Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Commentary: Five Lessons from the Municipal Derivatives Litigation Front

Pre-financial crisis, interest rate derivatives were widely recognized as a valuable part of the municipal issuer’s financial toolkit. Post-crisis, they have been a thorn in the side of many issuers, resulting in expensive…more

| Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance...

Tax Law Updates - June 2013

If you would like copies of an article that is not linked to a PDF file, or if you would like to receive copies of future articles, please contact Rebecca Sprunger at rsprunger@orrick.com. - 03-29-2013 (U.S.) Final…more

| Labor & Employment Law, Finance & Banking, Health, International Law &...

Court Dismisses Foreign Banks from U.S. Lawsuit Alleging Complicity in...

The fight against sophisticated online schemes to sell counterfeit or otherwise illegal goods is being waged by increasingly focused efforts to identify responsible parties that may be sued in U.S. courts, and whose assets are…more

| Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Finance & Banking,...

Patent Office Issues First Decision Invalidating Patent Under New AIA Rules

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently issued its first decision under the America Invents Act’s new system for reviewing the validity of patents. See SAP America, Inc. v. Versata Dev. Group, Inc., Case CBM2012-00001 (MPT)…more

| Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology

The EEOC Aggressively Pursues Criminal Background Check Policies

On June 11, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed two separate lawsuits against Dollar General and BMW Manufacturing Co. LLC, accusing each company of discriminating against Black job applicants…more

| Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law

Private Actions in Competition Law: European Commission Proposes a New...

On 11 June 2013, the European Commission (the “Commission”) proposed a new Directive on private damages actions for breaches of EU competition law. This note highlights the key changes proposed by the Commission, which, if the…more

| Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies,...

ESMA Publishes Technical Advice on Short Selling Regulation

On June 3, The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its technical advice to the European Commission on the impact of the Short Selling Regulation (ESMA/2013/649)…more

| Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law

Bank of England Annual Report for 2013

On June 4, the Bank of England (BoE) published its annual report for 2013. The BoE’s priorities for 2013/14 relating to financial stability include... …more

| Finance & Banking

Rating Agency Developments - June 12, 2013

On June 7, Fitch released its criteria for Japanese CMBS surveillance. On June 6, Fitch released updated EMEA RMBS criteria, including (i) its master rating criteria for EMEA RMBS transactions; (ii) its criteria for the…more

| Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade

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