Nov 30, 2020 From De-Regulation to Re-Regulation? – What to Expect in a Biden Administration on Aviation By Amna Arshad Laura Collins A change in administration, even in “good” times, is always a time of great uncertainty and shifting priorities. An even greater...
Nov 19, 2020 The risks of overbroad confidentiality commitments By Peter Jaffe Maj Vaseghi Menachem Kaplan Jillian Simons +1 more... Show less A recent decision out of California serves as a stark reminder for counsel to draft employee confidentiality contracts thoughtfully....
Nov 18, 2020 Looking ahead to the 2021 proxy season: ISS updates its voting policies By Pamela Marcogliese Maj Vaseghi Doru Gavril Elizabeth Bieber Kelsey MacElroy +2 more... Show less On November 12, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) published its annual policy updates in its 2021 global proxy voting...
Nov 16, 2020 Compensation-related considerations for the 2021 proxy season By Maj Vaseghi Lori Goodman Sarah Ghulamhussain Jordan Salzman +1 more... Show less Companies poised to enter into the upcoming annual report and proxy season should start disclosure preparations early in order to address...
Nov 16, 2020 The newly proposed UK national security and investment regime and its potential impact on inbound M&A from the US By Michele Davis Aimen Mir Paul Tiger Christine Laciak Thomas Lair +2 more... Show less On November 11, 2020, the UK government published the National Security and Investment Bill (the “NSI Bill”), which, when enacted into...
Nov 16, 2020 US Executive Order prohibiting US investment in Chinese companies: key takeaways By Nabeel Yousef Kimberly Zelnick Stephanie Brown Cripps Teresa Ko John Choong +2 more... Show less On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued a new executive order: the “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities...
Nov 16, 2020 Five take-aways from Beam Suntory’s recent FCPA resolution: managing FCPA risks associated with cross-border M&A and integration efforts By Olivia Radin Adam Siegel Andrew Bulovsky Beam Suntory Inc.’s (Beam) recent FCPA resolution speaks to the potential perils of conducting cross-border M&A without engaging in...
Nov 13, 2020 Mind the (SPAC) gap By Boris Feldman Doru Gavril This article was co-authored by Carrie O’Neil, Esq. of CAC Specialty As this article goes to print, there have been over 170 SPAC IPOs in...
Nov 10, 2020 AML update: focus on cross-border transactions and virtual currency By Olivia Radin Jane Peng The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) are continuing to focus on cross-border money flows, as...
Nov 09, 2020 Goldilocks and the Relevant Market: Getting Market Definition Just Right in FTC v. Peabody/Arch Coal By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Laura Onken The recent US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) win in its challenge to block a proposed joint venture between Peabody and Arch Coal, the...
Nov 02, 2020 Racing to 50.1% of the Vote By Mark Liscio This piece was originally published in the Private Debt Investor. It was co-written with Bryan High, managing director and co-portfolio...