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August 2014

Skadden discusses FTC’s Section 5 Enforcement

By Ian G. John, John H. Lyons and Kenneth B. Schwartz August 1, 2014 by miaotingwu

On July 21, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) accepted a consent agreement, subject to final approval, to settle charges with two Internet resellers of Universal Product Code (UPC) barcodes accused of violating Section 5 of the FTC …

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Reuters
JPMorgan probes possible cyber attack; reports other banks hit
August 28, 2014
Dealbook
Judge’s Ruling Could Affect Bondholders in Corporate Bankruptcies
August 28, 2014
Bloomberg
Credit-Rater Profit Spared in SEC Rules Banning Conflicts
August 28, 2014
Dealbook
Deutsche Bank Fined $7.8 Million Over Faulty Reports on Swaps
August 28, 2014
Jim Hamilton's World
SEC Proposes 12-Month Pilot Program on Wider Tick Sizes
August 28, 2014
Dealbook
S.E.C. Adopts New Rules on Asset-Backed Securities and Credit Ratings
August 27, 2014
Reuters
PwC must face $1 billion lawsuit over MF Global advice
August 27, 2014
Bloomberg
Alibaba First-Quarter Profit Triples Ahead of IPO
August 27, 2014
Dealbook
Tyson Foods and Hillshire Reach Deal to Win Antitrust Approval for Merger
August 27, 2014
Jim Hamilton's World
House and Senate Members Ask Fed to Tighten Emergency Lending Proposals
August 27, 2014
Dealbook
Inversion Critics and Investors May Be Misjudging Burger King Deal
August 26, 2014
Reuters
Fund managers look to make room for Alibaba
August 26, 2014
Dealbook
Hedge Funds Sue to Get Argentine Bond Payment in London
August 26, 2014
Bloomberg
Citigroup Fined $1.85 Million by Finra for Trading Lapses
August 26, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
The Hidden Costs and Underpinnings of Debt Market Liquidity
August 26, 2014
Reuters
Investors cheer Burger King-Tim Hortons ‘combo deal’
August 25, 2014
Bloomberg
Swaps Boom Is Unintended Consequence of New Curbs on Wall Street
August 25, 2014
Dealbook
The S.E.C.’s Use of the ‘Rocket Docket’ Is Challenged
August 25, 2014
Bloomberg
Asset-Backed Bonds Facing Tougher SEC Disclosure Rules
August 25, 2014
Jim Hamilton's World
House Oversight Chair Cautions SEC on Leaks from Closed Meeting
August 25, 2014
Reuters
Roche to buy U.S. biotech firm InterMune for $8.3 billion
August 24, 2014
Dealbook
Valeant and Pershing Square Say They Have Votes for Special Meeting of Botox Maker Allergan
August 24, 2014
Bloomberg
Goldman to Buy $3.15 Billion of Debt to End FHFA Claims
August 24, 2014
Dealbook
Carl Icahn Looks to Take the Wheel at Hertz
August 24, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
The Siren Song of Unlimited Contractual Freedom
August 24, 2014
Bloomberg
BofA to Pay $16.7 Billion to End U.S. Mortgage Probes
August 21, 2014
Reuters
U.S. regulators step up warnings to banks for poor risk-spotting
August 21, 2014
Dealbook
Family Dollar’s Rejection of Dollar General Is About More Than Money
August 21, 2014
Reuters
U.S. judge declines to find Argentina in contempt of court
August 21, 2014
The Conglomerate
Outsourcing the Board: A Good Idea?
August 21, 2014
Reuters
Icahn reveals stake in Hertz, plans to push management
August 20, 2014
Dealbook
Grappling With the Cost of Corporate Gadflies
August 20, 2014
Bloomberg
BofA MBS Accord With U.S. Said Coming as Soon as Today
August 20, 2014
Reuters
Argentina aims to skirt U.S. court, bring debt under national law
August 20, 2014
Jim Hamilton's World
PCAOB Mulls Standards on Accounting Estimates and Fair Value Measurements
August 20, 2014
Reuters
Allergan seeks deal with Salix to fend off Valeant
August 19, 2014
Dealbook
Sound and Fury in Bank Settlements, Still Signifying Nothing
August 19, 2014
Bloomberg
Credit Swaps Polished in $19 Trillion Derivative Overhaul
August 19, 2014
Dealbook
Tax Burden in U.S. Not as Heavy as It Looks, Report Says
August 19, 2014
D&O Diary
Another Environmental Disclosures Securities Suit Survives Initial Pleading Hurdles
August 19, 2014
Bloomberg
Dollar General Makes $9.7 Billion Family Dollar Counterbid
August 18, 2014
Dealbook
New York Regulator Announces Settlement With Bank Consultant PwC
August 18, 2014
Bloomberg
Fed Urged to Ensure Emergency Lending Rules Bar Bailouts
August 18, 2014
Reuters
Corporate foreign tax moves have bedeviled U.S. for decades
August 18, 2014
D&O Diary
Second Circuit Affirms Porsche Securities Suit Dismissal; Domestic Transaction Necessary But Not Sufficient to Invoke U.S. Securities Laws
August 18, 2014
Reuters
Lehman brokerage unsecured creditors to see first $4.62 billion
August 17, 2014
Dealbook
Rival Bidders Ask Chiquita Shareholders to Reject Fyffes Deal
August 17, 2014
Bloomberg
Ackman’s Pershing Square Sues U.S. Over Fannie, Freddie
August 17, 2014
Dealbook
Fight Brews on Changes That Affect Derivatives
August 17, 2014
Bloomberg
Alibaba Unit’s Accounting Flaw Seen Drawing SEC Scrutiny
August 17, 2014
Dealbook
S.E.C. Reviews Bid for Botox Maker by Valeant and Ackman’s Hedge Fund
August 14, 2014
Bloomberg
Icahn Takes New Activist Position in Gannett, Backs Split Plan
August 14, 2014
Dealbook
Chiquita Rejects Unsolicited Offer and Will Proceed With Inversion
August 14, 2014
Reuters
Cohen, Point72 must face SAC insider trading lawsuit
August 14, 2014
The Conglomerate
The Argentinian Sovereign Bond Litigation, Part II
August 14, 2014
Bloomberg
Ackman Dangles IPO of Pershing Square Holdings in 2014
August 13, 2014
Dealbook
Alibaba Aims for a Neater I.P.O.
August 13, 2014
Reuters
Argentina slams U.S. judge, holdouts see no private debt deal
August 13, 2014
Dealbook
A Takeover Battle That May Put Tax Inversions to the Test
August 13, 2014
Reuters
Banks push U.S. Fed to delay Volcker rule
August 13, 2014
Reuters
Former hedge fund managers agree to plead guilty to fraud
August 12, 2014
Bloomberg
Argentine Bonds Extend Losses as No Progress Seen in Debt Talks
August 12, 2014
Dealbook
After Kinder Morgan Deal, What’s Next for Master Limited Partnerships?
August 12, 2014
Reuters
Private equity seeks assurances from U.S. regulators over loans
August 12, 2014
D&O Diary
The Pre-IPO Company and “Failure to Launch” Claims
August 12, 2014
Bloomberg
SEC Charges Kansas With Failing to Disclose Pension Risks
August 11, 2014
Dealbook
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns on Bitcoins
August 11, 2014
Reuters
ValueAct CEO says Valeant does not need to buy Allergan
August 11, 2014
Dealbook
Chiquita Banana Brand Receives a Counter to Its Inversion Plan
August 11, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Symbolic Corporate Governance Politics
August 11, 2014
Reuters
California judge sets August 20 hearing in Allergan vs. Valeant case
August 10, 2014
Bloomberg
Argentina Warned of Contempt in U.S. Over Advertisements
August 10, 2014
Dealbook
Stampede of Mergers Could Mean Growth, or Irrationality, Ahead
August 10, 2014
Reuters
Goldman, JPMorgan in Senate’s crosshairs for commodities holdings
August 10, 2014
Dealbook
A Tax Inversion in All but Name
August 10, 2014
Reuters
Deutsche Telekom rejects Iliad bid, leaves door open to U.S. sale
August 7, 2014
Bloomberg
Republicans Sue to End SEC Limit on State Donations
August 7, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
The Corporate Governance of Sovereign Wealth Funds
August 7, 2014
Reuters
Telecom Italia in talks to snap up Vivendi’s GVT
August 7, 2014
Dealbook
3 Private Equity Firms Agree to Settle Lawsuit on Collusion
August 7, 2014
Reuters
T-Mobile deal collapse could spark telecom price war
August 6, 2014
Dealbook
Bank of America Offers U.S. Biggest Settlement in History
August 6, 2014
Dealbook
Walgreen May Be the Exception to the Logic of Inversions
August 6, 2014
Bloomberg
BNY Mellon Ordered to Keep Disputed Argentine Funds
August 6, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Socially Responsible Firms
August 6, 2014
New York Times
Obama Weighing Options to Stop Corporate Tax Flight
August 5, 2014
Reuters
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox abandons Time Warner takeover bid
August 5, 2014
Bloomberg
Citigroup Judge Approves Accord, Warning of No Oversight
August 5, 2014
Dealbook
Proxy Firm Backs Ackman’s Call for a Special Meeting of Botox Maker’s Shareholders
August 5, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Compensating for Long-Term Value Creation in U.S. Public Corporations
August 5, 2014
Reuters
Murdoch’s Fox expected to push for Time Warner deal on Wednesday
August 4, 2014
Dealbook
Judge’s Ruling Against Bank of America Showcases a Novel Enforcement Strategy
August 4, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
US Regulatory Outlook: The Beginning of the End
August 4, 2014
New York Times
Calm After a Bank’s Collapse in Portugal Could Signal Eurozone Resiliency
August 4, 2014
Bloomberg
SEC Cuts Wylys’ Damages Demand by Half to $750 Million
August 4, 2014
Dealbook
Botox Maker Allergan Sues Valeant and Ackman, Claiming Insider Trading
August 3, 2014
Bloomberg
Microsoft Sues Samsung Over Patent Licensing Agreement
August 3, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Make-Whole Provisions Continue to Cause Controversy
August 3, 2014
Reuters
Iliad may face tough battle cutting costs at T-Mobile
August 3, 2014
Bloomberg
JPMorgan Mortgage-Bond Accord Mostly Accepted by Trustees
August 3, 2014
Dealbook
Upstart French Telecom Iliad Bids $15 Billion for a Majority Stake in T-Mobile US
August 1, 2014
New York Times
Alibaba Is Investing Huge Sums in an Array of U.S. Tech Companies
August 1, 2014
Reuters
Fiat investors vote on Chrysler merger to ease access to cash, U.S. investors
August 1, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Hedge Funds and Material Nonpublic Information
August 1, 2014
Bloomberg
Aereo Asks Court to Stop ‘Bleeding,’ Allow New Life
August 1, 2014

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