Corporate & Securities Law

New IPO Lows
Remember the days of the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s, when it seemed that any company with a plain-language domain name or a cute mascot -- like pets.com or boo.com -- could launch an initial public offering? That era...

Credit Crunch, Shmedit Shmunch. Were Going Public!
George R. Roberts and Henry R. Kravis, Dec. 2, 1988, following KKR’s successful bid for R.J. Nabisco, then the biggest private equity deal of all-time. If it seems to you that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co’s initial public offering, announced yesterday, lacks the kind of fanfare that attended last summer’s Blackstone IPO, you’re not alone...

IPO of China Construction Bank
The Initial Public Offering (?IPO?) of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (?ICBC?) set the record for the amount of money raised among all IPOs ever made over the world. The IPO of ICBC was actually one of the steps...

Visa's Public Offering
Visa has announced plans for the single largest intial public offering in American history. It plans to sell $17.1 billion in stock in March. The announcement is both good and bad news, in a way...

GPO Seeks Comments on Newly Released Public Access Assessment Initial Review Documents
"The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released two new Public Access Assessment resources, an Initial Review Checklist and Guidelines...

SEC Publishes NYSE Proposal on Listing Standards for SPACs
The SEC published the NYSE proposal to amend the Exchange?s Listed Company Manual (the ?Manual?) to adopt listing standards for special purpose companies formed for the purpose of raising capital in an initial public offering and entering into an undetermined...

Stephen J. Hyland
alleging fraudulent operations in offering expertise in same gender couples' issues.

Liberty National Life Insurance Co.
allegedly discriminated against Haitians by offering low quality policies and canceling without reason.

Clopidogrel Marketed as Plavix FDA Issues Public Health Advisory
Clopidogrel Marketed as Plavix FDA Issues Public Health Advisory

Nursing Home Abuse
New Data Made Public

The Princeton Reivew
Personal Data Made Public on Tens of Thousands of Florida Students

Public Safety Radio
M/A-COM Inc. to pay $4 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit.