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Link Legal and Ropes & Gray previously jointly published an Alert on proposed changes to Indian corporate social responsibility requirements relevant to multinationals doing business ...
On July 10, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”), China’s top cyberspace regulator, published for public comment proposed amendments to ...
In June, the United States Supreme Court rendered its latest decision involving the Alien Tort Statute, in Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe et al ...
February 1, 2021 was the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) closing date for public comments on two FTC proposals published in the Federal ...
On June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China adopted the Data ...
On July 9, 2021, the USPTO published a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments on the current state of U.S. patent eligibility jurisprudence ...
On July 8, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (the “Colorado Law”), a comprehensive privacy law that will take ...
Despite general authorizations for humanitarian activity, U.S. sanctions have remained a challenge in response to global humanitarian crises, including the current COVID-19 pandemic ...
Major Milestone for College Athletes On June 30, 2021, the governance bodies of all three NCAA divisions adopted an interim suspension of the amateurism rules ...
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (“AMLO”) campaigned vigorously on an anti-corruption platform, but his first ...
ESG integration by retirement plans has become front and center for regulators and political leaders across the world and in the U.S. over the ...
In a 5-4 decision issued on June 29, 2021 in Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.,1 the Supreme Court has upheld but ...
The liquidity-fueled lull in restructuring activity provides both an interesting historical echo of the late 1990s and a useful opportunity for market participants to ...
On June 15, a Modern Slavery (Amendment) Bill was tabled in the House of Lords. The Bill proposes additional disclosure and substantive compliance requirements and ...
On June 21, 2021, in NCAA v. Alston, No. 20-512 (2021), the Supreme Court upheld a lower-court decision allowing student-athletes to receive ...
In May, we published an article discussing German corporate social responsibility requirements for U.S.-based multinationals. That article was published in conjunction with leading ...
In a statement, and National Security Study Memorandum, both issued on June 3, 2021 (the “June 3 Memo”), the President recognized corruption as ...
It seems that, in recent months, not a day goes by without reports appearing in the media of another significant ransomware attack, with such incidents ...
The following summarizes recent legal developments of note affecting the mutual fund/investment management industry: SEC ESG DEVELOPMENTS – Chair Gensler to Prioritize Climate-Related ...
On June 3, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order titled “Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People ...
Authored by Vincenzo Volpe and Catherine Morey. Just over one year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the pharmaceutical industry with unprecedented challenges and opportunities ...
On 14 May 2021, the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China (“SPC”) and the Government of ...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced a new pilot program to allow its Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) to issue interim initial determinations ...
Over the last few years, Germany has adopted several pieces of corporate social responsibility legislation. Additional CSR legislation–the most stringent to date ...
The funding of litigation by third parties has become an increasingly big business. Substantial capital has been invested in litigation finance vehicles. The expanded ...