Bylined article by US Insurance Regulatory partner Lawrence Hamilton (Chicago) and associate Sanjiv Tata (New York).

The resolution of any complex tax litigation necessarily involves working with accountants as well as with lawyers. In many instances, the confidentiality afforded to federally authorized practitioners may not be sufficient to shield communications between accountants and taxpayers from US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scrutiny.

With the recent passage of the U.S. Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”), businesses and investors have been watching closely to see exactly how the law will expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”).

The Employment & Benefits group is pleased to announce the publication of A Global Guide to Employee Data Privacy, the latest in our series of global guides.

On October 23, 2018 Singapore’s Ministry of Law launched the Singapore Infrastructure Dispute-Management Protocol, as a way to help parties to mega infrastructure projects navigate disputes and minimize the risks of time and cost overruns.

In the recent case of M&P Enterprises (London) Limited v Norfolk Square (Northern Section) Limited, the High Court was asked to set aside a trial Judgment on the basis that, given the trial Judge’s alleged bias, theprocess underlying the Judgment was so unfair as to render its outcome void.

On 31 October 2018, Singapore’s Ministry of Health issued a proposal to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products in 2020. This came on the heels of the June 2018 World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel findings on the consistency of Australia's plain packaging regulations with WTO rules.

With apologies to the Temptations, the title to their classic song seems to apply to the current state of leveraged lending and other supervisory guidance issued by various regulatory agencies in the United States.

In recent years, transactional liability insurance—often in the form of representations and warranties insurance—has rapidly evolved from a niche product into a common element in mergers and acquisitions practice.

Private equity funds have shown a strong appetite for real estate investment in Hong Kong and Mainland China. As discussed in our last video, the trend does not seem to change as transaction growth continues to be fuelled by a low interest rate environment, a perception of real estate as a safe haven, and unexpectedly high returns. However, closing successful deals and achieving good yield still requires knowledge and strategy. To make smart deals, investors must carefully consider a region’s practices and legal landscapes.

WilmerHale Co-Managing Partner Robert Novick spoke with BBC about the World Trade Organization's recent landmark ruling in a dispute over subsidies that pitted firm client Boeing Co. and the United States against Airbus SE and the European Union.

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On May 18, 2018, Accent Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing breakthrough treatments for cancer patients, announced its $40M Series A financing to establish a discovery platform and pipeline of therapeutic candidates targeting RNA-modifying proteins. 

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On May 16, RunSafe Security, Inc., creator of a patented cyberhardening process for vulnerable embedded systems and devices across critical infrastructure, announced the closing of a $2.4 million seed funding round led by Alsop Louie Partners, an early-stage, risk-oriented technology venture capital firm in San Francisco.

2018-05-18T00:00:00-04:002018-05-18T19:56:11Z

Managing Intellectual Property's 2018 IP Stars Handbook recognizes WilmerHale and 19 of its partners as leaders in the field. IP Stars identifies lawyers based on their knowledge, outcomes achieved for clients and unique strengths in the given practice area.

2018-05-17T00:00:00-04:002018-05-17T22:02:51Z

Notwithstanding the venerable status of the attorney-client privilege and the important purposes it serves, the federal banking regulators and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have taken the position that they have the legal authority to override the privilege and compel supervised institutions to produce information protected by the privilege.

2018-05-16T00:00:00-04:002018-05-16T14:40:09Z

Partner Jamie Gorelick, along with other former and current top federal policymakers, participated in a tabletop exercise meant to better understand the kinds of high-level decisions that would be necessary in the event of an actual pandemic global outbreak of a potentially deadly pathogen.

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