On September 3, New York-based private equity firm The Wicks Group announced its acquisition of Antenna Audio from Discovery Communications Inc., the parent company of cable television channels Discovery Channel, TLC Animal Planet and Fit TV.

In a bipartisan campaign, Pillsbury's Public Policy team successfully proposed legislation extending the compliance date for the CARD Act by six months on behalf of client Blackhawk Network. The extension helps affected companies avoid significant costs and environmental impacts by permitting them to use up their remaining gift card inventories.

Longtime nonprofit organization legal counsel Jeff Glassie aims to help leaders of trade associations, charities and other groups expand globally by overcoming uncertainty around applicable U.S. and international laws

In our ever-shrinking world, protecting information security and privacy data is a ubiquitous business concern. Virtually every industry is affected by these regulations. In this podcast, partner Deborah Thoren-Peden, head of Pillsbury's Privacy, Data Security & Information Use practice is joined by Michael Brauneis, Managing Director of Protiviti's Global Financial Services and Regulatory Risk Consulting practices, for a discussion about U.S. privacy laws and regulations.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) formally approved for the first time a long-term wet lease from a non-US airline to a US airline. This first wet lease involved a Boeing 767-300F aircraft of euroAtlantic Airways, a European airline based in Portugal specializing in aircraft wet leasing and charters around the world.

A judge in the Southern District of New York has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit against magazine publishers, including Pillsbury client American Media, Inc., and others in the magazine business brought by wholesaler Anderson News, L.L.C. and a related company that alleged a conspiracy to drive Anderson out of business.