Government Contracting, Securities Law, Finance & Banking

New Disclosure Requirements for Massachusetts Pension Investments

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/29/2013

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has started implementing pension reform legislation enacted in 2011 that imposes demanding contracting and disclosure requirements on state and local pension fund boards. The new pension fund...more

Business News Digest – April 2013

by Michael Baader, Jamie Barnett, Andrew Bigart, Amanda C. Blunt, Edward Boyle, Gregory Braker, Robert Burton, Emilio W. Cividanes, John F. Cooney, Krista Coons, Ashley Craig, Daniel Danello, more +Robert P. Davis, Paul Debolt, Douglas Emhoff, Lisa Jose Fales, Matthew R. Farley, Kathryn Floyd, Thomas Gilbertsen, Nancy Grunberg, Michael Hartmere, J. Scott Hommer, Stuart P. Ingis, Jay Johnson, Jonathan King, Mitchell Kolkin, George Kostolampros, Dismas Locaria, Elizabeth Lowe, Melissa McLaughlin, Lindsay B. Meyer, Parker B. Morrill, Jonathan L. Pompan, Hillary Profita, Matthew R. Rabinowitz, Megan Roberts-Satinsky, Anthony Rosso, Martin Saad, Sejal Shah, Raymond Shepherd, Eric R. Smith, Robert Smith, Margaret Strand, Joeann Walker, Ariel S. Wolf, Jason Wool, Brian Zimmet | Venable LLP on 4/15/2013

In this issue: - Finders May Pose Risk in Private Capital Raising - NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework - NIST Issues Request for Information, Begins Developing...more

Credit Crunch Digest -- March 2013

by Jennifer Quinn Broda, Ryan Chapoteau, Matthew Ferguson, Todd McCormick, Thomas R. Orofino, Eric C. Scheiner | Sedgwick LLP on 4/2/2013

This issue of the Credit Crunch Digest focuses on developments in antitrust-based Libor claims against major banks; the status of European Union investigations into Libor manipulation; developments in IndyMac-related...more

Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- March 11‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 3/11/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - As the first full week of the Federal government’s sequestration comes to a...more

California Attorney General Brings Action Against Standard and Poor’s

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 2/20/2013

On February 5, the Attorney General of California, Kamala D. Harris, filed suit in Superior Court in California against Standard & Poor’s and its parent company, the McGraw Hill Company. The Complaint alleges violations of...more

Federal Grant & Contract News for Nonprofits - January 2013

by Elizabeth Buehler, Dismas Locaria, Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Melanie Jones Totman | Venable LLP on 1/30/2013

In January, there were some particularly important developments with respect to whistleblower protections in connection with federal grants and contracts, as well as Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) information on the...more

SEC Adopts New Disclosure Rules For Extractive Industries

by Miriam R. Sowinski | Holland & Knight LLP on 8/27/2012

On August 22, 2012, the SEC adopted rules mandated by Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which added a new section Section 13(q) to the Exchange Act....more

February 17, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily

by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 2/17/2012

The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more

New California Lobbyist Legislation Regulates Private Fund Sponsors and Placement Agents

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 1/11/2011

Recent California legislation dramatically expands the regulation of private fund sponsors and placement agents. Both outside placement agents and certain employees of investment managers who solicit investments from CalPERS...more