February 2, 2012 | Barry Fishley
Weil's Barry Fishley discusses key trends expected in 2012 in intellectual property, information technology, and data protection, including cloud computing, cyber security, proposed changes in data protection regulation, near field communciation, and more.
January 25, 2012 | John Sipple and Laura Wilkinson
Weil's Sipple and Wilkinson discuss the FTC's revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filing thresholds and thresholds for interlocking directorates prohibited by Section 8 of the Clayton Act.
January 23, 2012 | Debora Hoehne
Weil's Debora Hoehne analyzes a recent ruling by the federal bankruptcy court that discusses important issues for determining the bankruptcy remoteness of special purpose vehicles, including the Seventh Circuit's "operational separateness" standard for "bankruptcy-remote" entities.
January 17, 2012 | Public Company Advisory Group
With companies' annual reports on Form 10-Ks due soon, we reviewed recent disclosure guidance offered by the SEC and key points issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) regarding potential risks and the need for companies to provide "early-warning" disclosure.
December 16, 2011 | Robert Carangelo, Paul Ferrillo, and Catherine Nowak
Lawyers from Weil’s Litigation Department explain how new challenges are forcing multinational companies to reevaluate their responses to the global securities litigation landscape.
December 15, 2011 | Kimberly Blanchard, David Bower, Robert Frastai, and Kristina Novak
Weil attorneys Blanchard, Bower, Frastai, and Novak explore the US Internal Revenue Service's proposed regulations concerning the taxation of investing activities of foreign governments and which issues the proposed regulations do not adequately address.
December 7, 2011 | Jeffrey Klein, Nicholas Pappas, and Millie Warner
The authors review what the Seventh Circuit's recent decision in
Loomis v. Exelon means for defined contribution plan fiduciaries charged with responsibility for 401(k) plan investment options, including retail mutual funds.
December 5, 2011 | Marcia Goldstein, Heath Tarbert and Kathlene Burke
Weil's Goldstein, Tarbert, and Burke offer an in-depth discussion of the resolution plan requirement for for large bank holding companies - so-called "living wills" - included in the Dodd-Frank Act and how covered companies should approach the task.