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The Evolving Global Foreign Direct Investment and National Security Review Landscape - May 2024

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Key Takeaways - - As FDI regimes proliferate and mature around the globe, governments are taking an ever-more expansive view of the concept of “national security” to include more than military and defense interests, which...more

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Foreign direct investment reviews 2023: A global perspective

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Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more

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Luxembourg Again Extends Cross-Border COVID-19-Related Agreements with Belgium

As we have previously discussed, Luxembourg has developed solutions with its neighboring nations to ease the economic burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers. Specifically, Luxembourg authorities worked with their...more

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Belgian and French Courts Ruled on New Climate Lawsuits Against Governments

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On May 26, 2021, the Hague District Court ordered, in a groundbreaking decision, Royal Dutch Shell Plc to ensure that the aggregate annual volume of all carbon dioxide emissions of the Shell group, its suppliers, and...more

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The Enforcement of Abuse of Economic Dependence in the EU

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INTRODUCTION - Behaviors such as excessive pricing and refusal to supply are often well understood to create potential issues if the company is dominant. However, under the national laws of some EU member states, such conduct...more

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Growing Global Movement to Restrict Single-Use Plastic Bags

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According to the United Nations, 127 countries have passed regulations on single-use plastic bags in an effort to incentivize consumers to use reusable bags when shopping. The scope of these regulations varies from country...more

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Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: July 2020

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Please note: while we address some country-specific updates related to the COVID-19 outbreak, the below contains information regarding global restrictions and closures as they stand today. Given the constantly changing nature...more

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Short selling bans and market restrictions – Considerations for investors (Updated May 2020)

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A number of regulators across the globe responded to recent market volatility by introducing temporary short selling bans and/or market restrictions. Such bans have since expired as of 18 May 2020. Other regulators (including...more

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Foreign Companies May Lose Access to U.S. Capital Markets Under Just-Passed Senate Legislation

A recently passed Senate bill would eliminate the ability of a company to access U.S. investors through the public capital markets if the company uses an auditor in a foreign jurisdiction that does not permit inspection by...more

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Global Lockdown: International Jurisdictions Extend COVID-19 Stay-Home Orders

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As we previously reported, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the global workplace and international employer-employee relations in profound ways. ...more

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Short selling bans and market restrictions – Considerations for investors

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A number of regulators across the globe have responded to recent market volatility by introducing temporary short selling bans and/or market restrictions. Other regulators (including the UK) say that there is no evidence to...more

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Austria, Belgium, France, Greece and Spain Extend Short Selling Ban Until 18 May 2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has confirmed the renewal of the emergency restrictions on short selling and similar transactions by the Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) of Austria, the Financial Securities and...more

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Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: January 2020

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Seyfarth maintains 11 offices across the United States, as well as international offices in London, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney, and Hong Kong. Our Global Mobility Team is staffed with a group of professionals that includes...more

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Littler Lightbulb: Highlighting Recent Developments Across Europe

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Our European practice, spread across 13 offices in the region’s most robust economies, can provide a single point of contact for clients’ global labor and employment needs. Here we highlight significant labor and employment...more

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European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments – June 2019

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As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is facing aggravated fraud charges from German prosecutors for his leadership of the automaker “when it deceived regulators about its vehicles’ diesel exhaust levels.” The criminal...more

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Which jurisdiction? Choosing where to litigate: A jurisdictional overview of the world’s court systems

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With ongoing advances in technology and communications, the number of contracting parties looking beyond their local jurisdiction when choosing a dispute resolution forum continues to grow It is easier than ever for...more

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Jones Day Global Privacy & Data Security Update | Vol. 19

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On the heels of the European Union's General Data Protection law, which went into effect in May 2018, California has enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")—the result of an 11th-hour compromise between...more

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EuroResource—Deals and Debt | December 2017

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For the benefit of our clients and friends investing in European distressed opportunities, our European Network is sharing some current developments. Recent Developments - The Netherlands—On 5 September 2017, the...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

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UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

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Dorsey Anti-Corruption Digest - November 2017

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Massachusetts-based Alere Inc. will pay $13 million to settle charges alleging that the company bribed foreign officials and engaged in an accounting fraud, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cease and...more

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Diplomatic Community-May 2017

Kelley Drye’s Diplomatic Community is our quarterly newsletter that provides updates on public international law developments with a focus on diplomatic legal issues, international organizations, the law of immunities and...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

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On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

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LNG in Europe 2016/2017: An Overview of LNG Import Terminals in Europe

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Overview of LNG in Europe - Gas is a key source of energy supply to Europe, and plays a fundamental role in Europe’s energy supply mix. Europe is a net importer of gas, which enters Europe in one of two ways: as natural...more

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French Labor Court Holds: Look The Other Way And Pay

France is world-renowned for its protection of employees against adverse employer actions, particularly unilateral terminations. Like virtually all other countries outside the United States, France does not recognize at-will...more

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