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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 16, 2025
AI Today in 5: August 15, 2025, The AI as Boss Episode
The LathamTECH Podcast — Turning a London Eye Toward International Tech Growth
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AI Today in 5: August 7, 2025. The US v. China Episode
LathamTECH in Focus: Move Fast, Stay Compliant
Daily Compliance News: August 6, 2025, The Spanking Banks Edition
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Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
On 20 August, the UK government issued a Final Order under Section 26 of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) blocking a proposed joint venture between Versarien plc (Versarien) and Anhui Boundary Innovative...more
Buy-side investors typically require the target company to represent that it has not infringed on the copyrights or other intellectual property of any third party. Typical language might read: “The operation of the Company as...more
You’ve built a great product, assembled a talented team, and maybe even caught the attention of investors or potential buyers. But your code or growth metrics will only get you so far if your company is not a compliant...more
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
At the start of the year, we surveyed M&A lawyers to gather their perspectives on the market dynamics, the year ahead, and the impact of representations and warranties insurance (RWI) on deals. These insights are invaluable...more
What really happens behind the scenes of a $175 million startup deal? In a special live episode of the Founder Shares podcast, recorded at Raleigh-Durham Startup Week, Tim McLoughlin, managing partner of CoFounders Capital,...more
What does it take to guide a company from early investment to a major private equity transaction? In this special Founder Shares live episode, recorded at Raleigh-Durham Startup Week, Tim McLoughlin of CoFounders Capital and...more
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) remain a common strategic priority for companies aiming to grow, innovate, or strengthen their market position. However, the complexity of these...more
About the Orrick Legal Ninja Series – OLNS In substantially all of the major world markets, we have dedicated technology lawyers who support young German technology companies on their growth trajectory through all stages. As...more
Is your M&A target a company that develops or uses artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools? AI, and generative AI technologies specifically, are powerful business tools but present novel legal issues in the context of M&A...more
The accelerated development of artificial intelligence (AI) has shown the transformative potential of the technology across industries, making it an integral part of strategic planning for market participants, from technology...more
The only thing truly certain about the proposed U.S. outbound investment regulatory regime is that a lot of uncertainty remains. But industry responses garnered during the comment period may, at least partly, foretell the...more
Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions...more
Last month, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced a new Safe Harbor Policy for voluntary self-disclosure (the “Policy”) made in connection with merger and acquisition activity. The Policy is intended to bring...more
When the topic of technology commercialization strategies comes up, the most common options typically mentioned include the sale of a technology or building a business around technology by selling products or providing...more
Bank partnerships are a critical component of the U.S. fintech ecosystem and infrastructure. The agreements that govern bank-fintech partnerships are nevertheless frequently overlooked simply as a legal formality—a...more
Cyber risks are increasing, and as a result, due diligence inquiries and valuations are increasingly focusing on the cybersecurity and privacy risks inherent in a business’s collection, use, retention and disposal of data. ...more
The number of different open source licenses is growing and the variation in their terms and complexity is increasing. A number of licenses that appear to be, or are commonly referred to as “open source” do not actually meet...more
M&A deal teams should take note of heightened scrutiny of HR and employment practices by antitrust enforcers in the US and Europe. No-poach, non-solicitation, and wage-fixing agreements - arrangements between companies...more
In this episode, Linda Odom and Ernest Simons discuss the increase of M&A deals and investors’ due diligence regulatory concerns. The episode also addresses the implications of contracts for consumer, business, and vendor and...more
And when buyers feel unable to conduct enough due diligence, our survey finds that many (44 percent) buyers are unafraid to walk away. The top reason buyers walk away from deals, cited by 67 percent of respondents, is the...more
Despite the opportunities available in the market, the changing face of global politics is exerting an increasing influence over deals. Almost half of respondents (47 percent) point to trade wars and rising protectionism as...more
Not too long ago, technology was considered a “vertical” market filled with companies that met the needs of the “technology” industry (think of the classic technology companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Apple, Intel, and IBM). ...more
A Selection of Evolving Trends in Mergers and Aquisitions - Buyers are aggressively targeting companies with differentiated technology and strategically-positioned intellectual property....more
Four of Latham & Watkins’ leading emerging company partners in Silicon Valley, Luke Bergstrom, Tad Freese, Jim Morrone and JD Marple, recently hosted a webinar titled “Achieving Successful Outcomes as a Non-US Company...more