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The global law firm of Vedder Price has announced that Tom Zimmer has joined the firm's Global Transportation Finance Team as a shareholder in the San Francisco office. Zimmer was formerly a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and co-head of their Transportation Finance Group.
Wells Fargo & Company has completed its purchase of the North American portions of GE Capital's Commercial Distribution Finance and Vendor Finance businesses as well as a portion of its Corporate Finance business, totaling $27.4 billion of assets, including approximately $24 billion of loans. The remaining international segment of the transaction is expected to close later this year. The total acquisition includes assets of approximately $31 billion as well as businesses employing approximately 2,800 team members. Effective March 1, GE Capital's Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) business adopted the tradename Wells Fargo Commercial Distribution Finance. GE Capital's Vendor Finance will adopt the tradename Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services. GE Capital's Corporate Finance business provides senior secured asset-based loans as well as equipment leases and loans to middle-market customers. Wells Fargo purchased a portion of this business, which is being integrated into its existing Capital Finance and Equipment Finance businesses.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
CLE Shouldn't Be the Only Mandatory Training for Attorneys
Each stage of an attorney's career offers opportunities for a curriculum that addresses both the individual's and the firm's need to drive success.
Discovery of Claim Construction and Infringement Analysis May be Compelled Prior to a Markman Hearing
A defendant in a patent infringement suit may, during discovery and prior to a <i>Markman</i> hearing, compel the plaintiff to produce claim charts, claim constructions, and element-by-element infringement analyses.