2007 Practice & Industry News

• 12.18.2007
  SEC Adopts New Rules on Rule 144, Form S-3, And Smaller Public Company Disclosure   More »
• 12.06.2007
  Heller Ehrman Securities Litigators to Speak at New York City Bar Securities Litigation Program  More »
• 12.03.2007
  Heller Ehrman Prevails for Defendant in Massive Securities Class Action Trial  More »
• 12.03.2007
  "Big Boy" Letters - A Defense to SEC Enforcement Actions or Private Securities Law Claims?  More »
• 12.2007
  Product Liability Roundtable Discussion  More »
• 11.28.2007
  8th Annual Advance Patent Law Institute  More »
• 11.16.2007
  Department of Labor Issues Final Default Investment Regulations  More »
• 11.15.2007
  Client Alert: Criminal Sentence Guidelines Affected  More »
• 10.23.2007
  Export Control and Customs Developments  More »
• 10.23.2007
  IRS Extends IRC Section 409A Compliance Deadline One Year  More »
• 10.05.2007
  Federal Regulators, CFTC and FERC:   More »
• 09.21.2007
  New Cafeteria Plan Regulations  More »
• 09.17.2007
  The European Court of First Instance’s Judgment in Case T-201/04 Microsoft v Commission  More »
• 09.11.2007
  Ninth Circuit Adopts New Rule for When Bundled Discounting May Violate the Antitrust Laws  More »
• 08.29.2007
  California Supreme Court Overturns Court of Appeal Ruling That Had Jeopardized the Legality of Profit-Based Bonus Plans  More »
• 08.29.2007
  New Obligations Imposed on Employers Receiving Social Security “No-Match” Letters   More »
• 08.29.2007
  California Supreme Court Holds That Employees Claiming Disability Discrimination Must Prove They Are Qualified to Perform Their Essential Job Functions, Overturning $2.6 Million Verdict for Employee  More »
• 08.21.2007
  Federal Circuit's En Banc Seagate Decision Eliminates Affirmative Duty of Care in Patent Infringement and Protects Attorney-Client Privilege For Trial Counsel  More »
• 08.20.2007
  SEC Proposed Changes to Regulation D Private Placement Exemptions  More »
• 08.14.2007
  Export Control Considerations in International Agreements  More »
• 08.10.2007
  Seventh Circuit Holds that Allegations Attributed to Confidential Witnesses Must Be Steeply Discounted  More »
• 08.10.2007
  Ninth Circuit Expands the Scope of SLUSA Preemption  More »
• 08.03.2007
  SEC Adopts "Shareholder Choice" Rule on Proxy Delivery   More »
• 07.30.2007
  New Legislation Aims at Strengthening Review of Foreign Investment in the United States  More »
• 07.17.2007
  California Department of Corporations Adopts Less Restrictive Stock Plan Rules  More »
• 07.17.2007
  New IRS Ruling on Tax Consequences of “Re-Vesting” Previously Vested Stock  More »
• 07.17.2007
  SEC Proposes Exemption from Exchange Act Registration for Compensatory Stock Options  More »
• 07.11.2007
  Commerce Department Issues New Regulation for Exports to China  More »
• 07.10.2007
  China Promulgates New Merger Clearance Guidelines Amidst A Flurry Of Legislative Activity In The Competition Arena   More »
• 07.10.2007
  Hong Kong Announces That it Will Draft a New Competition Law  More »
• 07.10.2007
  New SAFE Guidelines on Registration of Financing by PRC Residents through Offshore Special Purpose Vehicles  More »
• 07.09.2007
  SEC’s Proposed Amendments to Form S-3 and Rule 144  More »
• 07.02.2007
  The Supreme Court Raises The Pleading Standards In Securities Fraud Matters  More »
• 06.30.2007
  China Law Update, June 2007  More »
• 06.29.2007
  The Supreme Court Overrules the Per Se Rule Against Resale Price Maintenance  More »
• 06.22.2007
  The Supreme Court Extends The Preemptive Effect Of Federal Securities Law  More »
• 06.18.2007
  SEC Implements Electronic Proxy Delivery Rules (E-Proxy)  More »
• 06.15.2007
  The Section 409A Survival Guide  More »
• 06.04.2007
  SEC Adopts Section 404 Guidance; PCAOB Adopts New Auditing Standard  More »
• 05.01.2007
  A Carbon-Constrained World  More »
• 04.25.2007
  Final Regulations on Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Issued  More »
• 04.19.2007
  Blue Sky Burden Lifted for SmallCap Companies  More »
• 04.17.2007
  California Supreme Court Holds Failure to Provide Meal or Rest Periods is Governed By Three-Year Statute of Limitations  More »
• 04.2007
  Securities Litigation Roundtable  More »
• 03.05.2007
  National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007  More »
• 02.15.2007
  IRS Announced Compliance Resolution Program Under Section 409A  More »
• 02.12.2007
  New Delaware Decisions Have Important Implications  More »
• 02.06.2007
  SEC Issues Guidance on New Executive Compensation Rules  More »
• 02.2007
  Insurance Class Action Victory  More »
• 01.30.2007
  The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32)  More »
• 01.29.2007
  MedImmune v. Genentech ruling creates patent licensing uncertainty  More »
• 01.26.2007
  Climate, Coal Gasification, and California: Policy Considerations  More »
• 01.23.2007
  Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)  More »
• 01.22.2007
  Amicus Brief on RPM  More »
• 01.08.2007
  SEC Amends New Executive Compensation Rules  More »
• 01.2007
  Insurance Coverage for Global Warming  More »
• 01.2007
  Heller Ehrman teams up with Stanford Law School to offer a day-long continuing legal education program, "From the General Counsel's Perspective"   More »
• Spring.2007
  Policyholder Perspective  More »
• Fall.2007
  Policyholder Perspective  More »
• 2007
  Are Valuation Practices of Hedge Funds the Next Options Backdating Controversy?  More »