On February 28, 2013, Fulbright filed amici curiae briefs on behalf of over 60 public interest organizations with the U.S. Supreme Court as part of the Proposition 8...

Summary of Bankruptcy Court's Decision On January 17, 2013, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in U.S. Bank Trust...

Environmental due diligence as a process has the goal of providing buyers and lenders confidence that they are not purchasing a future remediation obligation...

The Supreme Court issued two important securities litigation decisions yesterday. First, in a 6-3 decision, the Court held that securities fraud plaintiffs asserting a...

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control ("DTSC" or the "Department") has proposed what should be the final version of the California...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has proposed new rules designed to guide purchasers of Renewable Fuel Identification Numbers (RINs) in verifying...

On February 8, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission voted to approve a consent decree filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to resolve a...

On January 25, 2013, a California Superior Court judge rejected a challenge to the offset credit aspect of California's greenhouse gas ("GHG") cap-and-trade...

On February 4, 2013, the Treasury Department promulgated final regulations concerning the treatment of "noncompensatory options," such as warrants and...

On January 31, 2013, a bi-partisan group of U.S. Senators introduced legislation to amend Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act ("NGA") and broaden the scope of...

On February 1, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report containing recommendations for various participants in the mobile app ecosystem: from platforms to...

In the past few years, former employees are more litigious, readily filing charges of discrimination or lawsuits. Why? Perhaps it is because, with...

On November 15, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) concerning the Commission's efforts to improve price...

As the 2013 annual meeting proxy season gets underway, companies should be aware of a new litigation tactic being pursued by certain shareholder class action plaintiffs...

Resolving a split between California appellate and federal courts, the California Supreme Court, in Aryeh v. Canon Bus. Sols., Inc., Case No. 8184929 (Jan. 24, 2013),...