Key Points -
- The SEC’s Crypto Task Force acknowledges past hostility toward digital assets and aims to create more sensible regulations.
- Tokenized securities face complex regulatory challenges, including compliance...more
5/28/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Blockchain ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Energy Sector ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Healthcare ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Retail Market ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Tokens ,
Technology
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- In 2024, securities litigation remained consistent with historical averages, with a slight increase in core filings and cases related to COVID-19 and artificial intelligence.
- The U.S. Supreme Court had an...more
2/27/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Automotive Industry ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Assets ,
Filing Requirements ,
Item 303 ,
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp v Moab Partners LP ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ,
PSLRA ,
Real Estate Market ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SEC v Jarkesy ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
Technology Sector
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- During its 2024 term, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to provide important guidance on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act’s (PSLRA’s) particularity requirement in NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or...more
12/6/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Automotive Industry ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Digital Assets ,
E-Commerce ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Healthcare ,
Investment Adviser ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
NVIDIA ,
Nvidia Corp v E Ohman J or Fonder AB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PSLRA ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
Technology Sector ,
Trading Platforms
This year, we expect to see new disclosure requirements; rule changes at the Securities and Exchange Commission that will affect directors; activists adopting new tactics; changes to shareholder voting processes; tax and...more
On July 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jointly released the second edition of the “Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” which was...more
7/17/2020
/ Accounting Controls ,
Acquisitions ,
Co-Conspirators ,
Compliance ,
Conspiracies ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Due Diligence ,
FCPA Resource Guide ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Instrumentality ,
Intent ,
Meals-Gifts-and Entertainment Rules ,
Mergers ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Third Party Payments ,
Travel
In October 2017 at the Chinese Communist Party National Congress, President Xi Jinping consolidated his hold on power and cemented himself as what many commentators are calling the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao...more
1/29/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Debt Market ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equity Markets ,
FinTech ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Infrastructure ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Banks ,
Mergers ,
Multinationals ,
One Belt One Road (OBOR) ,
Outbound Transactions ,
PCAOB ,
Presidential Decrees ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities Exchanges ,
State-Owned Enterprises ,
Technology Sector ,
Unicorns
A number of economic and political factors, both domestic and international, influenced M&A and capital markets activity worldwide in 2016. Skadden attorneys Christopher W. Betts, Will H. Cai, Z. Julie Gao, Bradley A. Klein,...more
2/2/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Asia ,
Bank of Japan ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Capital Markets ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Debt Market ,
Financing ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Global Market ,
Hong Kong ,
India ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Interest Rates ,
Japan ,
Mergers ,
OPEC ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Presidential Elections ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Stock Exchange ,
SZ-HK Connect ,
Taiwan ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trump Administration ,
UK Brexit ,
Venture Capital