Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 274: Winter OCI Update (w/Sadie Jones)
Episode 3.23: Rebecca Bratter of Greenspoon Marder on Life, Career, and Impacting the Community
The Do’s and Don’ts of Interviewing
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 266: Preparing for Virtual OCI (w/Sadie Jones)
From Distance Meetings to Diversity Reports: 2020 Updates for NY State Businesses
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 18: Sven Burchartz, Kalus Kenny Intelex | Australia
Digital Planning Podcast - Interview With Leeza Garber
VIRTUAL ADR UPDATE – TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY AND UNIQUE ISSUES PRESENTED BY HON. JOHN P. DIBLASI
Government in the Virtual World: A Look at Public Meetings and Hearings
The Impact On Litigation - Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Litigation Podcast Series
New Law Permits Local Governments to Continue to Meet Remotely Until 2024 - California’s historic open meeting law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that local governments conduct their business in public meetings and...more
On Friday, June 25, 2021, Governor Pritzker extended the Disaster Declaration related to COVID-19 for another 30 days. Pursuant to the declaration, public bodies may continue to hold virtual meetings in accordance with the...more
KEY LEGAL AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS - Legislative and Regulatory Reform - Permanent reforms in respect of virtual meetings and electronic execution - On 19 October, the Federal Government released for...more
On November 9, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 9L, which extends all executive orders, agency orders and municipal orders issued in connection with the current states of emergency related to COVID-19 until...more
The law of 20 June 2020 extended the measures concerning the holding of meetings in companies and other certain legal persons without the physical presence of the participants, initially provided for in the Grand Ducal...more
As we enter the fourth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators and regulators are continuing to adapt by enacting rules for the “new normal.” Jurisdictions in the Washington, D.C., region are in various stages of...more
Governor Ron DeSantis has extended Executive Order 20-69, which permits local governments to conduct meetings remotely by utilizing “communications media technology, such as telephonic and video conferencing.”...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert about the scope and content of examinations OCIE plans to conduct of various...more
On June 12, 2020, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Public Act 101-0640 which, among other matters, amends Section 7 of the Open Meetings Act to allow meetings of members of a public body subject to the Act to...more
On March 21, 2020, Governor Lamont’s Executive Order 7I authorized Connecticut corporations to hold remote shareholder meetings to avoid the risks of gathering shareholders in person during the COVID-19 pandemic....more
The Order - Pursuant to the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, the Ontario Government recently issued an order (the “Order”) that provides corporations governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the...more
On April 20, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law Act 15 of 2020 (previously SB 841), which expressly authorizes municipal governments and local agencies to hold virtual meetings during the pendency of the COVID-19...more
On April 22, 2020, the Virginia General Assembly approved two budget amendments recommended by Governor Northam that allow boards of directors of property owners’ associations and condominium unit owners’ associations to meet...more
On April 14, 2020, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued Executive Order 20-04-14-02 intended to provide publicly traded Maryland corporations and real estate investment trusts with greater flexibility in holding stockholder...more
Our office has received numerous inquiries regarding whether and how boards of directors of Virginia community associations can meet the statutory requirements for open meetings and the “2-director rule” during the...more
A public company may have an additional 45 days to file its upcoming Form 10-Q if its inability to file its Form 10-Q relates to circumstances relating to COVID-19, it files a Form 8-K summarizing why such report was not able...more
Earlier we reported that on March 19, 2020 (Effective Collaboration with Governor Nets Pragmatic Solution) the Governor of the State of Alaska temporarily suspended certain provisions of the Alaska Corporations Code AS...more
What do Massachusetts public companies need to know now? Q: WHY WAS AN EMERGENCY ORDER NECESSARY? A: Section 7.08 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, or MBCA, prohibits public companies incorporated in...more
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, SEC staff provided guidance on changing the date time and place of an annual meeting, switching to a virtual shareholder meeting and certain matters related to shareholder proposals....more
With annual reports on Form 10-K publicly filed and first quarter earnings releases getting underway, proxy season – the annual practice of filing and distributing proxy statements, reserving meeting venues and courting...more
Following on from our recent OnPoint (COVID-19: UK Tax Residence Risks for Offshore Funds and Related Entities), HMRC has now published guidance on the corporate residence issues posed by COVID-19. ...more
Given the recent recommendations for social distancing in connection with COVID-19 as well as stay-at-home orders that have been implemented in most states, many public companies, including business development companies...more
In recent weeks, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and market participants have dealt with the current and potential impact of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. To help market participants remain in...more
On March 13th, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance allowing companies who had already filed proxy statements to switch to virtual-only meeting formats due to COVID-19 without mailing additional proxy...more
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the nation, your team at ML Strategies continues to monitor legislative and regulatory updates at the federal and state level. Each week, ML Strategies will provide weekly updates...more