Our latest episode of “The Preferred Return” examines the often intricate dynamic between general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs), particularly in today’s challenging fundraising environment. Hosts Greg Norman and…
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/ Finance & Banking
On 24 April 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released new guidance on corporate self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs)…
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/ Business Organizations, Criminal Law
Key Points:
- The SEC’s Crypto Task Force cited past “hostility” toward digital assets and aims to create a regulatory framework.
- Tokenized securities face complex regulatory challenges, including compliance with the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On April 22, 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Dr. Martin Makary announced that FDA is taking actions to remove petroleum-based dyes…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Toxic Torts
On April 17, 2025, three operating divisions of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly issued an advisory to provide guidance on the materiality or other criteria they will use in deciding whether to make a…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The arbitration infrastructure of Hong Kong and Singapore is broadly similar, built on arbitration-friendly legislation, pro-arbitration courts and a consistent reputation for neutrality in the context of arbitration. Indeed, in…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
On 1 April 2025, the UK government confirmed that the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) — which was established under the National Security Act 2023 — will come into force from 1 July 2025. The UK government has…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade
In this issue, we discuss the UK government’s various significant amendments to the Employment Rights Bill; a Court of Appeal ruling that highlights the challenges for employers in balancing competing beliefs in the workplace;…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
On April 15, 2025, President Trump issued the executive order “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First,” aimed at lowering the prices of prescription drugs and biologics, encouraging competition in the drug…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health
On April 15, 2025, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) distributed an infographic with statistics on mass arbitration in 2024, which could be read to suggest that the consumer mass arbitration process is functioning…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Law Practice Products & Services
In two recent rulings, judges in the U.S. Northern District of California have allowed proposed class actions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to proceed without an allegation of a data breach, departing from…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In its first major initiative, on March 21, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) newly formed Council on National Security (Council) launched an investigation into the “ongoing U.S. operations” of businesses…
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/ Communications & Media Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
On the heels of the publication by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) of a draft consultation paper analysing the structural shifts in the life insurance sector to increase allocations to alternative…
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/ Finance & Banking, Insurance, International Law & Trade
Key Points -
- Periods of market volatility expose firms managing private funds to increased scrutiny from government agencies, regardless of the existence of any actual misconduct.
- Government agencies may open an…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Increases in Counterfeit Beauty and Personal Care Products -
The rise of e-commerce has led to increasing sales of counterfeit or noncompliant beauty and personal care products, including many that are knockoffs of established…
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/ Consumer Protection, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
