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15 July 2020
Future Cities Series: Technology and telecoms key to transforming Future Cities
15 July 2020
DOJ and SEC Release New Edition of FCPA Resource Guide
On July 3, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the Second Edition of their joint Resource Guide to …
15 July 2020
SEC Proposes Amendments to Update Form 13F
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently proposed to amend the reporting threshold and make certain other changes to Form 13F. It should …
14 July 2020
COVID-19: Exploring Opportunities: Will your technology survive the outbreak? (Global)
14 July 2020
SEC Streamlines Procedures for Exemptive Applications Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
On July 6, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) announced its long-awaited adoption of amendments (the Amendments) to Rule 0-5 (17 …
14 July 2020
FSB and BCBS Report on Supervisory Issues Associated With Benchmark Transition
On July 9, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published a report on the findings of surveys on …
8 July 2020
SEC Releases Risk Alert on Observations From Examinations of Investment Advisers Managing Private Funds
On June 23, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a risk alert (the Risk Alert) that identified three general …
7 July 2020
Liu v. S.E.C.: Supreme Court’s Narrowing of SEC Disgorgement Raises Questions for Insider Trading Cases
Three years ago, in a footnote to its unanimous opinion in Kokesh v. S.E.C., the Supreme Court left open two questions: “whether courts possess …
1 July 2020
When Blue Penciling Fails to Come to the Rescue: New York Federal Court Refuses Partial Enforcement of Restrictive Covenant
Since the landmark New York Court of Appeals decision in BDO Seidman v. Hirshberg, 93 N.Y. 2d 382 (1999), the restrictive covenant landscape in New York …
26 June 2020
OCIE’s Risk Alert on LIBOR Transition Preparedness
In January 2020, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) included London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) preparedness as an …
25 June 2020
Kirschner v. JPMorgan Chase: What It Means for Syndicated Loans and Its Implications for the Secondary Trading Market
On May 22, Judge Paul Gardephe of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss in Kirschner v. JPMorgan …
23 June 2020
Supreme Court Holds Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Constitute Sex Discrimination under Title VII
On June 15, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against …
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