Supreme Court Hears Argument on Traceability Requirement in Circuit-Split Slack v. Pirani -
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- Before the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case...more
6/1/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Appeals ,
Biopharmaceutical ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corporate Officers ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Dismissals ,
Healthcare ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Insurance Claims ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Misleading Statements ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
NYSE ,
Oral Argument ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 11 ,
Section 12 ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Slack Technologies Inc v Pirani ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Stock Exchange
Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability -
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- While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more
3/16/2023
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Bitcoin ,
Business Model ,
Cannabis Products ,
Class Action ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure ,
Dismissals ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Failure To Disclose ,
FinTech ,
Gambling ,
Healthcare ,
Investigations ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Media ,
Mergers ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Section 12 ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Sellers ,
Social Media ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Telecommunications ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
More — and more rigorous — IRS examinations are coming. The Biden administration is committed to closing the “tax gap” (the difference between taxes owed and taxes actually paid on time). Increased enforcement efforts are...more
5/5/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Corporate Taxes ,
High Net-Worth ,
Income Taxes ,
Investment Management ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Wealth Tax
For the second time in just over a year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the United States Tax Court and affirmed the right of a taxpayer to structure its affairs in a manner that takes into account...more
2/24/2017
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Business Taxes ,
Dividends ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Funds ,
Reversal ,
Roth IRA ,
Tax Benefits ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax-Free Transfers
On September 22, 2014, Treasury and the IRS issued Notice 2014-52, 2014-42 I.R.B. 712 (the Notice), announcing their intention to issue regulations aimed at blunting certain of the benefits from so-called inversion...more
On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Clarke1 held that a taxpayer has a right to conduct an examination of IRS officials regarding their reasons for issuing an administrative summons when the taxpayer...more
Over the past several years, companies engaging in mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures have been subject to long and unpredictable competition reviews for transactions notified in China. Although China’s Anti-Monopoly...more
Over the last two years, China has emerged as one of the most significant jurisdictions worldwide for antitrust and competition matters. Now more than ever, firms doing business in China or participating in major transactions...more
In United States v. Woods,1 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously for the government on two long-brewing disagreements over penalty jurisdiction in the partnership context and over the breadth of valuation misstatement...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently closed its 2012 term with its usual headline-grabbing flurry of June decisions. Several of those decisions, as well as many more that received less publicity, will affect business interests. In...more
7/15/2013
/ Actavis Inc. ,
Affirmative Action ,
Alien Tort Statute ,
Already LLC ,
American Express ,
American Express v Italian Colors Restaurant ,
Amgen ,
Amgen Inc. v Connecticut Retirement Plans ,
AMP v Myriad ,
Arbitration ,
Bowman v Monsanto ,
CAFA ,
Canning v NLRB ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Class Certification ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Copyright ,
DaimlerChrysler ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
Fisher v University of Texas ,
FTC v Actavis ,
Gabelli v SEC ,
Genetically Engineered Seed ,
Hollingsworth v Perry ,
Human Genes ,
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ,
Mount Holly v Mt. Holly Citizens in Action ,
Nike ,
NLRB ,
Oxford Health v Sutter ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pay-For-Delay ,
Preemption ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Supervisors ,
UBS ,
US v Windsor ,
UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar ,
Vance v. Ball State University