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New Rules Governing Emissions Take Center Stage
Editor: The EPA's "Tailoring Rule" 1 breaks new ground in regulating stationary sources of GHG emissions. What is the impact of this rule and what companies are most likely to be affected? Connolly: The rule currently requires certain larger emitters, such as utilities, refiners and some heavy...
Read MorePartying Like It's 2004
Private equity dealmakers breathed a palpable sigh of relief in 2010. After two years characterized by anemic deal activity, limited and expensive debt financing, all "equity checks" and a lot of time spent salvaging and restructuring portfolio companies and their debts, the deal market...
Read MoreNew Federal Legislation Regulates Post-Transaction Marketing
On December 29, 2010, President Obama signed the "Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act" (the "Act") into law. The Act regulates "post transaction marketing" and targets Internet transactions conducted by third-party sellers during or immediately after a consumer's transaction with a different...
Read MoreUK Bribery Act 2010 - Get Ready To Comply Now
Editor: Please give our readers an overview of the new UK Bribery Act ("Act"). Maples: Before the election and the change of government in the UK in May, one of the final acts of the last Parliament was to pass new anticorruption legislation in the form of the Bribery Act 2010. The UK has long...
Read MorePrinco Corp. v. International Trade Commission and U.S. Philips Corp.
The Federal Circuit recently issued an en banc opinion with important implications for patent licensing and litigation. In Princo Corp. v. International Trade Commission and U.S. Philips Corp. (Fed. Cir. Aug. 30, 2010),1U.S. Philips Corporation defeated efforts by an infringer to assert a patent...
Read MoreDoing Deals In China: A Legal Perspective
Editor: Tell us about your firm's offices in China. Wang: We have three offices that serve China and greater Asia. In 2004, I helped to open our first office in Shanghai and that's where I am located now. In 2007, we opened an office in Hong Kong. In 2008, the year of the Summer Olympics as...
Read MoreIssues Posed By The Dodd-Frank Act In The Light Of General Counsel's Responsibilities
Editor: You have been a great advocate of self-regulation, the importance of Sarbanes-Oxley, and the ethical rules governing attorney behavior. What are your views of the whistleblower bounty program provisions in Dodd-Frank? Veasey: The whistleblower bounty program provisions in Dodd-Frank...
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