Regulatory & Compliance

Discovery

Brian H. Pandya | Wiley Rein LLP

Editor: Brian, please tell us about your background. Pandya: I am an IP litigator who has been involved in a number of patent cases in courts around the country with significant e-discovery aspects. My first experience with e-discovery came when I was working on a large biotech case shortly...

Regulatory & Compliance

Rita M. Molesworth, Dianne E. O'Donnell, Deborah A. Tuchman, Neesa P. Sood | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rule 4.5 provides an exclusion from the definition of “commodity pool operator” (CPO) for, among others, certain registered investment companies that trade commodity interests. Between late 2003 and the beginning of 2012, all registered investment...

Litigation

David S. Frankel | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

In a July 1, 2013 decision of apparent first impression, Eastern District Judge John Gleeson held that district courts have authority to review substantively, and to determine whether to approve or reject, deferred prosecution agreements. In United States v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and HSBC Holdings...