One week after Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein announced key DOJ policy revisions focusing on individual accountability, a federal jury in Manhattan convicted Hong Kong’s former Secretary of Home Affairs, Chi Ping…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
In Notice 2018-99, issued December 10, 2018 (the “Notice”), the IRS has provided interim guidance on determining the amount of unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) attributable to qualified parking expenses and other…
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A review of the U.K. asset management and wholesale banking sectors by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has found that regulated firms struggle to identify and respond to the specific cyber risks facing their businesses…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
On November 30, 2018, the SEC adopted Rule 139b under the Securities Act of 1933, which establishes a non-exclusive safe harbor for independent broker-dealers participating in securities offerings of business development…
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Scott McKeown, Ropes & Gray IP litigation partner and chair of the firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) group, examines how some recent changes at the PTAB will benefit patent owners.
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On December 3, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lorenzo v. SEC, which involves an attempt by the SEC to use a “scheme liability” theory under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act against an individual who did not…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In an opinion released on November 30, 2018, federal Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan dismissed a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) seeking to hold a prominent Chicago trader and his…
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/ Civil Remedies, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On November 20, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on FDA’s proposed framework for regulating prescription drug-use-related software (“PDURS”), the…
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/ Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On November 29, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein delivered remarks at the American Conference Institute’s 35th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In keeping with the DOJ’s more recent…
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