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Daily Compliance News: September 24, 2024 – The Revised ECCP Released Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All...more

Copo Strategies + Law Firm Editorial Service

Are you overlooking this connection between law firms’ thought leadership and their rates?

Research suggests clients are willing to pay a premium to work with law firms that consistently produce merely “good” thought leadership. Does your law firm want to charge clients premium rates for its services? If so,...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Why Corporate Accountability for Criminal Behavior Makes Due Diligence More Crucial Than Ever

The U.K. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“the Act”), passed in October 2023, strengthens the U.K. Government’s efforts to compel companies to weed out fraud, corruption, and other criminal activity. The...more

Ankura

Navigating the NY DFS Cybersecurity Amendments: A Timeline for 2024 Through 2025

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In December 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) issued amendments to the cybersecurity requirements, originally adopted in 2017, which include expanded control requirements and stricter reporting...more

Dechert LLP

CFTC Finalizes Rule 4.7 Amendments, Defers Key Disclosure Requirements

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The CFTC has finalized portions of its proposed October 2023 amendments to CFTC Rule 4.7. The CFTC moved forward on: Raising the thresholds for qualification of certain investors in private funds commodity pool operators...more

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BIS Enhances Its Voluntary Self-Disclosure Process and Related Enforcement Guidance

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule (the “Rule”) regarding changes to the provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) governing voluntary...more

Dechert LLP

Social Media Ownership: Court Applies 2nd Circuit’s Novel Test

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We have previously written an OnPoint about the law concerning ownership of social media accounts in light of the explosive growth in the use of such media for commercial advertising, product development and customer...more

King & Spalding

Workers in ‘Standby’ Mode – and Other UK Updates

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Next month’s update will cover the eagerly awaited new government’s employment law reforms, to be announced mid-October 2024. Some details are emerging, including that ‘day one’ termination rights will be subject to a...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Questions of Fact Exist as to Plaintiff’s Standing to Commence Action Where Form of Company Changed From Corporation to LLC

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This BLOG has frequently addressed issues related to a party’s standing, in many different contexts, to commence litigation. In prior BLOG articles we have explained that in order to prosecute a lawsuit, the plaintiff must...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Shout Outs and Rants – Episode 141

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance as we celebrate our second century of shows. In this episode, we take up a potpourri of topics. We have the quartet of Matt Kelly Jonathan Armstrong, Jonathan Marks, and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Revises Tick Size, Access Fees and Round-Lot Definition and Takes Steps to Disseminate Odd-Lot and Other Better Priced Orders

On September 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) adopted amendments to Rule 612 (Tick Sizes) and Rule 610 (Access Fees) under Regulation NMS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

“You Promised What?!” Warranties and Disclosure in the UK and the U.S.

Determining “certainty of asset” is a key element of any investment. When an investor takes a minority position as it does in a typical venture or growth capital investment, the approach to ascertaining certainty differs...more

Allen Matkins

The One Where Everyone Got The Statute Wrong

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In yesterday's post, I discussed the Court of Appeal's unpublished opinion in Milks v. Affirmed Techs., LLC,  2024 WL 1502944 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 5, 2024), reh'g denied (Apr. 30, 2024).  That case involved claims against a...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

All Things Investigations: Anchored in Fraud: Mike DeBernardis and Shayda Vance on Austal USA’s Scandal

Welcome to the Hughes Hubbard Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Group’s podcast, All Things Investigation. In this podcast, host Tom Fox is joined by guests Mike DeBernardis and Shayda Vance to discuss the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Recent Appellate Rulings Address Novel Issues in General Partnership Disputes

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The era of the old-fashioned general partnership long ago petered out, largely displaced by subchapter S corporations and, in the last few decades, limited liability companies, both of which allow pass-through taxation...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Approves Nasdaq Corporate Governance Rule Amendments to Cure Periods and Phase-In Schedules

On August 26, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order approving  proposed amendments by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) to clarify and modify the phase-in schedules for certain corporate...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Class Action Alleging Undisclosed Projections

In Maso Cap. Invs. Ltd. v. E-House (China) Holdings Ltd., No. 22-355 (2d Cir. June 10, 2024), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a putative securities-fraud...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Compliance Outreach for Investment Adviser and Investment Company Senior Officers

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that it will host a compliance outreach program on November 7, 2024 (see the program’s agenda) on Advisers Act and Investment Company Act related topics.  The agenda...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

U.S. Access Board’s Proposed Rules for Accessible EV Charging Station Design

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With increasing numbers of electric vehicles on the road, the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (“Board”) proposed new accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities covered by the...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Important updates on the Israeli money market reform

The Israel Securities Authority has published several additional revisions to the Israeli money market reform since the Knesset approved legislative amendments designed to promote competition in the money market, and since...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive – Draft FAQs and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards

The European Union (EU) Commission has published a draft set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the interpretation of certain provisions of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the first set of...more

Lighthouse

Outside Counsel’s Guide to Mastering ESI Protocols in the Age of Modern Data

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Summary: Navigating eDiscovery in the era of modern data presents new complexities that can make or break a case. We explore five critical considerations outside counsel must address, including the implications of generative...more

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Whistleblower Update: SEC, DOJ Still Focusing on Employment Agreements and Written Policies, Off-Channel Communications

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought more actions targeting regulated entities for recordkeeping violations related to employees using noncompany communications platforms, and both the SEC and the U.S....more

Goodwin

August 2024 German Court Ruling Reshapes Tax Strategy for Luxembourg Funds

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On August 22, 2024, Germany’s Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof) published a decision that refocuses attention on the complexities of cross-border taxation, particularly for Luxembourg-based funds investing in Germany....more

Fenwick & West LLP

CEO Ousters Hit Record Numbers

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According to research firm Exechange, 74 chief executive officers have been fired or forced out this year, which is the highest number since 2017....more

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