The New York Voting Rights Act‘s (NYVRA) preclearance section takes effect on September 22, 2024. The new rule requires covered jurisdictions to seek “preclearance” of certain covered policy changes to their election and...more
In 2013, a divided Supreme Court held in Shelby County v. Holder that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional, ending its preclearance requirement in states with a history of discriminatory voting...more
On June 12, the Office of the New York State Attorney General (AG) proposed a new rule related to the New York Voting Rights Act (NYVRA)....more
The Department of Commerce’s ICTS rule prohibiting certain information and communications services and technology transactions went into effect earlier this week. In January, the Department committed to implement a licensing...more
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
The IRS requires that Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (“OVDP”) preclearance letters be submitted to IRS Criminal Investigations by August 24, 2018. Taxpayers only have five more days to submit the OVDP preclearance...more
Insider trading policies are among the most detailed and confusing of all corporate polices. And though they are not required by any SEC or stock exchange rule, virtually every public company has one. Included in almost every...more
In This Issue: - Filing Pre-Clearance - Squeeze Outs Through Reduction to Fractional Shares - Interest in Dissenters’ Rights Actions - Cross Entity Conversion - Class or Series Voting on Amendments - The...more
The United States Supreme Court (the Court) struck down part of the Voting Rights Act (the Act) this week, freeing nine states, including Arizona, and dozens of counties from federal oversight of their voting laws....more
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 unconstitutional. Section 4 contained the legislative formula to determine which jurisdictions must get “preclearance” from the federal...more