Am 21. Juli 2010 unterschrieb US Präsident Barack Obama den „Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" dessen Ziel es ist unter anderem,...

The European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") has confirmed a lower court ruling dating from 2007 and a preliminary opinion earlier this year by ECJ Advocate General...

Program: On July 21st, 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” (the "Act"...

The officers and board of directors of a company going through reorganization (a “Company”) have a fiduciary duty to preserve and maximize its going concern...

On September 7, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") proposed regulations ( REG-119046-10 ) that would allow the IRS to require corporations to file a...

In an opinion issued on August 17, 2010, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s minimum resale price maintenance claims in PSKS, Inc. v. Leegin...

I. Introduction On 26 July 2010, European Union foreign ministers adopted additional Sanctions over Iran by way of a Council Decision (referred to as the “Counc...

In response to concerns expressed by the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations regarding the "potential for market manipulation and anticompetitive behavior in the...

Fulbright's Marcy Greer served as the book's national editor, and ten other Fulbright lawyers, including Dan McClure, Peter Mason, Layne Kruse, John...

Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the "FCPA"),[1] including the number of investigations and size of settlements, has increased significantly...

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced proposed modifications to the premerger notification form that must be submitted for transactions reportable...

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on the Constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley and the PCAOB Supreme Court Limits the Ability of Foreign Plaintiffs to Assert...

As the use of a two-step acquisition structure, such as a front-end tender offer followed by a merger, continues to rise steadily in the United States public company M&...

On July 9, 2010, the FAA issued a Final Rule[1] relating to all U.S. registered civil aircraft. The Final Rule amends existing FAA Regulations so that effective October 1,...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently found in United States v. Deloitte that documents related to a company's LLP tax...