All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Legal Issues

-Foreign acquisitions of Russian companies in 39 strategic sectors will be restricted under a new law. -Pending acquisitions of stakes in Russian companies will be cleared once a new Russian foreign investment law has been adopted. - FSB, the Russian State Security Body, will monitor the observance...

Sandisk has long emphasized the strength of its patent portfolio. Yet those claims are hard to square against a recent loss at the ITC and an at-best odd settlement last month in a Texas court.

Investors in RIM remember full well the patent fight with NTP.  Now on the horizon is a second significant patent litigation, this time with patent holder and competitor Visto.

The ITC is poised to decide whether to move forward with Tessera's requested investigation of possible infringement by Qualcomm, Motorola, STMicro, and others, or whether instead to freeze the proceedings and wait for the Patent Office to finish at least some of its review of the relevant patents. The...

- Activist shareholders often impact a proposed deal, especially in the post-SarbOx world. - Perhaps the greater looming threat is Sen. Schumer's objection to the deal.  Regulatory scrutiny/mandates could negatively (and significantly) affect the economics of this deal for AMO. - And of course,...

Hedge funds, largely unregulated, do not provide new liquidity to capital markets, but rather a different way to pool investment funds. Investors returns have not significantly out performed other investment vehicles. The lack of regulation leaves a huge gap in potential for abuse. Other means are available...

The Supreme Court's June 18 decision in Credit Suisse v. Billing (05-1157) has already generated significant commentary.  Much of that has focused on the implications for the dot-com era IPO underwriters, and to a lesser extent on the scope of antitrust immunities.  But there are also...

Whilst moving to a more economics-based approach makes good theoretical sense, it is going to make antitrust compliance a great deal harder to achieve. The EU is unlikely to match the US with regard to the legality of enforcing minimum retail prices any time soon. That being said resale price maintenance...

We are lukewarm on the Nasdaq/OMX deal, but view it as necessary to Nasdaq's bid to be a survivor.  We still view the LSE as having options available that can avoid a Nasdaq takeover, but think they have to move quickly. (This analysis was sent to clients on June 18th, several days prior...

Limelight's IPO is only a few days past, but the shine is already off, and with good reason. Limelight is likely to lose an important patent fight in the next few weeks, and that loss could severely cripple the business.