Have we forgotten the lessons of the Delaware cases that arose from the heyday of big-ticket LBOs by private equity preceding the...
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You Mastered the COVID-19 Risk Disclosures; But Are You Ready for the Recovery? It’s early 2021. With a new year comes a new Form 10-K. ...
The new ICC Rules of Arbitration (2021 Rules) came into effect on 1 January 2021, accompanied by an updated version of the ICC...
For several years, we’ve had data showing the typical behavior of a data breach victim’s stock when the company discloses an incident:...
On January 15, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that Capital One, National Association (CONA) agreed to...
The U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) published proposed rules (“the Rule”), that, if finalized on 22 March, will authorize...
Much has been made of the “Brussels Effect”: countries all over the world seem to be following the EU’s lead in enacting comprehensive...
As we discussed in our recent client alert, this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) represents the most significant change...
On January 9, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued Rules on Counteracting Unjustified Extraterritorial Application of Foreign...
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, US and foreign enforcement authorities spent 2020 obtaining record-setting anti-bribery and corruption...
While the U.S. antitrust agencies had historically brought civil enforcement actions against anticompetitive agreements pertaining to...
We’re pleased to announce Freshfields’ 2020 De-SPAC Debrief: A comprehensive review of all de-SPAC transactions that closed in 2020. 2020...