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20 settembre 2022
New York City Local Law 97 Has a Mechanism to Help Small Building Owners
New York City’s Local Law 97 is an ambitious program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the City’s 1 million covered buildings.[1] These …
13 settembre 2022
Chair Gary Gensler’s Shot Across the Bow of Crypto Tokens
The chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, issued his starkest warning yet to those in the crypto industry issuing …
6 settembre 2022
CA Attorney General Announces First Public CCPA Fine
On Aug. 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (AG) announced the first public fine for failure to comply with the California Consumer Privacy …
2 settembre 2022
French Tax Obligations Relating to Trusts
Since French trust legislation was adopted in 2011, some early uncertainties about its application have been resolved. The connections with France that …
30 agosto 2022
At the COPA: Patent Alliances and the Real Satoshi Nakamoto
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) is a prominent (and possibly the only) defensive Crypto patent alliance. COPA advertises that it was “formed …
26 agosto 2022
Designated: A Sanctions Podcast Series
24 agosto 2022
United States v. Hoskins
On Aug. 12, 2022, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an important decision regarding the scope of the Foreign Corrupt Practices …
17 agosto 2022
SEC Continues to Ramp Up Enforcement on Crypto
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) kept up with their plan to increase enforcement on the sale of crypto assets in filing a complaint against …
12 agosto 2022
Proposed Legislation Would Impose New Corporate Minimum and Excise Taxes
On Aug. 7, the Senate passed H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act). If approved by the House of Representatives, as expected, the bill …
11 agosto 2022
SEC No-Deny Consent Policy Continues to Withstand Challenge While Remaining Subject to Constitutional Scrutiny
Litigation partners Gary P. Naftalis and Alan R. Friedman, and associate Michael Hardin authored a New York Law Journal article titled “SEC No-Deny …
4 agosto 2022
The Rise and Recognition of the DAO
“Blockchains” have been hyped as the most important technological revolution since the internet. As of the writing of this article, …
2 agosto 2022
Investors Beware: Private Equity Firms Continue to Face Potential Liability Under the False Claims Act for Their Portfolio Companies’ Conduct
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a focus on enforcing the False Claims Act against private equity firms based on their portfolio …
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