Labor & Employment Law – May 24, 2012

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/18/2012

On May 17, 2012, the Public Pension Disclosure Task Force, convened by the National Association of Bond Lawyers, released its report which offers guidance for municipal bond issuers (and those who assist such issuers) in...more

by Thomas Fox on 5/17/2012

Internet giant Yahoo! has now been forced to undertake another extensive search for a Chief Executive Officer to help salvage its underperforming business. Today it was announced that Scott Thompson would be stepping down...more

by Ford & Harrison LLP on 5/2/2012

Executive Summary: The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are aggressively pursuing allegations of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) against US and...more

by Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 4/25/2012

Among the many elements of the comprehensive reform applicable to public companies in the Dodd-Frank Consumer Fraud and Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), shareholders were given new and additional powers with respect to...more

by Dickinson Wright on 4/20/2012

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: The ESOP Association submits comments on corporate tax reform to House committee; ESOP champion Olympia Snowe not running for reelection; Pro-ESOP legislation garners support; Bear Stearns agrees to...more

by Michael Volkov on 4/13/2012

The SEC’s long and tortured Theodore Urban case finally came to an end when the Commission reversed the ALJ’s decision and dismissed the case. Since the case was brought, the SEC has made public statements to try and...more

by Foley Hoag LLP on 4/6/2012

On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups), the culmination of a bipartisan effort by Congress to ease restrictions on capital raising that have affected and guided companies and...more

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 4/4/2012

In the recent Trustees of the Labourers’ Pension Fund et al. v. Sino-Forest decision – released March 26, 2012 – Justice Perell affirmed his earlier reasoning in Pennyfeather v. Timminco 1 by requiring the delivery of...more