Cornerstone Research Experts in Focus: Andrea Eisfeldt
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Regulators step up pressure to implement LIBOR transition plans
Podcast: CFTC Issues LIBOR Transition Relief for Swaps
Podcast: Credit Funds: Replacing LIBOR – Steps To Consider Taking Now
Wayward Financial Institutions Facing Increasingly Stricter Punishment
Weekly Brief: New DOJ Tact Pushes Bank Subsidiaries To Admit Guilt
Weekly Brief: Will RBS Plead Guilty In LIBOR Scandal?
Corporate Law Report: U.S. Manufacturing, Social Media, Online Endorsements, Hart Scott Rodino, More
Weekly Brief: Lawyers Advised To Accept New Reality
Jonathan Armstrong on Global Regulatory Cooperation
The Justice Department trumpeted its criminal prosecutions against defendants charged with Libor-rigging. It had a right to toot its own horn. But many of these convictions have not withstood the scrutiny of appellate...more
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced the future cessation and loss of representativeness of worldwide LIBOR rates. Potential Detrimental Developments - Recent Events - On Friday, March 5,...more
On October 9, 2020, ISDA announced that on October 23, 2020 it will launch (1) the IBOR Fallbacks Supplement (Supplement) to the 2006 ISDA Definitions (Definitions) and (2) the ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol (Protocol)....more
The growth of global enforcement systems raises important policy issues and risks for enforcement authorities. In an interesting case, US v. Allen and Conti, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed criminal convictions...more
Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf admitted that the illegal sham-account-creation activity at the heart of its recent SEC fine may have begun earlier than first reported....more
Tribune’s not only given a hard “no” to Gannett, but it’s got some new firepower (and capital) on its side thanks to a $70.5 million investment by Nant Capital—a group “founded by Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire who has...more
Welcome to the 2015 Mid-Year Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team. The purpose is to provide a periodic survey, apart from our team Executive Alerts, on matters we...more
In this Issue: - New Developments - U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Patent Agreements That Postpone the Sale of Generic Drugs Violate Antitrust Laws - Direct Purchasers Have Standing to Bring Antitrust...more
On February 6, the FSA issued a final notice to RBS imposing a fine of £87.5 million for misconduct in submitting rates for the calculation of LIBOR....more