31 May, 2024 Takeaways from the 10th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the in-person attendees who packed the “sold-out” ballroom and the hundreds who joined virtually at 10th Annual Spring Forum...
30 May, 2024 Second Circuit: Crypto Exchange Binance Subject to U.S. Securities Laws to Avoid a Regulatory Vacuum By David Livshiz Timothy Howard Andrew Gladstein Peter Linken Jacob Johnston Seve Kale +3 more... Show less A recent Second Circuit decision underscores that decentralized crypto exchanges with no claimed “home” jurisdiction face a substantial...
29 May, 2024 Federal Agencies Propose Customer Identification Program Requirements for Investment Advisers: Another Step Toward Comprehensive AML/CFT Regulation By David Sewell Timothy Clark Nariné Atamian Daniel Klingenbrunn Nathaniel Balk +2 more... Show less On May 13, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) took another...
22 May, 2024 Supreme Court Clarifies Role of Federal Courts in Disputes Referred to Arbitration By Thomas Walsh David Livshiz Maria Slobodchikova Liz Lewis +1 more... Show less On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that district courts must stay cases that they refer to arbitration, rather than...
17 May, 2024 Third Time’s the Charm? FDIC, OCC, and FHFA Re-Propose Incentive-Based Compensation Rule By Nicole Foster Lori Goodman Alison Hashmall David Sewell Jordan Salzman Nariné Atamian Daniel Klingenbrunn +4 more... Show less On May 6, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Housing...
16 May, 2024 Court Grants Relief to Private Equity in Anesthesiologists Litigation By Jan Rybnicek Meghan Rissmiller Jennifer Mellott Bruce McCulloch LB McCaskey +2 more... Show less On May 13, a federal court in Texas ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) cannot seek an injunction against a private equity...
13 May, 2024 FTC and State Attorneys General Poised for Strengthened Action on Biometric Privacy By Christine Lyon Christine Chong While U.S. privacy regulations have long been criticized for slow development in past decades, a new and growing wave of privacy laws...
09 May, 2024 New Federal Policy Creates Path Forward for Mandatory Requirements for Critical Infrastructure Entities By Brock Dahl Megan Kayo Madeline Cimino On April 30, 2024, President Biden signed a National Security Memorandum (“NSM”) on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience...
09 May, 2024 Q1 2024 Governance Updates: Takeaways on What Directors and Officers Need to Know By Elizabeth Bieber Pamela Marcogliese Sarah Ghulamhussain Christine Lyon Brock Dahl Beth George Meredith Kotler Nicholas Caselli Sam Fulliton +6 more... Show less The Freshfields’ team reviewed trends and developments during the first quarter of 2024, with high-level takeaways on the SEC reporting,...
09 May, 2024 Legislation Addressing Foreign Interests in the Biotechnology Sector Makes Progress By Andrew Dockham Beth George Adam Golden Vinita Kailasanath Kristen Riemenschneider Madeline Cimino Shannon O'Hara +4 more... Show less Update as of September 18, 2024: In a significant move for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, the U.S. House of...
03 May, 2024 FTC Finalizes Revisions to Health Breach Notification Rule By Christine Wilson Nina Frant On April 26, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission codified revisions to the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR” or “Rule”). In recent...
01 May, 2024 Data in the Driver’s Seat: What Boards Need to Know about Data Governance By Beth George Christine Lyon Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Nomi Conway Rachel Johnson +3 more... Show less Artificial intelligence (AI) – and particularly generative AI – has accelerated the race toward ever more innovative data-driven products...