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SEC Charges Diageo for Violation of Known Trends MD&A Disclosure Requirements
On Feb. 19, 2020, the SEC announced charges against Diageo plc, an alcoholic beverages company, arising out of its failure to make required disclosures …
Corporate Crime Update, Winter 2020
USCIS Provides Additional Guidance for H-1B Electronic Registration Process for FY 2021 H-1B Cap
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently provided additional guidance for the H-1B electronic registration process for the fiscal year …
Delay and Damages in Construction Contracts: A Report from the 4th SCL-CIArb-India International Conference on Construction Law & Arbitration
Bankruptcy and Restructuring associate Ashish Virmani authored a Kluwer Arbitration Blog article titled “Delay and Damages in Construction …
2020 Stress Tests to Emphasize Leveraged Lending Risks
On Feb. 6, the Federal Reserve Board released the hypothetical scenarios for the 2020 stress test exercises, which ensure that large banks have adequate …
FINRA Proposes Amendments to the Capital Acquisition Broker Rules
On Jan. 30, 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed amendments to the Capital Acquisition Broker (CAB) rules to expand the …
Cybersecurity: The SEC Provides Guidance on Well-Known and Emerging Best Practices
At the end of January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its “Observations …
Understanding the Newly Proposed Credit Fund Exclusion Under the Volcker Rule
Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the BHC Act) generally prohibits any insured depository institution (as defined in Section 3(c) of …
The 2019 SNC Review Results: Increased Criticized Loans Observed
On Jan. 31, 2020, the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the …
The “Customer” Argument: An Expansion of the Section 546(e) Safe Harbor?
Introduction In February 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that, at first blush, appeared to severely curtail the scope of the transferee …
Return of Yellowstone: The New York State Legislature Revives the Yellowstone Injunction
Litigation partner Ronald S. Greenberg, counsel Natan Hamerman and associates Daniel Lennard and Zachary C. Naidich authored a Lexis Practice Advisor …
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