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The UK Launches Its Own ‘FARA’: What Companies Need to Know About the New Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

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On July 1, 2025, the United Kingdom’s new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) will formally take effect, creating sweeping registration obligations under U.K. law for persons engaging in certain activities on behalf...more

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Important update for individuals registered with the RCS: Luxembourg National Identification Numbers

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The Luxembourg Business Registers (LBR) recently published a notice in relation to the Luxembourg national identification numbers (LNIN) of individuals that need to be registered with the Luxembourg trade and companies...more

Dickinson Wright

Canadian B Visitors to the U.S.: What Does Registration Mean for You?

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On March 12, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its proposed new registration Interim Final Regulation (IFR). It becomes effective on April 11, 2025. The IFR outlines the existing long-term regulations...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Regulation in Flux, March 2025 - CFTC Staff Withdraws Advisory on Swap Execution Facility Registration Requirement

On March 13, 2025, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued Letter 25-05, withdrawing controversial and much-criticized Staff Letter 21-19 (“SEF Registration Advisory”), which was issued September 29, 2021...more

Kerr Russell

Registration and Fingerprinting Requirements for Foreign Nationals

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Beginning April 11, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service will enforce provisions requiring all non-U.S. citizens over age 14 register and be fingerprinted if they are in the U.S. for at least 30 days and have...more

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USCIS Announces Mandatory Registration for Certain Noncitizens

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new requirement for certain foreign nationals to register with the federal government and provide biometric information, including fingerprints,...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Online Registration Deadline for Foreign Nationals

On March 12, 2025 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) amending the foreign national registration regulations to provide a new registration requirement....more

Alston & Bird

Mandatory Alien Registration Law Going into Effect – DHS Revives Old Immigration Law

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Our Immigration Team examines the registration requirements of a law that targets noncitizens who spend more than 30 days in the United States....more

Dickinson Wright

April 11, 2025 Registration Rule Enhanced: Foreign Nationals – Carry Your Papers!

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On March 11, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the draft of its proposed new registration Interim Final Regulation (IFR) referenced in the announcement by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Expands Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced a new policy, with immediate effect, expanding the accommodations available for issuers that...more

Cozen O'Connor

SEC Expands Availability of Confidential Review Process to Encourage Flexibility in Capital Formation

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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff issued guidance that expands the existing accommodations available to companies to submit draft registration statements to the SEC for confidential,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

H-1B Cap Lottery Season Commences on March 7, 2025

Employers seeking to hire foreign professionals in H-1B status need to prepare for the registration process. The annual lottery season commences in early March, and the short filing period lasts little more than two weeks....more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Plan Now for FY 2026 H-1B Cap Registration: What Employers Need to Know

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will conduct its annual electronic registration process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap from March 7, 2024 to March 24, 2025. Employers seeking to register employees...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Pennsylvania Joins the Pack – New Annual Reporting Requirement and What You Need to Know

As of January 1, 2025, most domestic and foreign filing associations in Pennsylvania are required to file an annual report (like that required in most states) (the “Annual Report”). This replaces the prior decennial filing...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

What Happens When Uncle Sam Doesn’t Understand SAM? The Case of the Lucky Protester . . .

On January 8, 2025, in UNICA-BPA JV, LLC, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protester’s challenge to its elimination from the competition for failing to have an active System for Award Management...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FDA Updates Final Guidance on Cosmetic Facility Registration and Product Listing: Wiley

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a Notice announcing the availability of an updated final guidance for the industry entitled “Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products.” The...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Three Firms That Engaged in General Solicitation Settle with SEC for Failure to Timely File Forms D

On December 20, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the “Commission”) announced charges against several entities that failed to file a Form D within 15 days of a private sale of securities. These entities,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Unlocking the Power of Equity-Based Incentive Compensation: Special Considerations for Publicly-Traded Companies

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This article is the seventh and final in our series on equity-based compensation. It will provide an overview of special considerations for publicly-traded companies when granting equity awards, including the impact of proxy...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The CPPA’s Hunt for Unregistered Data Brokers

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has ramped up enforcement efforts under the California Delete Act. In the span of a month, the agency announced an investigative sweep, proposed updates to the law’s...more

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Motor Carrier Regulatory Agencies: Determining Which are Applicable and How to Comply

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The regulatory environment is top of mind these days coupled with speculation over potential change. Any attention paid to our obligations for safe and lawful operation is positive as we strive for compliance by our companies...more

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CPPA Enforces Data Broker Rules

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In the past month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced that it was beginning a public investigative sweep of data broker regulatory compliance and reached settlements with two data broker companies just...more

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Data Broker Compliance in the Spotlight

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The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) made headlines on November 14, 2024, by issuing its first significant monetary penalties related to data brokers, totaling nearly $70,000, in settlements with two data brokers,...more

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OFAC Issues Sanctions Compliance Guidance and Scenarios for U.S. and International Maritime Industry

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On October 31, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued scenario-based guidance specific to the maritime shipping industry....more

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Agreement Facilitates Investments in Mexico Through the RUPI and Single Window for Investors

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The National Development Plan 2019-2024 was designed to promote private investment with a framework of legal certainty and transparency. Through the Decree of July 26, 2023, the Single Window for Investors and the Single...more

Carey Olsen

Proposed amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act

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In line with the recommendations arising from the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report and FATF (2024) Recommendation 24, the BVI Financial Services Commission has published a draft of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024...more

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