Ropes & Gray attorneys regularly write articles and provide commentary to our clients and to the world’s leading financial, business and legal publications, analyzing important legal developments and explaining their impact.
In a precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit on December 7, 2018 reversed the final determination of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that Laerdal ...
This article by partner Michael Lampert and associates Cara Dermody, Wesley Dodd and Whitney Wadman was published by Law360 ...
This article by partners Tom Bulleit, Deborah Gardner and Kirsten Mayer and law clerk Scott Falin was published by ...
China’s drug and device regulator recently announced a set of rules signaling increased scrutiny of foreign drug and device companies. On December 26 ...
This article by partner Ryan Rohlfsen and associates Patrick Reinikainen and Daniel Flaherty was published by Law360 on January ...
Beginning last month, the Northern District of Illinois (or the “Court”) modified its Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Project (the “Pilot Project&rdquo ...
On December 20, 2018, President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-332), commonly referred to as the “2018 Farm ...
On December 20, 2018, the SEC staff issued a no-action letter to Madison Capital Funding LLC (“Madison”), a registered investment adviser, concerning ...
In the final weeks of 2018, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) issued new requirements applicable to asset managers who are members of the ...
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (“AMLO”), who ran on the promise to combat and eradicate corruption in Mexico, was elected ...
On November 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled in Dittman v. UPMC d/b/a The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that an ...
On December 21, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) (available here ...
In Notice 2019-09, issued December 31, 2018 (the “Notice”), Treasury and the IRS have provided interim guidance on the excise tax on ...
On December 19, 2018, the SEC issued a release (the “Release”) proposing new Rule 12d1-4 and related amendments under the 1940 Act ...
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (“EGRRCPA”), enacted on May 24, 2018, amended section 13 of the Bank Holding Company ...
Two key European Union bodies have told the European Commission that they will not approve its draft adequacy decision on the protection of personal data ...
On December 18, 2018, the SEC adopted the long-awaited hedging disclosure rule, as required by Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform ...
On December 14, 2018, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a Risk Alert to share its observations ...
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 ...
In Notice 2018-99, issued December 10, 2018 (the “Notice”), the IRS has provided interim guidance on determining the amount of unrelated business ...
The following summarizes recent legal developments of note affecting the mutual fund/investment management industry: SEC Announces Exam Initiatives Focused on Specific Types of Funds ...
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 ...
A review of the U.K. asset management and wholesale banking sectors by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has found that regulated firms ...
This article by partner Ama Adams, counsel Brendan Hanifin and associate Emerson Siegle was published by Law360 on December ...
Scott McKeown, Ropes & Gray IP litigation partner and chair of the firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) group, examines how ...
