —, 2022 WL 1053459 (9th Cir. Apr. 8, 2022) (en banc), that addresses numerous key class certification issues, including the evidentiary burden for a plaintiff seeking class certification, the assessment of expert testimony at the class certification stage, and the interplay between Rule 23 and injury and Article III standing.
Client Alert | April 11, 2022
On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, by a three-to-one vote, issued a press release announcing proposed new rules intended to enhance disclosure and investor protections in initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition companies and in subsequent business combinations between SPACs and private operating companies.
Client Alert | April 6, 2022
Munich partner Mark Zimmer and associate Katharina Heinrich are the authors of “Anreize ohne Aktien – Virtuelle Mitarbeiterbeteiligung” published in the April 2022 issue of the German publication Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht (AuA).
Article | April 6, 2022