29 Apr, 2022 Freshfields Partners Not Alarmed By Slump In SPAC Deals By Michael Levitt Sebastian Fain The following article was originally published by Law360 on April 22, 2022. Click here to view. Although SPAC mergers and IPOs are at...
27 Apr, 2022 Will Litigation in U.S. Courts Be the Price of Doing Business in the United States? By Timothy Harkness Linda Martin David Livshiz Scott Eisman Carla Yoon +2 more... Show less Background Imagine a corporation registers to do business in a U.S. state. It is not incorporated there. Its headquarters isn’t there. It...
18 Apr, 2022 Report Promptly and Expect to Remediate: DOJ Updates its Antitrust Leniency Program By Bruce McCulloch Meredith Mommers Morgan Marmaro On April 4, 2022, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced new changes to the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program – a key tool for...
15 Apr, 2022 Could the Specter of March-In Rights Finally Impact Drug Pricing Reform? By Kristen Riemenschneider Joshua Samuel On March 24, 2022 a group of public interest organizations filed a petition urging the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to...
12 Apr, 2022 SEC Issues Proposing Release to Remove References to Credit Ratings from Regulation M By Jeremy Barr Isaac Ellman On March 23, 2022 the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a proposing release (the “Release”) to implement changes to...
11 Apr, 2022 SPAC to the Future? SEC Takes Aim at the De-SPAC By Michael Levitt Valerie Ford Jacob Pamela Marcogliese The SEC has issued its long-awaited rule proposals regarding SPACs and de-SPACs. The proposals, if adopted, will significantly alter the...
08 Apr, 2022 International Comparative Legal Guide - Lending & Secured Finance 2022 By Denise Ryan Kyle Lakin The 10th edition of International Comparative Legal Guide - Lending & Secured Finance 2022 is now available. Included in this year’s...
07 Apr, 2022 California Court Invalidates California Board Diversity Statute – What California Companies Should Know Now By Sarah Solum Elizabeth Bieber Taryn Zucker Jennifer Burrow +1 more... Show less Background On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 979 (AB 979), which required...
06 Apr, 2022 What are the key recent changes in the ICSID Rules? By Natalia Zibibbo Brianna Gorence The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) – a World Bank organization that provides facilities for the...
04 Apr, 2022 Tech Cos. Can Benefit From Investment Treaty Protection By Elliot Friedman Thomas Walsh Tim Chen The following article was originally published by Law360 on March 30, 2022. Click here to view. There is a view among some commentators...
04 Apr, 2022 SEC Provides Guidance on 8-K Filing Obligations Related to M&A Transactions By Jeremy Barr Fatima Anjum On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published two new compliance and disclosure interpretations...
01 Apr, 2022 SEC Issues Guidance on SPAC Sponsors Purchasing Shares During a Redemption Offer By Jeremy Barr Fatima Anjum Pamela Marcogliese On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published a new compliance and disclosure interpretation...