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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Corporate Trends and Financing - March 2024

Managing Deal Risks in a Challenging Regulatory Environment: Strategies and Deal Terms With antitrust and other regulators scrutinizing mergers more closely, it is crucial for companies to negotiate terms to mitigate and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Broad Reforms to China’s Company Law Will Affect Most PRC Companies

On December 29, 2023, China enacted the amended Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (Amended PRC Company Law), which will come into effect on July 1, 2024. These are some of the most significant changes to the laws...more

Goldberg Segalla

Governor Hochul Vetoes Bill Requiring Foreign Corporations to Consent to General Jurisdiction in New York Courts

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On December 22, 2023, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed Senate Bill S7476, which provided that a foreign corporation’s application for authority to do business in New York constitutes consent to jurisdiction of New York...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

President Biden’s Made in America Tax Plan Would Treat More Cross-border Transactions as Inversion Transactions

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Generally, an “inversion” is a transaction in which a non-U.S. corporation directly or indirectly acquires substantially all of the properties held by a U.S. corporation or partnership, after which the former owners of that...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Biden Administration's Made in America Tax Plan: Interaction with OECD Inclusive Framework

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The American Jobs Plan is a proposal to increase investment in infrastructure, the production of clean energy, the care economy and other priorities. The Made in America Tax Plan (Tax Plan) is the vehicle to pay for the...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Congress Passes the “Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act”

Foreign public companies listed in the United States may soon face delisting if their auditors cannot comply with US investor protection laws. On December 2, 2020, the US House of Representatives passed by voice vote the...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill Requiring Delisting of Covered Issuers for Continued Failure to Allow PCAOB Inspection

On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives (“House”) passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, Senate Bill No. 945 (the “bill”)....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Disclosure Requirements for Foreign Companies Listed on U.S. Exchanges

Recently, a bipartisan bill was introduced in Congress that would require that U.S. listed foreign companies provide U.S. regulators access to accounting records tied to audit reports....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Mandatory Female Representation on Public Company Boards – An Important California Corporate Governance Development

The California Legislature has approved and sent to the Governor for signature a bill ("SB 826") requiring companies incorporated in California and foreign corporations (such as Delaware corporations) headquartered in...more

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House Passes Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: How the Senate Proposal Compares

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On November 2, 2017, the House Ways and Means Committee (the “House Committee”) released its plan for comprehensive tax reform: the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” (H.R. 1) (the “House Bill”). Following a week of hearings,...more

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Just When We Thought Measure 97 Was Dead—It May Be Back!

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As I reported previously, Oregon Measure 97 was overwhelmingly defeated by voters in the state’s general election this past November. It certainly appeared that the voters spoke loudly and clearly on November 8, 2016, when...more

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