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Mar
19
2012
FERC Order Appears to Find Most PJM Internal Bilateral Transactions Improper Bracewell LLP
Mar
19
2012
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - March 19, 2012 Mintz
Mar
18
2012
Section 162(m): Actions That Generally Should be Taken by March 31, 2012, and/or in This Year’s Proxy to Avoid the $1,000,000 Deduction Limitation Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
18
2012
Contractual Non-Reliance Clauses: Insulating Defendants from Civil Fraud Claims Since 1995 Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
17
2012
FSA Consultation on Proposed Changes to UK Listing Rules: New Definitions and Individual Guidance McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
14
2012
Heavier Taxation of Carried Interest Proposed Again --- Both in the Jobs Bill and by Rep. Levin Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
13
2012
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Updates week of March 12, 2012 Mintz
Mar
12
2012
Illinois Appellate Court Reaffirms Rulings That Nonreliance Clauses Bar Fraud Claims Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
11
2012
Michigan's Emergency Financial Manager Law and Its Impact on Creditors of Municipalities and School Districts Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
9
2012
European Market Abuse Regulation Extended to the Commodities Sector McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
7
2012
Recent SEC Staff Comments Challenge Reporting of Equity Compensation Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mar
7
2012
DOL, Courts Interpretations of SOX Grow More Divergent Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
7
2012
Financial Advisor Conflicts Update McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
5
2012
Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update March 5, 2012 Mintz
Mar
5
2012
Legislative and Regulatory Proposals Affecting Capital Raising Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
1
2012
Tax-Exempt Financing Opportunity for Private Sector Borrowers (Hurricane Ike Bonds) Bracewell LLP
Feb
29
2012
Does Your Firm's Standard Lien Language Create a Possibility that Your Customer IRAs May Lose Their Tax Exempt Status and Protection from Third-Party Creditors? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
28
2012
Plan Fiduciaries and Final Guidance on Disclosure of Fee Information Vedder Price
Feb
27
2012
Liability for inside bridge rounds? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
26
2012
Startup University: Equality is rarely the right answer for founder equity Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
26
2012
Startup University: Founder vesting, a must in most situations Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
25
2012
Should Investors Buck the Status Quo with LLCs? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
25
2012
What You Need to Get Done Now If You Want to Sell Your Company in 2012 Mintz
Feb
25
2012
Treasury Department and IRS Release Initial Lifetime Income Guidance; Additional Guidance Expected Shortly McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
22
2012
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update Mintz
Feb
22
2012
The Final 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on RIAs Faegre Drinker
Feb
20
2012
Finally the Final … 408(b)(2) Regulation Faegre Drinker
Feb
20
2012
Bribery Update - Warning bells sound for investors Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
20
2012
Antitrust Inspections in The Energy Exchange Market McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
19
2012
MSRB Proposes Limits on Underwriter Consents to Indenture Amendments Mintz
Feb
19
2012
Part II: Proposal to Harmonize CFTC and SEC Requirements for Registered Investment Companies as Commodity Pools Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
18
2012
SEC Issues No-Action Letter Clarifying Position with Respect to Registration Requirements of Special Purpose Vehicles and Affiliated Investment Advisers Faegre Drinker
Feb
16
2012
Indiana Adopts New Exemption for Private Fund Advisers Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
16
2012
DOL Issues Electronic Guidelines for New 2012 Participant Investment and Fee Disclosures McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
15
2012
High Court of England and Wales Rules Emissions Allowances to be Treated as Property McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
14
2012
Part I: Update on CFTC Rules 4.5 and 4.13 for Registered Investment Companies and Hedge Funds Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
13
2012
Venture Capital and Private Equity: The Same, Only (Very) Different Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
10
2012
Southern District of Florida Holds Morrison v. Nat'l Australia Bank Not Limited to Exchange Act, Also Bars RICO Claims Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
10
2012
European Commission Blocks Proposed Merger Between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
9
2012
House Leadership Backed by Securities & Investment Firms Omit Political Intelligence Disclosure from STOCK Act MapLight
Feb
7
2012
Impact of the MiFID II Proposals on Commodities Businesses McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
6
2012
New Small Offering Exemption Receiving Support Mintz
Feb
5
2012
DOL Releases Final 408(b)(2) Disclosure Regulation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
4
2012
Buyers Beware: You May Be Assuming Superfund Liability in an Asset Deal Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
1
2012
Public Company Control Alert: NYSE Acts to Further Limit Broker Votes on Specified Corporate Governance Proposals Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
1
2012
Seventh Circuit Affirms Applicability of Wisconsin’s Business Judgment Rule Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
30
2012
Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Thresholds for 2012 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
30
2012
Section 550 of the Bankruptcy Code Won’t Cap the Flow of Avoidance Action Liability Bracewell LLP
Jan
30
2012
FTC Announces Increased HSR Thresholds Mintz
Jan
28
2012
Et Tu Babe: New U.S. Tax Regulations Change the Landscape for Dividend Equivalents Greenberg Traurig, LLP
 

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