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AmCham Forum Showcases Business Opportunities in Egypt

From May 25 to 26, the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt), in collaboration with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S.-Egypt Business Council and the Egypt-U.S. Business Council, hosted the U.S.-Egypt...more

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Navigating Opportunities in Latin America in 2025

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Latin America presents a compelling, albeit complex, investment landscape as we move through 2025. While the region is projected for modest economic acceleration, the global stage is marked by political shifts and evolving...more

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Texas Federal Court Allows an ERISA Fiduciary Challenge Against Alleged "ESG Investing" Without Any ESG Funds

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On January 10, 2025, in Spence v. American Airlines, a federal district court in Texas ruled that American Airlines (the company) and the committee overseeing its 401(k) plans (the committee) breached their duty of loyalty...more

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DOL ESG Rule Withstands Demolition of Chevron Deference

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In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc., leaving the doctrine of Chevron deference in rubble. The doctrine stated that, when a...more

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The Future of Corporate Venture Capital: Evolving from Strategic Tourist to Long-Term Partner

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For decades, corporate venture capital has occupied an ambiguous place in the innovation ecosystem—somewhere between strategic experimentation and financial opportunism. But as the market matures and disruption becomes the...more

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Event in Review: Antitrust in Healthcare: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Navigating PE Realization and Structuring Products for Wealthy Individuals with Hg Capital

In this episode, we’re joined by Steven Batchelor and Martina Sanow of Hg Capital, one of the largest and most successful private equity firms in the world. Specializing in technology, financial services software, and...more

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2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Business Implications From China’s Weakened Economy

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After 30 years of extraordinary growth, China’s economy – the world’s second largest – appears to be entering a new phase of slower expansion. The real estate sector – which accounts for around one-third of Chinese GDP and...more

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Privacy Breach: The Silent Killer of Startups

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A privacy breach can have detrimental consequences for startups:  A privacy breach may trigger legal consequences and regulatory scrutiny, especially for a startup that operates in areas with stringent data protection laws...more

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SEC Finds NFT to Be a Security in Landmark Action

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Summary - The SEC’s focus on the crypto industry expanded this week to include non-fungible tokens (NFTs). In its first NFT-enforcement action, the SEC settled with Impact Theory, a media and entertainment company, over...more

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Ripple and Terraform Labs: Two New York District Courts Address the Status of Certain Crypto Assets as Securities

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In Short - The Situation: Recently, two judges in Southern District of New York were required to apply the Howey test in separate cases to decide whether sales of certain crypto assets were investment contracts, and thus...more

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SEC Charges Richard Heart and His Three Cryptocurrency projects – Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX

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On July 31, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) formally charged the enigmatic crypto-personality Richard Heart (whose real name, as I learned from the complaint, is Richard Schueler) and his three...more

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Will There Be a Ripple Effect? Federal Judge Rules Some Sales of XRP Were Not Securities Transactions

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The long battle between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Ripple reached a partial resolution with the Court ruling the digital asset at issue (“XRP”) is not itself a security and certain sales of the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Investor Coalitions Urge Consumer Goods Companies to Take Action to Reduce Plastics

In a statement released on May 3, 2023, the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) called for companies in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) and grocery retail sectors to reduce their...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Republican AGs Target 53 Large Asset Managers' ESG Practices

On March 30, 2023, 21 Republican Attorneys General (AGs) wrote a letter addressed to over 50 U.S. asset managers citing “concerns about the ongoing agreements between asset managers to use Americans’ savings to push political...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 6: Venture Capital Investing with Primary VC's Jason Shuman

Venture capital is a unique asset class. In this episode, Jason Shuman, General Partner at Primary VC, gives us a window into his world of early-stage venture capital investing and discusses the multitude of stars that must...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Commissioners’ Comments at the 42nd Annual Small Business Forum

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Investor Advocate held the 42nd Annual Small Business Forum—this time convening panels over four days on various topics, including trends and challenges affecting early...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Australia’s Securities and Consumer Protection Regulators Pursue Alleged Greenwashing

On February 28, 2023, Australia’s securities regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), announced that it had commenced “civil penalty proceedings” in federal court against Mercer Superannuation...more

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New York’s Climate Action Plan

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In an ambitious step toward New York state’s climate goals, the New York State Climate Action Council approved a Scoping Plan on December 19, 2022, which sets forth a series of recommended policies and actions. The 445-page...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Event] 2023 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference - January 10th, San Francisco, CA

Come together with key decision-makers, innovators and investors from across the healthcare, life sciences and private equity (PE) industries during the year’s largest healthcare investment symposium....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Nothing Gets Between These Celebrities and Their Crypto... Except a Class Action Lawsuit (and the Feds)

There is little in this world more valuable than fine art. Just ask Paul Allen, whose collection of paintings and sculptures recently fetched over $1.5 billion at auction, including $117 million for van Gogh’s “Verger avec...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Crypto theft is another strike against Bitcoin 401(k)

While technology makes it easier for bad actors to steal the retirement assets of plan participants, it’s far easier to steal from 401(k) plans with crypto investments. 401(k) plans that have Bitcoin investments would have a...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Examines the Public Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee held a panel discussion on recent trends in taking a company public during its October 13, 2022 meeting. The panel, “Update on the...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

Digital Health Has Strong Fundamentals to Pull Through Downturn

Digital health has been a powerhouse investment sector since it emerged more than a decade ago. Year-after-year, startups consistently demonstrate their innovations bring real-world benefits and our healthcare system...more

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DOJ Targeting Crypto Industry for Enforcement

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A basic truism — you do not want to become the subject of a Justice Department investigation.  The wheels of justice — prosecutors and law enforcement — can cause real harm to organizations and individuals that violate the...more

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