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Corporate Veil Piercing Remains Powerful Tool in New York-Seated Arbitrations

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In October 2024 an attempt by Egyptian businessman Michel Lakah to set aside a 2018 ICDR award was rejected by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), marking what the Respondent...more

The Volkov Law Group

BIT Mining Bribery Scheme — CEO Directed Payments and the Cover-Up (Part II of III)

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In reviewing FCPA bribery fact patterns, it is a rare occasion when a company’s CEO is at the epicenter of the criminal conspiracy. In the BIT Mining case, standing atop all of the actors is the CEO Zhengming Pan, Bit...more

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Global Employment Trends and What's Ahead: 2024 in Review and 2025 Preview

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Global employers are preparing for changes to the labor and employment landscape in 2025, including evolving employee expectations about the role of work in their lives, increasing regulation, growing use of generative AI,...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Policy Statement on Changes to Financial Crime Guide

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement on changes to its financial crime guide, following its consultation in April. The changes cover the following areas: (i) sanctions—to reflect information...more

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Implementing Regulation on Standard Templates for the Register of Information

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The European Commission rejected the European Supervisory Authorities' draft ITS in September on the basis that financial entities should have the choice of using either EU unique identifiers or legal entity identifiers. The...more

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Fifth Circuit Limits OFAC Authority Over Certain Cryptocurrency Products

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On November 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) exceeded its authority by adding an entity that pools and anonymizes crypto transactions to OFAC’s...more

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CFIUS Regulatory Expansion: Five Things You Need to Know

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") has engaged in a flurry of rulemaking over the last year, most recently issuing a final rule to sharpen and enhance the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Austria (Updated)

1. Introduction - In principle any national citizen or foreign national is allowed to establish a business in Austria. A company is defined as a partnership of at least two persons (exceptions for limited liability...more

DLA Piper

Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs Reactivates its Office Against Discrimination in Commerce

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The Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO, per its acronym in Spanish) reactivated its Office Against Discrimination in Commerce (OADC) in September 2024 to ensure Puerto Rican consumers receive fair and equal...more

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Bank of England Consults on Revocation of UK Technical Standards on Simplified Obligations

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The Bank of England has published a consultation paper on the proposed revocation of the U.K. technical standards on simplified obligations. The U.K. retained the EU framework for determining the level of information required...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Review of the UK and EU Approaches to Third Country Branches and Subsidiarisation

Financial centres around the world have been hosts to branches and representative offices of international banks since as early as the 19th century. The term “branch” refers to a local establishment of a foreign financial...more

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International Organization of Securities Commissions Publishes Final Report on Evolution of Market Structures

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published its final report on the evolution in the operation, governance, and business models of exchanges. The Report focuses on equity exchanges, but IOSCO...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Proliferation of Trade Secret Misappropriation and U.S. Enforcement Choices

미국의 영업 비밀 소송 호황기 This is a boom time for trade secret litigation in the U.S. The underlying conditions driving the boom include the growing mobility of the global workforce, the ease with which electronic data can be...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

AI in Compliance: Part 3, Leveraging AI for Employee Behavioral Analytics in Corporate Compliance

We continue our 5-part exploration of using AI in compliance by considering how employee behavioral analytics can be used to prevent employee misconduct. Whether intentional or inadvertent, employee misconduct can present...more

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Cryptocurrency and novation by conduct: always in your Coincorner

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The English High Court recently confirmed that the novation of customer contracts in connection with the sale of a cryptocurrency exchange business could be inferred even when customers did not provide their explicit consent....more

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New UK Financial Conduct Authority Direction for the Derivatives Trading Obligation

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a new direction for the U.K. derivatives trading obligation, together with an explanatory memorandum. The FCA's existing direction modifying the U.K. DTO using its Temporary...more

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Power moves: Data center deals are heating up in EMEA

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AI, social media and cloud computing are driving dealmaking demand in EMEA’s data center subsector - Demand for data centers—the physical facilities that house computer servers used by organizations to remotely store,...more

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Zooming in on AI – #13: EU AI act– Focus on fundamental rights impact assessment for high-risk AI systems

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Companies deploying high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems must prepare to conduct Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA) by 2 August 2026. In this edition of our “Zooming in on AI” series we explain what this...more

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Operating Management Incentive Plans (MIPs) globally: key issues

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In the dynamic landscape of global private equity, MIPs are a crucial tool for attracting, retaining, and motivating executive talent. In this article, we highlight key issues and practical tips for companies planning to...more

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UK energy: the new National Future System Operator and Clean Power 2030

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The new UK Government has taken several recent steps in its mission to achieve security of supply of affordable clean energy. We discuss its autumn flurry of energy and infrastructure related announcements in our article New...more

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New UK Government bets big on energy and infrastructure

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UK energy and infrastructure developments have been coming thick and fast as the new Government gets its feet under the table. With the Autumn Budget headlining a flurry of announcements on energy and infrastructure policy...more

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BIT Mining CEO Indicted for FCPA Violations — Bit Mining Pays $10 Million to Settle DOJ and SEC FCPA Cases (Part I of III)

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Earlier this year, Bit Mining and its CEO fell under the FCPA hammer. Bit Mining, formerly known as 500.com, resolved investigations with the Justice Department and the SEC for its corrupt scheme to bribe Japanese government...more

Morgan Lewis

Trump’s Second-Term Tariff Agenda: Tools for Implementation

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In this first installment of our four-part trade series, we explore how President-elect Trump may implement proposed tariff increases on imports of foreign-origin goods into the United States....more

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Guidelines 02/2024 on Article 48 of the GDPR: EDPB Clarifies Rules for Data Sharing With Third-Country Authorities

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In the ever-evolving landscape of data protection and privacy, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) stands as the most significant legislative framework for processing personal data. Known for its extraterritorial...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: America First 2.0

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“President-elect Trump is re-entering the Oval Office with an even bolder and more muscular approach to his America First policies. But Trump’s policymaking isn’t the only thing to have evolved over the past four years – so...more

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