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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: October 15, 2024 – The Outside Counsel Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Innovation in Compliance: Tech Evolution in Real Estate Law: A Conversation with Christy-Ann Jordaan

Innovation comes in many areas and compliance professionals need to not only be ready for it but embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers, and creators in the...more

Mayer Brown

Final FTC Rule Enacts Fundamental Changes to HSR; Will Complicate Merger Filings

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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its Final Rule enacting changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) premerger notification rules. The Final Rule will usher in the most significant changes...more

Littler

NLRB General Counsel Explains What Remedies She Wants for Non-Competes She Considers Illegal and Promises Crack-Down on...

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On October 7, 2024, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC Memorandum 25-01, consisting of two parts. First, the GC urges the NLRB to provide make-whole relief to employees if the Board...more

Mayer Brown

The UK Employment Rights Bill: Pro-worker and Pro-business?

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The UK Government has published the much anticipated Employment Rights Bill. Dubbed the “biggest shake-up in UK employment law in over 30 years", the Bill proposes numerous reforms that will impact both employers and...more

Stinson LLP

FTC Finalizes Changes to Premerger Notification Form

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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced long-awaited finalized changes to the premerger notification form and associated instructions, as well as the premerger notification rules implementing the...more

Polsinelli

The Long Awaited HSR Form and Rules Are Here, and They're Not as Burdensome as Feared

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In June 2023, the FTC and DOJ (the “Agencies”) proposed a new rule that would significantly change the form and instructions for premerger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (“New HSR Form”). That proposal hinted...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Corporate Dissolution Petition Hits Back Burner in Favor of Earlier Filed Claims for Money Damages

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The shareholder oppression claim under BCL 1104-a has a unique relationship with claims for money damages. A minority shareholder petitioning for dissolution under BCL 1104-a must establish that the majority shareholders...more

Mayer Brown

Brazil Publishes Provisional Measure Introducing Additional CSLL to Adapt to OECD GloBE Rules

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On October 3, 2024, Provisional Measure (PM) No. 1,262/2024 was enacted, introducing an addition to the Social Contribution on Net Income (the “Additional CSLL”), in order to adapt to the Organisation for Economic...more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

DBE Program Partially Blocked After Legal Challenge

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Last month, a federal judge in Kentucky issued a decision granting a preliminary injunction to partially block the United States Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program. A copy of the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

5 Key Antitrust Takeaways from Holland & Knight's Panel at Nashville Healthcare Sessions 2024

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2024 has been an eventful year for federal and state antitrust enforcement in healthcare with many in the industry wondering where do we go from here in 2025. Holland & Knight sponsored a breakout panel discussion at the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Charges Former Public Company Director and CEO with Concealing Close Friendship with Company Executive

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As most public companies enter their fourth fiscal quarter and look ahead to filing their Form 10-Ks and proxy statements, a recent settlement agreement announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) serves as...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

NYPA Releases Draft Renewables Strategic Plan, Invites Collaboration with Private Developers

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the New York Power Authority (“NYPA”) released its draft 2025 Renewables Strategic Plan (the “Draft Plan”) and invited public comment. The 2023-24 New York State budget granted NYPA expanded...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Preventing Employee Litigation: Proactive Legal Strategies

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Every year, Forbes estimates a staggering 36% to 53% of small businesses are affected by business litigation. This statistic highlights the importance of taking proactive measures to set the foundation for a thriving...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: Oct. 1 Quarterly Review

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

JAMS

Five Tips for Making Better Use of Outside Counsel and Mediators

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Having served as a mediator for over 30 years, I have observed in-house counsel trying, with varying success, to manage outside counsel and others in the mediation process, including the neutral. Optimal results in mediation...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Merely Copying In-House Counsel Does Not Necessarily Establish Attorney-Client Privilege

Businesses who employ in-house attorneys frequently assume that copying their lawyer on internal communications shields the communications from discovery because of the attorney-client privilege. In 1981, the U.S. Supreme...more

A&O Shearman

UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce Technical Group Publishes Draft Recommendations

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The U.K. Accelerated Settlement Taskforce Technical Group has published a draft recommendation report and consultation. The Taskforce was established to examine the case for the securities settlement cycle to be shortened...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Navigating Executive Compensation in M&A

Many legal and financial challenges related to executive compensation can arise from leadership transitions during mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Companies must decide how to treat equity incentives, navigate complex tax...more

Robson & Robson, P.C.

Close, But No Books, Records, Or Cigar: The Role of Status And Location When Seeking Books And Records In PA.

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Some attorneys believe that a shareholder seeking books and records from the corporate entity they own shares of is an effective use of time and resources. I’m not one of them....more

Goodwin

FTC and DOJ Finalize Major Changes to HSR Form and Disclosure Requirements

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On October 10, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a Notice of Final Rulemaking regarding the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Premerger...more

International Lawyers Network

Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Canada (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY & REHABILITATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER CANADIAN LAW - 1. Canada's Political and Legal System - Canada has a federal system of government, subject to its Constitution, which was...more

Venable LLP

FTC Announces Significant Expansion of HSR Premerger Filings

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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved a final rule that makes sweeping changes to the substance of premerger notifications required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act....more

Hogan Lovells

Unpleasant October surprise – the FTC announces final rule expanding HSR filing disclosures

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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its final rule revising the requirements for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). Parties to...more

Locke Lord LLP

FTC Issues Final Rule Overhauling and ‎Increasing the Burden of HSR Filings

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After what is described as “intense negotiations” among the commissioners, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has unanimously approved a substantial overhaul to the rules governing the documents and information that must be...more

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