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Guidelines from two important Delaware M&A cases

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 21 2011

In the past month, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued two decisions providing important guidance on directors' duties in connection with M&A transactions

2011 case nuggets

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2012

Delaware and New York state and federal courts issued a number of important opinions during 2011, dealing with business combinations, corporate governance and materiality determinations, among other things

Reminder periodic filing, notice and reporting requirements for private equity funds

  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 20 2012

Private equity funds (and their managersadvisers) are subject to various types of regulation under U.S. federal law, in particular under the Dodd-Frank

International regulatory update 7 - 11 January 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, France, Global, India, Poland, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • January 14 2013

EMIR: Extension of scrutiny period for Commission Delegated Regulations Basel III: Basel Committee releases revised version of Liquidity Coverage

Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010: what this law would mean to hedge funds that trade derivatives

  • Lowenstein Sandler PC
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  • USA
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  • July 9 2010

On June 30, 2010, the House approved the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, of which Title VII is the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (the "Act"

FSA moves to prevent undisclosed stakebuilding

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • October 31 2008

The uproar surrounding Porsche’s massive undisclosed stake in Volkswagen has illustrated the potential market failures which can arise as a result of secret stakebuilding using cash-settled derivatives

International regulatory update 12 - 16 November 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • November 19 2012

The European Commission has published a set of frequently asked questions on the regulation on OTC derivative transactions, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR), which was published in the Official Journal on 27 July 2012

CFTC proposes to discontinue widely-used registration exemptions: private fund general partners and managers may be required to register as commodity pool operators

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 10 2011

Eight years ago, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") adopted two exemptions under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended ("CEA") (Rules 4.13(a)(3) and 4.13(a)(4) the “4.13 Rules”)) that proved to be an efficient way for private investment fund managers to trade commodity interests without registering with the CFTC

In case you missed it - February 2012

  • Stoel Rives LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2012

A smattering of bylaw amendments purporting to make Delaware the exclusive venue for shareholder derivative suits and claims of fiduciary duty breaches followed Vice Chancellor Laster’s suggestion in a 2010 case that such provisions would be enforceable

Financial services legislative and regulatory update - November 14, 2011

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • European Union, USA
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  • November 14 2011

With two weeks to go, all of Washington continues to try to figure out the ending to the most complicated choose your own adventure story