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September 2009The third issue of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental News: Climate Change newsletter is now available. We hope you will find this periodic briefing on recent legal developments concerning climate change and greenhouse gas emissions informative.
Client Alert | September 3, 2009
For your information, the bar date for creditors to file proofs of claim based on claims against the Lehman Brothers Debtors is fast approaching. We would like to remind you that the deadline for most creditors to file claims is September 22, 2009, at 5:00 p.m.
Client Alert | September 2, 2009
New York partner Lee Dunst and associate Daniel Chirlin are the authors of "A Renewed Emphasis on Upjohn Warnings" [PDF] published in the September 2009 issue of Thomson Reuters's White-Collar Crime Litigation Reporter.Reprinted with the permission of Thomson Reuters.
Client Alert | September 1, 2009
Orange County partner James Moloney and New York partner Glenn Pollner and associate Matthew Shaw are the authors of "Convertible Debt Exchange Offers: Considerations for Distressed Issuers" [PDF] published in the September-October 2009 issue of Deal Lawyers.
Article | September 1, 2009
New York partner Mark K. Schonfeld, Orange County partner James Moloney and Denver associate Monica K. Loseman are the authors of "Enforcement Action on Section 13(d) Disclosure Requirements For Institutional Investors Clarifies Exception for 'Ordinary Course of Business'" [PDF] published in the August 31, 2009 issue of BNA's Securities Regulation & Law Report.
Client Alert | August 31, 2009
Washington, D.C. partner Raymond B. Ludwiszewski and of counsel Charles H. Haake are the authors of "Comment on Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Mitigation Policy in the United States: Integrating Levels of Government and Economic Sectors" [PDF] published in the August 2009 issue of the Environmental Law Reporter.
Client Alert | August 31, 2009
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is closely monitoring risks and opportunities arising from the recent and dramatic reshaping of our capital and credit markets. We are providing updates on key transactions as well as regulatory and other legal developments that we believe could prove useful to financial institutions, investors, financial sponsors and other entities.
Client Alert | August 28, 2009
Orange County associate James M. Sabovich is the author of "In Environmental Cases, Petition Immunity Can Complement Pre-Emption" [PDF] published in the August 27, 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Client Alert | August 27, 2009
On August 5, 2009, the German Act on the Appropriateness of Management Board Compensation (Gesetz zur Angemessenheit der Vorstandsvergütung, "VorstAG") came into force.
Client Alert | August 24, 2009
On August 20, 2009, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced a new, and significantly more stringent, proposed Public Health Goal (PHG) for the compound hexavalent chromium, or chromium(VI).
Client Alert | August 21, 2009
In an 11-1 en banc decision issued on August 19, 2009, the Federal Circuit has held that 35 U.S.C. § 271(f), which prohibits exporting the components of patented inventions, does not apply to method claims.
Client Alert | August 20, 2009
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer, Los Angeles associate Krista L. Hernandez, and San Francisco associate Jenna Musselman Yott are the authors of "Cleaning Up Their Act" [PDF] published in the August 20, 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Client Alert | August 20, 2009
Los Angeles partner Gareth Evans and associate Alexander Mircheff are the authors of "Pleading Scienter in the Ninth Circuit: Did Tellabs Really Change Much?" [PDF] published in the August 17, 2009 issue of Bloomberg Law Reports - Securities Law.
Client Alert | August 17, 2009
New York partner Mark K. Schonfeld and Washington, D.C. associate Matthew R. Estabrook are the authors of "Using SOX 'Clawback' Against Uncharged Execs?" [PDF] published online by Law360 on August 13, 2009 at law360.com.
Article | August 13, 2009
Last week, the Department of Labor published in the Federal Register proposed regulations to implement President Obama's Executive Order requiring that government contracts include provisions regarding employees' unionization rights, that a notice of employees' rights under the federal labor laws be posted by the employer pursuant to those contracts, and authorizing the Secretary of Labor to investigate contractors' compliance with the Order and the accompanying Labor Department regulations. 74 Fed.
Client Alert | August 10, 2009
Washington, D.C. partner John F. Olson is the author of "The Need for a Principled Approach to Compensation Reform" [PDF] published in the August 7, 2009 issue of BNA's Corporate Accountability Report.Reproduced with permissions from Corporate Accountability Report, 7_CARE_32 (Aug.
Client Alert | August 7, 2009
On August 3, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") published for comment new Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act to prohibit "pay to play" arrangements by most investment advisers.
Client Alert | August 7, 2009
On August 7, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") announced that it was further extending the deadline for filing Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts ("FBARs") for calendar year 2008 and prior years for certain U.S. persons.
Client Alert | August 7, 2009
In his first speech as Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, on August 5, 2009, Robert Khuzami announced changes underway in the Division's procedures and organization that are intended to strengthen the agency's enforcement program. Mr.
Client Alert | August 6, 2009
Orange County partner Nick Hanna and associate Melissa Mills are the authors of "Physician-Consultants: Five Lessons Learned From the Orthopaedic Monitorships" [PDF] published in the August 2009 issue of the Orange County Business Journal.
Client Alert | August 3, 2009