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A Guide to Office Audits with the IRS

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When a tax return has been selected for office examination, generally the examination of the return will be conducted at the office of the IRS.  Normally a taxpayer will find an office examination has begun when he or she has...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK Serious Fraud Office’s Extraterritorial Powers Are Clarified

After three years of uncertainty over the Serious Fraud Office’s (“SFO”) powers to obtain documents  located overseas, the UK Supreme Court has clarified the extraterritorial effect of the legislation facilitating that power...more

Burr & Forman

SEC Enforcement Staff Regains Subpoena Power

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On February 9, Acting SEC Chair Lee announced she was restoring the delegated authority of Enforcement Division senior officials to issue subpoenas to compel document production and sworn testimony without the need of a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC v. RPM International — A Cautionary Case Study on the Limits of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protection

While much of the corporate legal world has been focused on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, a little-noticed case working its way through the federal courts in Washington, D.C. threatens to whittle down the scope of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Producing Internal Documents to the UK Competition and Markets Authority: Better Get It Right the First Time

As reported in an earlier alert, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been stepping up enforcement action against breaches of its procedural rules on merger control. This alert highlights the CMA's recent...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Two (More) Scary Tales Of FINRA’s Abuse Of Rule 8210

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Once again – twice again, actually – FINRA has used Rule 8210 as a cudgel, beating the poor unfortunate recipients of the “request” for documents and information into submission, or worse. This has got to stop. The first...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Partnering Perspectives - Fall 2017

With the US poised to decrease regulation and the outcome of Brexit unknown, multinational institutions face a great deal of unpredictability in the regulatory landscape. In this edition of Partnering Perspectives, we look at...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Plaintiffs Can’t Depose Competition Bureau Investigator in Price-Fixing Class Action

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The Supreme Court of Canada held today that civil plaintiffs cannot examine for discovery (aka depose) a Competition Bureau investigator: Canada (Attorney General) v. Thouin, 2017 SCC 46....more

Dechert LLP

UK FCA Focuses Increased Scrutiny on Asset Managers

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Regulators across the globe are intensifying their focus on enforcing the regulation of the asset management industry. Over the last twelve months, the global Financial Stability Board, the International Monetary Fund, the US...more

Baker Donelson

Four Tips for Responding to a Civil Investigative Demand: A Report from the Trenches

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Simply being served with a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) means enormous financial strain and reputational risk for some companies. On top of that, in this heightened regulatory environment, federal agencies seem to be...more

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