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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The SEC Announces New Filer Access Procedures for EDGAR

On September 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted a final rule designed to modernize access to and use of accounts on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval...more

Mayer Brown

UK Corporate Criminal Liability: Guidance issued on New Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence

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INTRODUCTION - On 26 October 2023, the UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the "Act") received royal assent and became law. The Act introduces a new strict liability corporate criminal offence of failure...more

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Ontario, Canada Appellate Court Provides Guidance to Employers on How to Draft Employment Settlement Documents

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The Court of Appeal for Ontario found that settlement documents signed after an employee separated from employment prevented him from suing for the value of vested stock options....more

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Harnessing Data for Legal Operations Excellence: Insights and Strategies

What if I told you roughly 11% of senior legal operations believe that their business partners don’t consider them to be trusted advisors? Doesn’t seem like a lot, does it? But 11% of, let’s say, 1,000 legal departments are...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Happy Workers and Robots? DOL Guidance on AI and Well-Being

The landscape of employment is undergoing a seismic shift as employers increasingly integrate technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), into workplace practices. AI workplace uses include a variety of...more

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New ICSID Report Shows High Level of Satisfaction of ICSID Awards

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On June 17, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID or the Centre) published a report on the trends in enforcement and compliance of the awards rendered by arbitration tribunals constituted under...more

Bracewell LLP

What Did I Miss? Key UK Sanctions Updates from Q3-4 2024

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In recent months, the United Kingdom’s sanctions regime has received noteworthy updates with implications for a range of entities operating both domestically and abroad. The changes are housed in an update to the Russia...more

Gardner Law

How to Protect Your Business During a Search Warrant Execution

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Responding to Law Enforcement and Safeguarding Your Interests - In this final installment of our series on government investigations, we tackle the most daunting scenario: the execution of a search warrant at your...more

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5 IRS Penalty Abatement Strategies

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As a U.S. taxpayer, one of the last things that you want to hear is that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has disagreed with your tax assessment and has imposed penalties for noncompliance. The good news is that the IRS...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - November 2024

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

Perkins Coie

Arizona’s Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2025

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Arizona’s hourly minimum wage will increase from $14.35 to $14.70 per hour, effective January 1, 2025. This increase is in accordance with the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, A.R.S. § 23-363(B), which requires Arizona’s...more

A&O Shearman

Western District Of Louisiana Grants Motion To Dismiss Putative Federal Securities Class Action Against Telecommunications Company...

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On October 30, 2024, Judge Terry A. Doughty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana adopted the September 30, 2024 Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Kayla Dye McClusky and granted...more

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Maine Employers: Paid FML Preparation

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While Maine employers are still waiting for the Department of Labor to finalize regulations related to the recently instituted Paid FML program, there are steps that employers should take now....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recent Federal Prosecution Highlights Risks of Receiving Competitors’ Confidential Information From a Customer

On September 30, 2024, the DOJ announced that Siemens Energy, Inc., pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge and agreed to pay a $104 million fine for rigging a bid by using rivals’ bidding information wrongfully obtained...more

A&O Shearman

UK public M&A – return of share-for-share offers

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In 2024 we have seen a significant increase in listed corporate bidders offering their equity to target company shareholders in UK public M&A deals, including on offers made by non-UK listed companies. In the year to date,...more

Lathrop GPM

California Bankruptcy Court Rules that Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code Allows Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen to Block Chapter...

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A bankruptcy court in California denied Pinnacle Foods of California, LLC’s motion to assume six separate franchise agreements with franchisor Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. In re Pinnacle Foods of California LLC, 2024 WL...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Plaintiffs’ attorneys continue to test class action theories under New York City’s Biometrics Law

A putative class action complaint filed against the parent company of the New York Mets underscores the need for businesses in New York City to comply with an oft-overlooked law governing the collection and use of consumer...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Deadline for Carbon-Related Disclosures Under CA AB 1305 Quickly Approaching

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The deadline for the California law requiring disclosure of information substantiating carbon reduction claims is January 1, 2025, so companies should begin working on these disclosure statements if they are not underway or...more

Cooley LLP

ISS Opens Peer Group Submission Window for 2025 Annual Meetings

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) uses peer group data as one input in their analysis of a company’s executive pay program that may ultimately impact their vote recommendation for a company’s “say-on-pay” proposal...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

CMS Extends Deadline for All Skilled Nursing Facilities to Complete Required Off-Cycle Revalidation

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Update: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for skilled nursing facilities to submit information for the required off-cycle revalidation to May 1, 2025, regardless of when the facility...more

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Takeover Panel Response on the Application of the Takeover Code

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The Takeover Code (the “Code”) has published its response to its consultation on the application of the Code and is adopting the amendments previously proposed in PCP 2024/1 subject to some modifications. The changes will...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

What Should a Chief Compliance Officer Report to the Board of Directors?

The Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) role is essential in building an organization that meets regulatory standards and upholds a robust ethical culture. But what should the CCO be reporting to the Board of Directors to ensure...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Government Publishes Guidance on “Failure to Prevent Fraud” Offence

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Guidance clarifies the implementation date, scope, and application of landmark new corporate offence, and provides suggestions for fraud-prevention procedures. On 6 November 2024, the UK Home Office published...more

Allen Matkins

Why Was 25% Chosen As California's Jurisdictional Threshold For Recapitalization Transactions?

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California's securities qualification requirements and exemptions depend upon whether the offer and sale of securities is an issuer transaction, a change in rights, exchange, merger, or conversion transaction, or a nonissuer...more

Troutman Pepper

Navigating Multigenerational Dynamics: Inspired by The Intern — Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In this episode of Hiring to Firing, Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter explore the challenges and benefits of managing a multigenerational workforce, inspired by the movie The Intern. Joined by Naomi Barnett and Elizabeth...more

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