Dec 31, 2020 Congress Poised to Expand the SEC’s Disgorgement Authority in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 By Kimberly Zelnick Altin Sila Hannah Khalifeh The National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 (NDAA), the primary purpose of which is to fund U.S. national defense at a cost of $740...
Dec 30, 2020 Direct listing rule update: SEC re-approves NYSE rule to sell newly issued shares in direct listing By Sarah Solum Pamela Marcogliese Amy Fisher On December 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission re-approved a proposal by the NYSE which enables companies conducting a direct...
Dec 21, 2020 CFTC resolves first foreign corruption enforcement action By Adam Siegel Olivia Radin Kimberly Zelnick Mark Goldberg Andrew Bulovsky +2 more... Show less On December 3, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in parallel with the Department of Justice (DOJ), settled charges...
Dec 18, 2020 Is the End Nigh? What Jefferson / Einstein Means for the FTC’s Current Winning Streak in Challenging Healthcare Provider Mergers By Ilana Kattan In the past 10 years, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been on a hot streak in challenging allegedly anticompetitive mergers...
Dec 16, 2020 Uncertainties in Intra-EU arbitration under the ECT: Belgium seeks an opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union By David Livshiz Carsten Wendler Andrew Bulovsky On December 2, 2020, Belgium submitted a request to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for an Opinion on the compatibility...
Dec 16, 2020 Turbulence Remains but Clearer Skies Ahead: Challenges and Opportunities in the Aviation Sector By Matthew Herman Amna Arshad Max Sanders The aviation industry has endured a number of exogenous shocks in its 80-year history, but none so catastrophic and potentially...
Dec 16, 2020 Global M&A in 2020 – and what to expect in 2021 By Matthew Herman Robert Ashworth Richard Perks With the festive season approaching, we thought this a good opportunity to look back at what happened in the world of M&A in 2020 – and...
Dec 14, 2020 Privacy and the Airline Industry: Beyond the Security Checkpoint By Menachem Kaplan Peter Jaffe Marissa Yu As air travel continues to grow over the next couple decades—even accounting for the 2020 fall in demand—airlines have an opportunity to...
Dec 10, 2020 Board memo 2021: A guide to taking on the recovery era By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber We are pleased to present Freshfields’ Board memo 2021: A guide to taking on the recovery era, featuring contributions from our lawyers...
Dec 09, 2020 5 Reasons Why Your Trade Compliance Program Shouldn’t Be on Autopilot By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Amy Cattle As companies in the aviation industry continue to deal with the commercial challenges posed by COVID-19, it is as important as ever that...
Dec 07, 2020 Why Non-U.S. Air Carriers Avail Themselves of U.S. Chapter 11 to Reorganize By Madlyn Primoff Alex Rich Pitfalls and Opportunities for Airlines, Lessors, Lenders and Aircraft Financiers, and Alternative Capital Providers COVID-19 Cuts a...
Dec 07, 2020 AML Update: OCC identifies compliance as a top risk in 2020 By Olivia Radin Jane Peng Last month, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its Semiannual Risk Perspective Report identifying the key risks...