The updates include a consultation paper on a new phase of paper listing and a joint announcement on temporary modifications to requirements for specialist technology companies and de-SPAC transactions…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Arbitration is a popular mode of alternative dispute resolution in Hong Kong, used increasingly in cross-border commercial disputes and among international parties. In 2023, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters or…
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The regulator is providing temporary flexibility in light of concerns that asset managers need extra time to prepare.
On 9 September 2024, the FCA published a statement on its naming and marketing rules under the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
FDA says its authority to implement the TCA is not limited by Loper Bright, but suggests that future guidance documents may be limited.
On August 26, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) filed its…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
The proposal would make key changes to the definition of “deposit broker” with significant ramifications for banks, fintechs, bank-fintech partnerships, and other third parties in the financial services industry…
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/ Finance & Banking
The judgment rejects the European Commission’s expansive re-interpretation of the European Union Merger Regulation, stressing the need for legal certainty in line with the EU legislature’s intent…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham & Watkins and Privacy Laws & Business recently co-hosted a webinar looking back on the first eight months since the UK-US Data Bridge entered into force. Speakers from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and…
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/ International Law & Trade, Privacy
Paycheck advance products that are deemed consumer loans under the CFPB’s new proposal would be subject to increased disclosure and regulatory protections…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Finance & Banking, Consumer Protection
The European Commission (EC) has published draft antitrust guidelines on exclusionary abuses (the Draft Guidelines) and is conducting a public consultation to gather feedback…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation
Calendar notes when financial statements go stale for issuers with fiscal years ending December 31, 2024…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
The case involves substantive litigation that could yield important legal principles for the treatment of decentralised projects.
Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAO) are unique structures that operate autonomously…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
The law, which took effect in June, impacts developers, investors, lenders, operators, and suppliers in the Saudi railway sector.
As Saudi Arabia continues to make significant advances in urban development and mobility, the…
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/ Construction Law, Government Contracting, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies that are Foreign Private Issuers or acquire Foreign Private Issuers should be mindful of new SEC rules, especially SEC Guidance on timing of Foreign Private Issuer status.
Originally…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
In the December 2023 edition of Regulatory Updates in Asia ESG we provided an update on how jurisdictions across Asia are responding to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards. Several regulators in…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
