15 Jan
Chapter News, News

Dodd-Frank in One Graph

Bloomberg Businessweek (By Karen Weise):  We read Dodd-Frank so you don't have to. Big portions of the financial reform law are set to go into effect this year. Intended to make corporate practices transparent, the law itself is anything but. The government has yet to spell out the details of most of the 400 new regulations it imposes. A non-headache-inducing guide.  

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11 Jan
Member News, News

SEC to Increase Enforcement Activity Significantly in 2012

Pepper Hamilton LLP Client Alert At a December 2011 conference of the Consumer Federation of America, the Director of the Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Robert Khuzami, delivered a clear message to all members of the securities industry - SEC enforcement activity will increase significantly in 2012. The SEC's commitment to increasing enforcement is part of its ongoing efforts to "investigate and hold accountable those who had contributed to the financial crisis," and to...

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09 Jan
News

New York Times: Top European Places to Go in 2012

A number of European Cities are among the "Top 45 Places to go in 2012" as selected by The New York Times.  Among them are: Helsinki, Finland Design. Design. Design. Aesthetics fuel a new cool. Copenhagen’s culinary awakening and Stockholm’s trend-setting fashion may have ignited the world’s current infatuation with Nordic culture; now Helsinki is poised for the spotlight. The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design has designated it the World Design Capital for 2012. Design has long been part of...

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09 Jan
Member News, News

Fulbright Named to Financial Times’ “FT Law 25”

Fulbright has been named by Financial Times to its FT Law 25 as part of the 2011 US Innovative Lawyers Report. The Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report—now in its sixth year—was conceived as an alternative way to measure law firm success. The project breaks with the traditional method of looking at fees and profits as the measure of success. As the category rankings are based primarily on client reviews, the FT Law 25 shows firms that were consistently found to be...

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07 Jan
Chapter News, News

Venture Capital Comes of Age in Europe

After a rocky start three decades ago, early-stage funding in the U.K. and Continental Europe is starting to resemble the industry in the U.S. By Alliott Cole Unlike in the U.S., venture capital on the other side of the Atlantic is a relatively young industry. It had an inglorious and stuttering start in the 1980s, often as an extension of the activities of conventional banks or as a limited part of fund managers’ remits. The first Gulf War and 1990 recession...

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04 Jan
Chapter News, News

German Central Bank Official: ‘Britain Must Be Aware of its Importance in the EU’

From DER SPIEGEL, 01/02/2012 The world continues to demand that Europe find a solution for its ongoing debt crisis. But in an interview with SPIEGEL, senior Bundesbank official Andreas Dombret says that American investors are being too impatient. He also demands that the UK do its part and reiterates his bank's position that the ECB should not become a lender of last resort. SPIEGEL: Mr. Dombret, you were born in the US. Do you understand why the Americans no longer appear to...

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03 Jan
Chapter News, News

On Wall Street, Renewed Optimism for Deal-Making

The New York Times, By EVELYN M. RUSLI Before Europe’s debt crisis flared anew last summer, rattling markets and choking off a revival in mergers and acquisitions, huge corporate cash piles and cheap debt had fostered hopes that deal-making would recover strongly last year. In the first half of 2011, the dollar volume of announced mergers worldwide neared its highest levels since the financial crisis. But that momentum proved fragile as deal volume tumbled 19 percent, to about $1.1 trillion, in...

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28 Dec
Chapter News, News

EU Ambassador’s New Years Message

In his New Years Message, Ambassador João Vale de Almeida, Head of the European Union Delegation to the United States, notes that 2011 has been a difficult year as Europe and the United States continue to struggle with the fall-out from the financial crisis. "It has been a challenge to tackle the problem, but I am happy to note that we have now put in place far-reaching and unprecedented reforms that will be a game-changer for us," he says. "I'm...

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22 Dec
Chapter News, News

Safety First for Children’s Toys in EU

European Commission 21/12/2011 As children unwrap the longed-for teddy bear, tricycle or lightsaber this Christmas, their parents can rest assured that toys bought in the EU are the safest in the world. Every toy sold in the EU has undergone a number of checks to ensure that it is safe for children to play with. Before placing a new toy on the market, manufacturers must identify potential dangers via a safety assessment. They must also ensure that each toy can be traced...

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