Beginning on July 31, 2025, Massachusetts will join a host of other states in requiring employers to provide detailed pay disclosures in public-facing and internal employee job postings pursuant to the recently passed Frances…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) outlining a new mandatory reporting requirement for large-scale AI developers and…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
In October 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved final rules amending the beneficial ownership reporting requirements under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On September 6, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule (the September 6 IFR) implementing new and revised export controls relating to emerging or critical technologies in the fields of…
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/ International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
Pre-Closing Notice or Consent: If signed by Governor Newsom, Assembly Bill 3129 (AB 3129) will mandate that, starting January 1, 2025, certain healthcare investors provide a 90-day written notice to, or obtain consent from, the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Health
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced two settled charges involving alleged violations of Rule 206(4)-2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act), known as the “Custody Rule.” These two…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Information exchanges and integration planning are a vital component of the due diligence process when companies are considering acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, or any other business decision involving another party…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions
On August 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the new clean electricity low-income…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Taxation
The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
As U.S.-based venture capital funds have become an increasingly significant source of capital for UK start-up and scale-up companies, the negotiation of terms often give rise to gaps in expectations and market norms between the…
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/ Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a draft guidance describing its proposed approach to reviewing and authorizing a predetermined change control plan (PCCP) in a marketing submission for a device…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On September 3, 2024, the EU’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), ruled that the European Commission (EC) had no jurisdiction to review Illumina’s acquisition of Grail, overturning the EU’s revised Article 22…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Science, Computers, & Technology
On August 26, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting approval of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (Nasdaq’s) proposed rule change, to Nasdaq Rules 5605, 5615, and 5810. These amendments 1)…
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On August 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a motion in limine in its challenge to Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons alleging that Albertsons executives intentionally deleted text communications…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery
We are pleased to share the August 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law
