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.
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.
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.
March 17, 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
February 5, 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).
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.
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.
February 1, 2006
On January 27, the Act to End Atrocities and Terrorism in the Sudan, Public Act 094-0079 ("the Act"), will become effective in Illinois. This legislation amends the Illinois Deposit of State Moneys Act to prohibit the investment of state funds in Sudanese entities and in domestic companies who do business with Sudan.
January 26, 2006
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted to propose rules that would amend disclosure requirements for:executive and director compensation; related party transactions;director independence and other corporate governance matters;security ownership of officers and directors; and Form 8-K reports regarding compensation arrangements.The final rules are not expected to be enacted in time for the 2006 proxy season, but likely will apply to disclosures of 2006 compensation that are made in companies’ 2007 proxy statements.
January 17, 2006
On December 7, 2005, a blue ribbon commission of the National Association of Corporate Directors issued a report that discusses the current legal liability environment for directors and recommends best practices for directors to safeguard against personal liability.
December 20, 2005
Partner Jarrett Arp is the author of "Be Careful What You Ask For: Unintended Consequences and Unfinished Business Under the Class Action Fairness Act," published in the Fall 2005 issue of Antitrust magazine, a publication of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law.
December 19, 2005
On December 14, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission held an open meeting during which the Commission adopted revisions to the deadlines for filing periodic reports and the definition of an "accelerated filer". The Commission also proposed revisions to the "best-price" rule applicable to registered tender offers intended to resolve a split among federal circuits on the interpretation of the existing rule. At the same meeting, the Commission proposed amendments to liberalize the deregistration process for foreign companies; these amendments are summarized in a separate Gibson Dunn memo, dated December 14, 2005.Adoption of Revisions to the Periodic Report Filing Deadlines for "Accelerated Filers"The Commission adopted revisions to the pe
December 16, 2005
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") announced today that it is proposing amendments to rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") which, if adopted, will liberalize the de-registration process for many foreign private issuers, allowing them to terminate their on-going reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and remove them from the burdens of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
December 15, 2005
On 14 December 2005 the European Court of First Instance (the "CFI") delivered its long awaited judgments in the appeals against the GE/Honeywell decision (cases T-209/01 and T-210/01).
December 14, 2005
Federal regulations mandate that covered federal contractors and subcontractors collect information about the gender, race and ethnicity of "applicants" for employment.
December 12, 2005