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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
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Generac Holdings, Inc.: Court dismisses complaint alleging COVID-related omissions

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In City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers in the City of Tampa Bay et al. v. Generac Holdings, Inc., et al., the Eastern District of Wisconsin dismissed a consolidated class action complaint alleging...more

Cornerstone Research

Securities Class Action Filings Increase for Second Consecutive Year in 2024

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AI-related filings more than double and 1933 Act filings continue to decline. The number of securities class action filings increased for the second consecutive year in 2024, with artificial intelligence (AI)-related...more

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Time to Get Ready for the 2024 Reporting Season

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As companies look ahead to the upcoming proxy and annual report season, the SEC has generated a number of new items to add to your compliance checklist – in addition to those covered in last year's list. Those items, along...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Medicare Compliance Basics: “Incident to” Billing

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Editor’s Note: We are excited to announce that this article is the first of a series addressing Medicare Part B’s “incident to” billing requirements, designed to give practical guidance and orientation to health care...more

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Mixed Signals: US M&A FY 2022

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Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more

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Key Considerations for the 2023 Annual Reporting Season: Form 20-F and other FPI-Specific Considerations

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This memorandum outlines key considerations from White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group for foreign private issuers ("FPIs") during the 2023 annual reporting season....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Focus of China Cross-Border M&A Turns to Government-Favored Sectors and Away From West

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China’s cross-border M&A market continued to face strong headwinds in 2022, with a slowing economy and new COVID-19 restrictions weighing on the market. There have been fewer outbound and inbound transactions, with total deal...more

White & Case LLP

Updating Annual Report Risk Factors: Key Developments and Drafting Considerations for Public Companies

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The Annual Report season will soon be upon us, and it is important to assess a company's risk factors at the outset and whether recent developments, including those relating to macroeconomic, geopolitical, and public health...more

Walkers

Bermuda Insights: Corporate 2022

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The last few years have been standout years for take private transactions globally – representing the most active years since 2007 - with Bermuda incorporated listed companies involved in a number of the largest deals. What...more

Conyers

Bermuda Public Companies Update - August 2022

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the first half of 2022....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Weekly IRS Roundup September 12 – September 16, 2022

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 12, 2022 – September 16, 2022...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Subchapter V Eligibility: Congress Fixes CARES Act Provision That Excluded Affiliates of Issuers But Ignores Potential Eligibility...

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On February 19, 2020, the Small Business Reorganization Act (the “SBRA”) became effective and created a new subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. As we have reported, subchapter V presents a new avenue for small...more

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Are Courts Still the Best Place to Litigate a Qui Tam Action?

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In a typical qui tam case, the sequence and life cycle follow a similar trajectory. The relator files a sealed qui tam complaint in a federal courthouse in the United States. While COVID has disrupted litigation, particularly...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Massachusetts Temporary “Virtual ‎Meeting” Relief Extended

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The Massachusetts Legislature recently extended the provisions of a special act that allows Massachusetts public companies and Massachusetts non-profit corporations to hold shareholder and member meetings entirely remotely....more

White & Case LLP

FTSE 350: Snapshot of Arrangements for AGMs

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Refinitiv, Q1 2022 Adviser Rankings, US law firms, September 2021 We continue to track the approach FTSE 350 companies are taking to the holding of their AGMs. We have set out in our snapshot the approach companies have taken...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Market Trends 2021: COVID-19 from a Securities Law Perspective

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This practice note discusses market trends in capital markets and securities related considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in late 2019 and has continued for more than two years. It describes how the U.S....more

Goodwin

Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger

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Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger; The PCAOB Sanctions Former KPMG Vice Chair Of Audit For Failure To Supervise Senior Members Of KPMG's Audit Practice; Ninth Circuit Affirms...more

White & Case LLP

Buoyant capital markets help fuel dealmaking

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Most of 2021 was characterized by free-flowing capital, as government aid propped up economies in response to COVID-19. Low interest rates and other central bank stimulus measures contributed to an environment that helped see...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Changes of Ownership, Asset Transactions, Mergers, and Death of Borrowers or and Owner

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Effective October 2, 2020, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued an SBA Procedural Notice: Paycheck Protection Program Loans and Changes of Ownership; and on October 26, 2021, the SBA issued SBA Procedural Notice...more

White & Case LLP

Key Considerations for the 2022 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season

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This memorandum outlines key considerations for U.S. public companies in preparation for the 2022 annual reporting and proxy season.   ▪️ Part I of this memo, which was published in January 2022, describes key...more

Conyers

Bermuda Public Companies Update - January 2022

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the second half of 2021. Global market update - Equities...more

Jones Day

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast: Emerging Developments in Corporate Governance, Impact of COVID-19, and...

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The enduring COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact corporate governance practices and trends in 2021, while other notable developments, including a surge in shareholder proposals, changes to the proxy rules, and increased...more

White & Case LLP

Key Considerations for the 2022 Annual Reporting Season: Form 20-F and Other FPI-Specific Considerations

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This memorandum outlines key considerations from White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group for foreign private issuers ("FPIs") during the 2022 annual reporting season. This memo describes our key considerations for...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Corporate Governance: le novità e i temi da considerare per la stagione assembleare 2022

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Le novità e i temi rilevanti per l’imminente stagione assembleare anche alla luce dell’attività di revisione del quadro normativo europeo in materia di corporate governance e delle disposizioni tuttora vigenti per l’emergenza...more

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Preparation for 2021 Fiscal Year-End SEC Filings and 2022 Annual Shareholder Meetings

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As public companies embark on the year-end reporting process, they will need to consider, and in some cases take steps to address, a number of significant developments and issues. As in past years, Mintz has prepared a...more

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