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Kilpatrick’s Siegmar Pohl, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco and Walnut Creek Offices, was a panelist on at the 10th German American Business Forum in Munich, entitled “Digital Transformation – AI and Silicon Valley...more
Key takeaways The EU NIS2 Directive defines cybersecurity obligations also for entities providing IT services only within their own corporate group of companies. To assess the applicability of these obligations, the necessary...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 8, 2025, that it seeks self-nominations from small businesses, governments, and not-for-profits to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SER) providing...more
Discussion in the corporate boardroom is evolving rapidly. As the global economy has fundamentally shifted from one driven by tangible assets to one powered by intangible value, a new C-suite position has earned a seat at the...more
Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) refers to a situation where a foreign entity has the power to directly or indirectly influence the management or operations of a company. FOCI can result from legal means like...more
In the EU, the new year brings on the one hand hope for relief regarding ESG reporting and disclosure obligations (I. below). On the other hand, the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) will create new burdens for many...more
In der EU lässt das neue Jahr einerseits auf Entlastungen bei den ESG-Berichterstattungs- und Offenlegungspflichten hoffen (unten I.). Andererseits wird die EU-Entwaldungsverordnung (EUDR) für viele Unternehmen neuen Aufwand...more
Family-owned businesses continue to play a significant role in the Italian and Spanish economies, accounting for more than 80 percent of all enterprises and around 60 percent of GDP in both countries. In the aftermath of the...more
Fragile or volatile supply chains, increases in regulatory obligations and enforcement, natural disasters, inflation, political turmoil – all complicated issues for any business to navigate. Among the myriad business...more
Colorado stepped boldly into the difficult area of regulating artificial intelligence (AI) on May 17, 2024, as Governor Jared Polis signed into effect a groundbreaking law, known as Senate Bill 205 or the "Colorado AI Act"...more
Today, society has increasing expectations of the role businesses should play in tackling some of the planet’s biggest challenges, such as climate change and social justice issues. Environmental, social and governance is a...more
Expanded Japanese whistleblowing rules are among the latest to come into effect as part of a broad trend of increasing regulatory requirements for incident reporting across the globe. Previously in effect for large...more
It wasn’t long ago that the phrase digital transformation conjured the image of a large-enterprise corporate luminary delivering a keynote about the technological metamorphosis of their industry. Digitalization of legacy...more
As a small- to medium-size business owner, have you ever thought about what’s involved in protecting your business from a security breach? You may even be asking yourself, “What do I have to protect? I’m not a target.”...more
Where We Stand - This year kicks off against the backdrop of the security flaw found in Log4j, a system-logging code library widely used in applications and services across the Internet. In the aftermath of this crisis, a...more
While COVID-19 dramatically spreads across Europe, all companies are being forced to implement new large scale remote working arrangements. During these times of crisis, it’s easy for proprietary and confidential information...more
This article considers the recent European Banking Authority Shadow Banking Guidelines (the “Guidelines”), seeks a definition of shadow banking and discusses some of the potential consequences of the Guidelines for...more