Following President Donald Trump’s issuance in January 2025 of the “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” executive order, which sought to curb “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The principal regulations governing offers of securities to the public and admissions of securities to trading on regulated markets in the United Kingdom, including the requirements for a prospectus, are contained in the UK…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
This edition of the Public Company Watch highlights critical updates and regulatory changes affecting public companies. Staying informed on these topics is crucial for effective compliance and strategic planning…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). This alert summarizes the key changes under the OBBBA relevant to private equity sponsors and their investors, as well as some of the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation
In a pivotal week for digital asset policy, federal banking regulators issued long-awaited guidance outlining risk-management expectations for crypto-asset safekeeping activities. The OCC, Federal Reserve and FDIC released a…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
This edition of the Private Company Report highlights critical updates and regulatory changes affecting private companies, including the expansion of Qualified Small Business Stock tax benefits under the One Big Beautiful Bill…
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/ Finance & Banking, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation
Starting Sunday, July 27, 2025, any party to an M&A transaction that triggers a federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filing must also submit a copy to the Washington attorney general if the filing party (1) maintains a principal…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
On July 23, the White House released its strategic action plan on AI, “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the AI Action Plan), which is designed to secure U.S. global leadership in AI with a strategic focus on…
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/ Administrative Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Government Contracting
On 22 July 2025, the UK Cabinet Office announced a package of proposed reforms to the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) 2021 aimed at streamlining the regime and easing the burden facing businesses who trigger NSIA…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Law & Trade
Many expected EU Commissioner Teresa Ribera, whose remit extends to enforcing competition law and implementing the goals of the European Green Deal, to be proactive in managing the coordination between competitors through…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office’s (the ICO’s) latest Annual Report summarises its accomplishments and priorities, including last year’s enforcement actions. Based on our review of the report, we see the ICO focusing, or…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Today marks a historic milestone in U.S. digital asset policy. The President signed the GENIUS Act into law following its bipartisan passage by 308-122 in the House on July 17 and 68-30 in the Senate on June 17. The GENIUS Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Conflict of Laws, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, following the approval of Congress. OBBBA contains the following compelling updates from a real estate investment trust (REIT)…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
In recent weeks, EU regulators have issued several updates clearly indicating that, while the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) remains subject to review and likely substantial revision at the end of 2025,…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) implements significant changes under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code), applicable to qualified small business stock (QSBS) issued on or after July 5,…
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/ Securities Law, Taxation
