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Kathy Pakenham will moderate a panel titled “Welcome to the New Era of Tax Enforcement Relating to Partnerships and the Economic Substance Doctrine”

Lauren Collins is speaking on Dakota Ridge Capital's live virtual expert panel "Trumps Energy & Tax Policy 2025" on Thursday, December 5, at 11:30am ET.

This program will give an update on emerging threats, security tools to mitigate those threats, and walk step-by-step through a recent ransomware attack.

In this program, we will focus on SEC developments affecting, and practical aspects of preparing for, public companies’ annual meetings and annual reports.

On November 14, 2024, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the SEC’s ability to intervene in shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 14a-8 Proposals”).

When President-Elect Donald J. Trump takes office on January 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) is certain to be at the center of the action and conversation in Washington, D.C.—just as it was on January 20, 2017.

Join Vinson & Elkins for an insightful program where we will discuss the expectations and procedural steps involved in the transition to a new administration.

Ryan Carney is speaking at the 2024 PARS Conference hosted by PwC at the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country in Santa Rosa, California, on a panel titled “MLP & Regulatory Update” on November 19 at 1:00pm PT.

Ephraim (Fry) Wernick and Chris James, partners in Vinson & Elkins’ Government Investigations practice, reflect on a long-running dispute with the US Department of Justice — and the hard-fought victory they secured for their clients.

On November 8, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settled enforcement action (the “SEC Order”) against Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), an investment advisory firm, for making misleading statements concerning the company-wide percentage of assets under management (“AUM”) that integrated environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors in investment decisions.

On September 12, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued long-awaited proposed regulations (89 FR 75062) (the “Proposed Regulations”) on the application of the corporate alternative minimum tax (the “CAMT”), which was enacted two years ago as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”).

Vinson & Elkins is sponsoring the inaugural University of Texas School of Law and McCombs School of Business — the Director-Executive Summit on November 14-15 at the University of Texas at Austin.