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IFRA Regulations Bring About a Change of Scent

Sheppard Mullin

March 20, 2012 22:51

We all remember the sweet scent of our first perfume and only need a simple whiff to propel us back to our youth. Studies show that scent memory is the longest lasting of all of our five senses, meaning you will always be able to instantly recognize the scent your grandmother wore when you were a...

China's Newly Revised Foreign Investment Guidance Catalogue

Sheppard Mullin

March 20, 2012 17:23

By Yan Zhang In late 2011, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and Ministry of Commence (“MOFCOM”) jointly announced the new Foreign Investment Guidance Catalogue (2011 Amendment) (“New Catalogue”). For years, China’s Foreign...

Delaware Chancery Court Clarifies When Corporate Officers and Directors are Entitled to Mandatory Indemnification Under DGCL ยง 145

Sheppard Mullin

March 19, 2012 21:49

In Hermelin v. K-V Pharmaceutical Co., C.A. No. 6936-VCG, 2012 WL 395826 (Del. Ch. Feb. 7, 2012), the Delaware Court of Chancery considered whether the former chief executive officer (“CEO”) of a pharmaceutical company, against whom several regulatory and criminal actions had been...

China Adopts Revision to Criminal Procedure Law

Sheppard Mullin

March 19, 2012 18:44

By Jiamu Sun On March 14, 2012, the fifth session of the National People’s Congress adopted the latest revision to China’s Criminal Procedure Law (“Revised Law”). The Revised Law is the second amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law following its enactment in 1979 and...

Final Rule for IR&D Reports Fails to Address Most Serious Questions

Sheppard Mullin

March 16, 2012 17:00

By David S. Gallacher and Kerry O'Neill Last April, we wrote about proposed changes to Department of Defense ("DoD") reporting requirements for independent research and development ("IR&D"), raising concerns about how the proposed change would tie recoverability of IR&D...