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Gibson Dunn partners Amy Goodman and Tim Roake participated in a recent Corporate Governance Forum hosted by the Daily Journal Corporation and reprinted in the Spring 2006 issue of 8-K magazine.
Client Alert | April 25, 2006
In a case that demonstrates the risks associated with the cross-utilization of even minor components in military and commercial applications, a major aerospace company recently agreed to pay $15 million to settle allegations that it violated the Arms Export Control Act ("AECA"), as implemented by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR").
Client Alert | April 17, 2006
Gibson Dunn partner Robert F. Serio and associate Matthew S. Kahn are the authors of "Private Rights of Action and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002" [PDF] which appeared in the April 17, 2006 issue of Securities Regulation & Law Report.Reprinted by permission
Client Alert | April 17, 2006
In the days after the Dubai Ports World deal failed, more than twenty different pieces of legislation were introduced in the Congress. In recent weeks, there have been a series of Committee hearings on these various legislative proposals that would affect foreign investment in the United States, including the interagency process by which such investments are overseen.There are two main pieces of legislation that will bear watching in coming weeks and are likely to be enacted into law this summer.
Client Alert | April 11, 2006
The United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously on April 5 to eliminate language from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that requires corporations to waive the attorney-client privilege and work product protections in certain circumstances in order to earn sentencing credit for cooperation with a government investigation.
Client Alert | April 6, 2006
A few days ago, the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") published on its website an informal notice in which it detailed its willingness and ability to accept anonymous whistleblower information under its new Leniency Program.
Client Alert | March 30, 2006
Gibson Dunn partner Daniel Kolkey is the author of "Lawyers Can Reap Results With Judge’s Method," [PDF] published by the Los Angeles Daily Journal.Reprinted with Permission, © The Daily Journal Corporation.
Client Alert | March 22, 2006
The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") has recently taken four actions of potential interest to companies participating in international exports:First, OFAC recently codified the Syrian sanctions regulations that had been imposed by a 2004 Executive Order.Second, President Bush has just issued an Executive Order imposing sanctions against the Cote d'Ivoire.Third, the Federal Register has published OFAC's new Economic Sanctions Enforcement Procedures for Banking Institutions.Fourth, the U.S.
Client Alert | March 17, 2006
New York Partner Lee Dunst is the author of "The Future of Parallel Criminal-Civil Investigations: Business as Usual or Increased Judicial Oversight?" [PDF], published in the March 17, 2006 issue of White Collar Crime Report.
Client Alert | March 17, 2006
Brussels Partner David Wood and legal intern Simona Seikyte are the authors of "Article 82 and Cost Allocation " [PDF] published in the March 14, 2006 issue of Competition Law Insight.
Article | March 14, 2006
In a landmark decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 1, 2006, the Court unanimously abrogated its decades-old presumption, articulated most prominently in United States v. Loew’s, Inc., 371 U.S.
Client Alert | March 2, 2006
Jonathan C. Dickey and Michael J. Scanlon are authors of "'Principles-Based' Accounting Standards - An Accident Waiting to Happen?" published by Insights in February 2006.Reprinted with permission, copyright 2006, Insights
Client Alert | February 28, 2006
Jonathan C. Dickey is the author of "Recent Decisions Concerning the Right of Advancement of Defense Costs" published in Securities Litigation Report, February 2006.This article originally was printed in the February 2006 issue (vol.
Client Alert | February 28, 2006
Gibson Dunn partner Karen Manos is the author of "Shareholder Taxes On Dividends Are Not Allowable Costs For Subchapter S Corporation, Federal Circuit Holds" [PDF] which appears in the February 22, 2006 issue of The Government Contractor.
Client Alert | February 22, 2006
Gibson Dunn associate Michael Scanlon is co-author of "Sarbanes-Oxley and Government Contractors: Beyond the Regulatory Burden We Knew" [PDF], published in the Winter 2006 issue of The Procurement Lawyer.© 2006 American Bar Association.
Client Alert | February 13, 2006
Washington, D.C. associate Reeve T. Bull is the author of "The Virtue of Vagueness: A Defense of South Dakota v. Dole" [PDF] published in 2006 by Duke Law Journal.
Client Alert | February 5, 2006
Munich Partner Jeffrey M. Trinklein and Associate Christian Schmidt are the authors of "Delaware im Wettstreit mit Luxemburg" [PDF in German] in the February 1, 2006 issue of the newspaper Börsen-Zeitung.
Article | February 1, 2006
A recent Munich High Court decision could have significant implications for intercompany cash-pooling systems that involve German companies. This could affect any US or other company with a German subsidiary that is organized as a German limited liability company (GmbH).
Client Alert | February 1, 2006
Gibson Dunn of counsel Malcolm R. Pfunder is the author of "Hart-Scott-Rodino Treatment of Corporate Officer Stock Acquisitions Solely for Investment - A Commentary," published in the January 2006 issue of The Antitrust Source, a publication of the ABA Antitrust Section.Reprinted with permission from The Antitrust Source, January 2006, a publication of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law.
Client Alert | February 1, 2006
Gibson Dunn partner Karen Manos is the author of "Cost and Pricing Issues" [PDF], a brief from the 2005 West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference.
Client Alert | February 1, 2006