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The Texas Economy - A Special Case
Editor: As head of the firm-wide corporate finance and M&A practice at Akin Gump, you undoubtedly have a broad overview of what Akin Gump's many offices are seeing in terms of the slowing economy. How does Texas compare with the rest of the nation? Menges: Texas has weathered the...
Read MoreRendering Pro Bono Service: A Life-Changing Activity
Editor: How has the pro bono culture of the firm provided you with the foundation for inspiring the firm's attorneys to be so committed to pro bono work? Schulman : Akin Gump has a very interesting culture, in part because we are a first-generation firm with our roots in Texas....
Read MoreTreasury Department Issues Proposed CFIUS Regulations To Implement FINSA Amendments To Exon-Florio
On April 23, 2008, the Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations to implement the Foreign Investment and National Security Act ("FINSA"), the statute Congress passed last year to reform the process by which the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("...
Read MoreDelaware Court Narrowly Interprets Advance Notice Bylaw Provisions
Companies should carefully review their bylaws in light of two recent rulings from the Delaware Chancery Court that narrowly interpreted the language in advance notice bylaw provisions. In JANA Master Fund, Ltd. v. CNET Networks, Inc., No. 3447 (March 13, 2008), the Delaware Chancery Court held...
Read MoreCFIUS Implements FINSA Amendments To Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Law
The Foreign Investment and National Security Act ("FINSA"), which Congress passed last year for the purpose of reforming the process by which the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") conducts national security reviews of proposed acquisitions of U.S businesses...
Read MoreChina - A Marketplace Of Opportunities And Challenges - Part II An Overview of the Recent Legal and Regulatory Changes Affecting Foreign Investment in China
Part I of this article appeared in the March 2008 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. It dealt with the change in Chinese industrial policies toward foreign investment such as the shift away from measuring quantitatively the total amount of investment toward more selectively targeting...
Read MoreTrade Law And Climate Change: Convergence Or Conflict?
Last December's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, injected fresh enthusiasm into global efforts to reduce industrial emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for causing climate change. All the major U.S. presidential candidates argue that the United States should adopt a...
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