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UK Takeover Code: the panel widens the net

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 17 2013

On 15 May 2013, the UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) announced important changes to the scope of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the City Code

SEC proposes rules for cross-border security-based swap transactions

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 16 2013

On May 1, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") unanimously voted to propose rules and interpretive guidance to persons engaging in

No termination of commercial agreements in the case of German insolvency proceedings?

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 15 2013

Commercial agreements usually provide for extraordinary termination rights or even automatic cancellation in the case of insolvency of one of the

UK deferred prosecution agreements: new enforcement tool or blunt instrument?

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (the "Act") received Royal Assent in April 2013, and makes provision for the introduction of deferred prosecution

Landlord wins Superstorm Sandy rent abatement suit

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 8 2013

In what is believed to be the first decision in a commercial lease case arising out of the devastating losses to landlords and tenants from

London Stock Exchange launches High Growth Segment of the Main Market

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 1 2013

The London Stock Exchange (the Exchange) has launched the High Growth Segment of the Main Market. The High Growth Segment allows fast growing

Proposed changes to the UK Takeover Code relating to the impact of takeover bids on target company pension plans

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 29 2013

On 22 April 2013 the Takeover Panel (the Panel) announced changes to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the City Code). The changes give a

New SEC & CFTC rules regarding identity theft programs for private fund advisers

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") to add

Implications of the LondonShaw insider trading case for public companies and external auditors

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The announcement of civil and criminal insider trading charges earlier this month against Scott London, a senior audit partner at a major accounting

The proposed EU financial transaction tax

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union
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  • April 25 2013

The EU’s financial transaction tax (the “FTT”) is due to apply from the beginning of 2014. The FTT has attracted considerable criticism, especially in