Compliance Tip of the Day: Protecting Against Pre - taliation
Fox on Podcasting: Marilyn Jenkins on The Power of Audio in Legal Thought Leadership
Daily Compliance News: September 13, 2024 – The Politics as Usual Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 53 – Advanced Quantum Computing Threatens Blockchain Transactional Security and Anonymity with Kapil Dhiman (Quranium)
Why Retailers and Merchants Should Pay Attention to the CFPB - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Business Integrity Innovations: Partners of Trust: Building U.S.-Africa Business Relations with Kendra Gaither
Compliance Tip of the Day: Podcasting for Compliance Training
Everything Compliance: Episode 140, The Fall is in The Air Episode
Daily Compliance News: September 12, 2024 – The Leaving the Dirty Money List Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: Pre – taliation Illegality – from Employment Contracts to All Contracts
Compliance Tip of the Day: Measuring Compliance Training Effectiveness
The Hill Country Podcast: Educational Innovations at Ingram ISD: A Conversation with Dr. Robert Templeton
Great Women in Compliance: Internal Controls and Compliance: Building a Successful Partnership
Daily Compliance News: September 11, 2024 – The Never Forget Edition
The Magnificent 7 Rides Again: Reflecting on Art, Community, and Camaraderie
Innovation in Compliance: Travis Howerton on Revolutionizing Compliance – Integrating Automation for Digital Transformation
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants – Episode 140 – The Fall is in The Air Episode
Daily Compliance News: September 10, 2024 – The Palace Coup Edition
Podcasting for Business - The Essential Role of Podcasting in Business Growth
The Ethics Experts: Episode 181 – Judy Spain
As U.S. businesses and organizations continue to utilize and integrate large language models, generative AI, and other artificial intelligence platforms in their operations, it is important to review and update its policies...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is a new, federal, legal reporting and compliance regime touching on the ownership and control of covered reporting companies operating in the United States. These reporting companies are...more
The Australian Government (the Government) opened consultation on Australia’s proposed merger notification thresholds. The Consultation Paper proposes a notification regime that consists of four different thresholds—two based...more
Securities class action settlements often include what is commonly referred to as a “blow provision”—a provision designed to give defendants the option to terminate the settlement agreement if a specified threshold of...more
El Gobierno Nacional de Colombia radicó, estratégicamente, el proyecto de Ley de Financiamiento 2024, el 10 de septiembre de 2024, buscando con ello justificar el Presupuesto General de la Nación 2025 por $523 billones,...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Sept. 10, 2024, issued four FAQs to update and clarify how reporting should be undertaken for reporting companies that are dissolved prior...more
On August 28, 2024, Judge Gregory B. Williams of the US District Court for the District of Delaware issued a ruling in AIG Financial Products Corporation, Civ. No. 23-573, affirming an order on appeal from the Delaware...more
SWOT is not just a fancy business acronym—it is a powerful yet straightforward framework for understanding and elevating your law firm. If you’re like a lot of lawyers, you may have launched your solo firm after spending...more
Merger and acquisition (M&A) purchase agreements generally include indemnification provisions, pursuant to which any given party (indemnitor) agrees to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the other party or parties...more
In merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, the definitive purchase agreement, whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement, typically contains representations and warranties made by the...more
On Aug. 31, the California legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 219, making targeted changes to SB253, the landmark California law that requires firms to report Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions beginning in 2026 and Scope 3...more
One of the most talked about subjects in corporate compliance is the issue of pre-taliation—an increasingly common enforcement target by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Matt Kelly and I did a recent podcast...more
In M&A purchase agreements, the parties may stipulate certain non-judicial means for dealing with claims under the agreement (e.g., arbitration or mediation). These ADR provisions will govern how disputes between the parties...more
The UK government has released its latest annual report on the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, covering the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The report outlines key trends, statistics, and developments...more
Patience is proving to be a virtue for a private equity industry that began 2024 sitting on more than 28,000 portfolio companies valued at more than $3 trillion, according to a report by Bain & Company, as average hold...more
Barry M. Benjamin, managing partner of the New York office and chair of Kilpatrick’s Advertising and Marketing group, was honored to present on September 13 at the New York City Bar Association’s continuing legal education...more
Millions of existing companies formed or registered in the US on or before December 31, 2023, are required to file beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports on or before January 1, 2025, pursuant to the requirements of...more
Thomas Paoletti, Managing Partner at Paoletti Law Group, provides expert opinion on ESG in the Middle East – the current situation and what still needs to be done to work towards a more sustainable future....more
Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announced September 11, 2024 as the effective date of two rules initially adopted in the agency’s Team Telecom Process Reform Report and Order....more
On 6 August 2024, the Council of Ministers approved amendments to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) Labor Law and its Implementing Regulations. These will come into force on 19 February 2025, 180 days after being published...more
Since Congress first introduced the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and the beneficial ownership information reporting framework in January 2021, much of the focus has been on the specific reporting requirements that now...more
September 2024 AFRs and 7520 Rate - The September 2024 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 4.8%, a decrease from the August 2024 rate of 5.2%. The September...more
Under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the deadline for “reporting companies” to file their initial beneficial ownership information (BOI) report with FinCEN is just over three months away. Since time seems to fly by...more
In connection with the upcoming Form 10-K/proxy season, public companies with a fiscal year ending on December 31 will be required, for the first time, to publicly file their insider trading policies as exhibits to their...more
Recently, the Small Business Administration ("SBA") issued a proposed rule, which could significantly alter the status quo for permissible negative control. Impacted small businesses and their minority shareholders and...more