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The United Kingdom and the European Union have continued to announce and implement new sanctions measures, accompanied by corresponding general licenses and updates to relevant ...
On March 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed updates to its disclosure rules intended to “enhance and standardize ...
On March 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published Compliance Assistance Release No. 2022-01 (CAR 2022-01) in order to provide ...
On March 11, in coordination once again with G7 countries and the European Union, the Biden administration announced another round of significant new sanctions and ...
On March 2, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a favorable decision for the plaintiff hospitals in Bridgeport Hospital, et ...
On February 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed Rule 13f-21 and Form SHO under the Securities Exchange Act ...
On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order entitled “Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets” (the “Executive ...
On February 23, 2022, FDA published its long-awaited proposed rule1 to harmonize its regulations governing current good manufacturing practices (“cGMP”) for medical ...
In 2021, there were significant developments both domestically and internationally to slow down and reverse the impact of deforestation caused by companies, directly through their ...
Note: This alert originally was published on February 28, 2022, and has been supplemented to reflect additional developments. Over the past week, in close coordination ...
On February 24, 2022, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS ...
Note: This alert originally was published on February 28, 2022, and has been supplemented to reflect additional developments. Over the past week, in close coordination ...
On 1 March 2022, the UK government introduced the long-awaited Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill (the “Bill”) to Parliament. This draft ...
Introduction In the Queen’s Speech 2021, the UK government announced its agenda to create an Advanced Research and Invention Agency (“ARIA ...
Following the NCAA’s interim name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) policy in July,1 student-athletes for the first time had the ...
Last week, the European Commission released its long-awaited proposed Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, the core of which would require mandatory human ...
Note: This alert originally was published on February 25, 2022, and has been supplemented to reflect additional developments. On February 21-23, in response to ...
On February 21 and 22, in response to escalating Russian aggression toward neighboring Ukraine, the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom (1) announced initial ...
On February 14, 2022, in one of the largest penalties ever imposed in the crypto space, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against ...
During October 2021, the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act was introduced in the New York State Senate and Assembly. If adopted, the Act would ...
In a bipartisan move, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced earlier this month a bill calling for the ...
On February 16-18, 2022, the Fund Finance Association reconvened for its 11th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium in Miami where market participants gathered ...
On February 9, 2022, the SEC published a release addressing Cybersecurity Risk Management for Investment Advisers, Registered Investment Companies, and Business Development Companies (“Release ...
On February 10, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed substantial amendments to the reporting regime for beneficial owners of greater ...
The SEC recently released proposed private fund reforms. These rules and amendments are only proposed at this point and are subject to public review and ...