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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Common Privacy Pitfalls in M&A Deals

Many expect that deal activity will increase in 2025. As we approach the end of the first quarter, it is helpful to keep in mind privacy and data security issues that can potentially derail a deal. We discussed this in a...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Demysitifying the Canadian Business Transaction Exemption

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The tightening of privacy and data protection compliance obligations in Canada and the United States, has led to increasingly comprehensive “data security and privacy” representations and warranties in purchase agreements, as...more

MoFo Tech

AI Trends for 2025 - Dirty Data Damaging Deals – Data Issues in AI M&A

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2024 saw strong interest in M&A involving companies that use or develop artificial intelligence (“AI”) offerings. The rise of AI has brought new issues for companies and dealmakers. In particular, 2024 saw regulators focusing...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

M&A in 2024 and Trends for 2025

Global M&A in 2024 faced geopolitical issues, elevated interest rates, and inflationary pressures, with expanding antitrust, foreign investment, national security, and export regimes adding complexity. But inflation receded...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - November 2024

At what point has a director served too long? What about term limits? A mandatory retirement age? When do a director’s skills become stale? These issues are addressed in this issue of The Informed Board, as well as why proxy...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 7, August 2024

Welcome to our seventh 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We have a few events we want to pass along to those interested in technology, but also other areas of law and business. ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Tech Exit Series – Preparing a Data Room

Orrick's Tech Exit Series suggests tips for tech companies looking towards an exit. Our market-leading London M&A and Private Equity team writes instalments in the series with contributions from specialists across our broader...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Focus of China Cross-Border M&A Turns to Government-Favored Sectors and Away From West

China’s cross-border M&A market continued to face strong headwinds in 2022, with a slowing economy and new COVID-19 restrictions weighing on the market. There have been fewer outbound and inbound transactions, with total deal...more

Epiq

Cyberside Chats: New Year Resolution - No More M&A Until We Understand the Cyber Risk First

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On this episode of CyberSide Chats, Epiq’s CISO Jerich Beason, and this week’s co-host Whitney McCollum are joined by Stefanie Drysdale to discuss M&A. They discuss the process of evaluating a target company’s cybersecurity...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] 10th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 22nd - 23rd, 11:00 am - 5:30 pm CET

Join SCCE virtually for the 10th Annual ECEI - Can't attend the conference in-person? The European Compliance & Ethics Institute, 22-23 March 2022, allows you to hear from today’s compliance and ethics leaders on the...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] 10th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 14th - 16th, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Join SCCE in Amsterdam for the 10th Annual ECEI - Want to learn more about the challenges facing the European and global compliance and ethics community? Join us for the 10th Annual European Compliance & Ethics...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] 9th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 15th - 17th, 9:55 am - 6:00 pm CET

Though we are disappointed we will not be together in-person, we remain dedicated to providing a first-class learning experience while keeping the health and well being of everyone a top priority.  The ECEI will have the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Resolving TikTok’s Data Issues Country by Country

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India’s Reliance Industries is considering acquiring TikTok’s business in India from ByteDance. We recently discussed the growing distrust by companies and countries of TikTok because of the perceived vulnerability of user...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Virtual 2020 Richmond Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - May 8th, Richmond, VA

Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

[Webinar] CMMC Is Coming: Are You Ready? - March 17th, 2:00 pm ET

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Now that DOD has released the final version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) guidelines, all contractors that work directly or indirectly on Department of Defense (DOD) contracts should be preparing to...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] Data Protection and Privacy: Due Diligence Issues in M&A Transactions - October 15th, 11:00 am ET

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As data are quickly becoming significant corporate assets, it’s important to help companies both maximize the value of their data and protect the business against any associated risks. This is particularly true in M&A...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Why Every M&A Deal Should Include Data Privacy Due Diligence

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Milk, meat, fruits, breads … and data protection. These are the new food groups for your M&A deal. Just 24 hours after the notice of intent to fine British Airways 183 Million GBP, the UK ICO issued an intent to fine...more

Williams Mullen

A Framework of Due Diligence of Data in an M&A Transaction

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The broad adoption of technologies that collect, analyze, store and distribute data is disrupting a number of industries. It is also proving to be a challenge for lawyers attempting to apply existing laws and regulations to...more

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Data Due Diligence In M&A Transactions: Ownership Rights in Data

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As data are quickly becoming a significant corporate asset, lawyers in corporate transactions need to consider the legal risks associated with data. Failure to understand and address these risks can result in significant...more

K&L Gates LLP

OnRisk: Insurance for Cyber Risk in M&A Transactions - A HUB Talks Podcast

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Cyber due diligence is quickly becoming the “new normal” for buyers in M&A transactions as they seek to protect themselves against cyber risk. Cyber due diligence, however, is only part of the solution. Many sophisticated...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Six Recent Government Supply Chain Risk and Cybersecurity Initiatives

• DoD and other government agencies will scrutinize contractors’ supply chain security plans and programs from proposal submission to contract closeout. • The 2019 NDAA as approved by Congress and DHS initiatives highlight...more

McDermott Will & Emery

International News: Focus on International M&A

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The Impact of The EU General Data Protection Regulation - The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 May 2016 following the compromise...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fines Issued for Transfer of Customer Data in an M&A Asset Deal

Recent enforcement actions by the Bavarian Data Protection Authority (DPA) [Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht] highlight the importance of severe restrictions placed on the transfer of such data, even in the...more

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