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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Keeping the Family Harmony Playing Sweetly: Risk Avoidance for Owners of Family-Owned Companies

Business divorces take place in all types of private companies, including those owned and operated by family members. But families that are willing to engage in thoughtful planning can head off some of the internal conflicts...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The FTC Adopts New Premerger Notification Rules Implementing the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act

The wait is over! On October 10th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved the first significant revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification regime since its inception over 40...more

BakerHostetler

FTC Unveils Sweeping Modifications to HSR Merger Notification Form

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule mandates the adoption of new, expanded Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) forms and the creation of a public comment portal for pending transactions. The new HSR forms will become...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal Telescope: The AI-ESG nexus – redefining legal and regulatory strategies

Read our thought leadership report which offers valuable insights and knowledge from our global team of lawyers to help you stay ahead of the curve in the ever-changing world of AI and ESG. As Artificial Intelligence (AI)...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New Premerger Notification Regime to Fundamentally Change M&A Strategy

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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 5-0 to issue new final rules (Rules) governing the US premerger notification filing process. These Rules – the first major overhaul to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2024 #2

AlexSam, Inc. v. Aetna, Inc., Appeal No. 2022-2036 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 8, 2024) In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion last week, a panel of the Federal Circuit granted appellant AlexSam a second chance to hold...more

A&O Shearman

UK Payment Systems Regulator Publishes Policy Statement Confirming the Maximum Level of APP Scam Reimbursement

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The Payment Systems Regulator has published a policy statement confirming the maximum level of Authorized Push Payment scam reimbursement. The statement follows the PSRs recent announcement confirming its decision to reduce...more

Maynard Nexsen

Public Company Advisory: Q3 2024 SEC Snapshots

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The members of Maynard Nexsen’s Public Company Advisory Practice counsel public companies and companies aiming to become public on the full range of matters shaping their governance and operation in the public markets. As a...more

A&O Shearman

Net-Zero Banking Alliance 2024 Publishes Progress Report

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The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative has published a 2024 progress report produced by the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Launched in 2021, the NZBA is a bank-led alliance of 144 banks globally voluntarily...more

Troutman Pepper

Managing Political Discourse at Work With Lessons from Mad Men - Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In part two of the three-part Hiring to Firing series, host Tracey Diamond and new co-host Emily Schifter dive into the complexities of managing employees’ political beliefs and discourse in the workplace, just in time for...more

DLA Piper

Minimizing AI Risk: Top Points for Compliance Officers

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More than ever, artificial intelligence (AI) is being implemented as a powerful tool to improve our lives and businesses. But with its benefits comes a host of risks – and regulators are homing in on its use as a tool for...more

A&O Shearman

UK Financial Policy Committee Publishes Latest Summary and Record

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The Bank of England has published the record of the Financial Policy Committee meeting on September 19, 2024. Headline judgements and policy actions from the meeting: (i) risks to U.K. financial stability are broadly...more

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Single Resolution Board Adapts MREL Policy to Align with the Daisy Chains Directive

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The Single Resolution Board has published a communication on the changes to its minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities policy to be implemented in line with the "Daisy Chains Directive" (Directive (EU)...more

Perkins Coie

California Raises Minimum Wages for Health Care Workers—Effective October 16, 2024

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As we previously reported here and here, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 525, which provides a tiered approach for the increase of minimum wages for the state’s health care workers...more

A&O Shearman

Syndicated DDTLs: New territory for acquisition lines?

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We are increasingly seeing requests for a committed acquisition/capex facility – often referred to as a Delayed Draw Term Loan (DDTL) – to be included as part of the initial capital structure on European syndicated leveraged...more

Perkins Coie

Are Public Companies Required to Have a Principal Accounting Officer?

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I was recently asked whether public companies are required, as a technical matter, to have principal accounting officers (PAOs). While PAOs are not strictly required, companies without PAOs should be aware of the result—that...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Considerations for Year-End Estate Planning and Business Transitions

As we near the end of 2024, this is the perfect time to reexamine your tax and estate planning action items. There are plenty to address, and it’s wise to do so sooner rather than later. In reviewing year-end estate planning...more

Cooley LLP

NYSE proposes to limit the use of reverse stock splits to regain price compliance

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Not to be outdone by Nasdaq, the NYSE is now also proposing to take on the challenge of repeated reverse stock splits. More specifically, the NYSE proposes to limit the circumstances under which a listed company may use a...more

Osano

4 Ways Privacy in Business Generates ROI

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Modern businesses have to be compliant with data privacy regulations. Everyone knows that. But nobody likes being told they have to do something. Especially not when that something seems like an expensive, complicated...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The UK Employment Rights Bill

On 10 October 2024, the UK government published its Employment Rights Bill. This bill includes many of the measures previously set out in the Labour Party’s “Plan to Make Work Pay” and the King’s Speech. See our July 2024 UK...more

Morgan Lewis

US Federal Trade Commission Issues Final Rules on HSR Pre-Merger Reporting

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More than a year after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) first proposed far-reaching changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) pre-merger notification rules, the FTC—via a unanimous and therefore bipartisan vote of its...more

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FTC and DOJ Issue Final Changes to HSR Premerger Notification Form

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Fifteen months ago, the FTC and DOJ proposed a radical expansion of the information required to be provided to the antitrust agencies by merging parties as part of a premerger notification filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Update: Maryland Cannabis Administration

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Adult possession and use of cannabis has been legal in Maryland since Maryland’s Cannabis Reform Act (“CRA”) took effect in July 2023. The CRA established the Maryland Cannabis Administration (“MCA”) and tasked it with...more

Troutman Pepper

California Law Highlights the Need to Prepare for Climate Disclosures

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The march toward mandated corporate disclosures for climate-related risks continues. Despite significant pushback and substantial legal challenges, state legislatures and regulators are continuing to advance laws and rules...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

TD Bank: Part 2 – When Profits Trump Compliance: A Recipe for Corporate Disaster

We continue our exploration of the resolution of the AML/BSA enforcement action involving TD Bank US (the Bank), which is wholly owned by TD Bank Group, a publicly traded (NYSE: TD) international banking and financial...more

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