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LathamTECH in Focus: Tech Deals: The Emerging Focus of FDI Regulators?

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In this episode of LathamTECH in Focus, Silicon Valley partner Tessa Bernhardt examines the global expansion of foreign direct investment statutes, discusses where she is seeing heightened regulatory activity and offers...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

5 Things In-House Counsel Must Know Before DOJ’s Bulk Transfer Rule Enforcement Begins

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 90-day grace period for compliance with the Data Security Program (DSP) ends on July 8, 2025, and enforcement is expected to begin. This regulatory regime was created for national security...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Lost in Translation: Key Deal Points in European vs. U.S. M&A Transactions

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After two decades practicing law in Silicon Valley and five formative years working on cross-border deals in Europe, I’ve come to appreciate the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences in how merger and acquisition (M&A)...more

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Across Borders and Barriers: How Culture Shapes the Law in International Legal Negotiations

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The idea for “Across Borders and Barriers: Insights Into International Legal Negotiations” was born from years of observing what too often goes unsaid in cross-border legal practice: that most of the difficulty lies not in...more

A&O Shearman

CJEU imposes limits on the validity of asymmetric EU jurisdiction clauses

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In a decision that may cause some concern, the CJEU has held that asymmetric EU jurisdiction clauses are only valid under EU law if they designate with sufficient precision the alternative jurisdictions in which proceedings...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Global AI Regulatory Update - February 2024

Welcome to our quarterly Global AI Regulatory Update, summarizing key developments from around the world. On November 27, 2023, AI Security Guidelines were published. The guidelines were led by UK National Cyber Security...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

ESG Insights: 10 Things That Should Be Top of Mind 2024

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Amid new regulations, increased enforcement and litigation, and higher stakeholder scrutiny, companies will need to adopt an integrated and nuanced approach to ESG. In some ways, 2023 was a challenging year for ESG. This...more

Morgan Lewis

CMA Review of AI Sector: Scope, Possible Outcomes, Implications

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a review on May 4 to assess the potential competitive implications of rapidly emerging artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models—a type of AI technology trained...more

Cooley LLP

Cross-Border M&A: 10 Key Trends From Across the Pond

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It will come as no surprise that cross-border M&A is impacted by the world we live in, with geopolitical tensions, rising inflation and interest rates, currency fluctuations, and increased regulatory scrutiny all playing...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Cross-Border Checklist

Our cross-border checklist is designed to highlight some of the distinctive business and legal differences associated with doing a deal in Canada. ...more

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[Event] 11th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 20th - 22nd, Amsterdam, Netherlands

In-person is back! Join us in Amsterdam for the 2023 European Compliance & Ethics Institute! Strengthen your compliance and ethics program by attending our 11th annual European Compliance and Ethics Institute, 20-22 March...more

Conyers

10 Things You Need to Know About… Utilising a Cayman Islands SPV for Aviation Finance Transactions

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Special purpose vehicles (SPVs) are commonly employed in cross-border aviation finance transactions, and can be a particularly useful structuring tool for both owners and financiers. In their most basic form, they offer a way...more

Perkins Coie

China Increases Security Measures on Cross-Border Data Transfers

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In order to regulate cross-border data transfers in accordance with the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the Personal Information Protection Law, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released the Measures...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CFIUS 2021 Annual Report: Considerations for Businesses

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in its role as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), released the public version of its Annual Report to Congress for Calendar Year 2021 (Annual...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Six Takeaways From the CFIUS 2021 Annual Report

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The report reflects CFIUS’ work during the first full year since the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act implementing regulations took effect. On August 2, 2022, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Proposed Legislation Seeks to Create "Reverse CFIUS": National Security Review of Outbound Activity Benefiting Entities or...

U.S. lawmakers have proposed requiring government approval for certain outbound investments, much as today's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States regime requires a national security review of certain...more

Morgan Lewis

China Releases Standard Contractual Clauses for Cross-Border Data Transfers

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The Cyberspace Administration of China released for public consultation its long-awaited template for the cross-border data transfer agreement on June 30, 2022, under the draft Provisions on the Prescribed Agreement on...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Opérations transfrontalières de capital-investissement : enjeux en matière de rémunération des hauts dirigeants et d’emploi

Dans le contexte des opérations transfrontalières de capital-investissement, de nombreux enjeux propres au Canada se posent quant à la rémunération des hauts dirigeants et à l’emploi. Plusieurs de ces enjeux sont liés au...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Executive Compensation and Employment Considerations in Cross-Border Private Equity Deals

There are many Canadian-specific executive compensation and employment issues that arise in the context of cross-border private equity transactions. Several of these issues relate to the treatment of management’s existing and...more

Morgan Lewis

Update: Russia Adopts Special Decree on Countermeasures

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President Vladimir Putin issued a decree, “On Special Economic Measures in connection with the Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America and Other Foreign Countries” (Decree), on 28 February. This is the first decree...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Highlights of China’s Recently Adopted Personal Information Protection Law

On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Personal Information Protection Law”). The Personal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Labor Obligations Contained In USMCA Present Risks for Covered Employers

In effect since July 1, 2020, the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”). Although the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic largely overshadowed the effective date...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Ongoing Program] 2021 Life Sciences Bootcamp Series - Cross-Border Licensing and Transactions - May 11th, 11:00 am ET

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Life sciences organizations have become some of the world’s most watched businesses and the industry as a whole is facing heightened scrutiny in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The transactional and regulatory issues as...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Brexit: FCA guidance for firms operating in the UK under the Temporary Permissions Regime

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On the 4 March 2021, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its website with further guidance on the Temporary Permissions Regime (“TPR”), which came into force at the end of the transition period on 31 December...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments In Criminal Antitrust For Busy Corporate Counsel – 1st Quarter 2021

A new year, a new administration in the United States, and new cartel enforcement leadership in the United Kingdom have begun. In the United States, first-of-their-kind criminal charges have been brought involving labor and...more

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