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Cooley LLP
I don't normally study defense appropriations bills, but the folks at thecorporatecounsel.net blog apparently do. And good thing, too. As they point out, Section 6081 of the new National Defense Authorization Act...
Farrell Fritz, P.C.
The distinction between direct and derivative claims pervades business divorce litigation. Whether a dissident owner's claim against his or her co-owners is a direct claim...
Goodwin Procter LLP
On October 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted regulations implementing Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...
Goodwin Procter LLP
On September 7, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the settlement of three separate enforcement actions in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space: namely, concerning the Opyn protocol and its Squeeth power perpetual products.
Mayer Brown
The US federal banking regulators recently proposed extensive revisions to the regulatory capital requirements for midsize and larger US banks.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The CFTC has announced three enforcement actions this month that further cement the CFTC's jurisdiction over the decentralized finance space ("DeFi").
Proskauer Rose LLP
A federal District Court in Washington recently dismissed a shareholder derivative action by a conservative advocacy group challenging Starbucks' initiatives relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI").
Duane Morris LLP
On September 11, 2023, the California Attorney General's Office filed a Complaint against a handful of manufacturers of "inhalable hemp products"...
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
A developer and financial backers of a renowned decentralized finance protocol cannot be held liable to private litigants for the activities of unrelated bad actors that utilized the protocol...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
With the Labor Day holiday now in the rear view mirror, we wanted to remind companies whose shares are listed on the NYSE/Nasdaq stock exchanges that the deadline for implementing...
KI Legal
Shareholder derivative suits have become an increasingly important tool for holding corporate executives accountable for their actions.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
This Order resolves litigation against Barelt filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and significantly broadens the scope of the definition of CTA.
Mayer Brown
On July 27, 2023, the US banking regulators issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the "NPR") to revise significantly the risk-based capital requirements applicable to large banks and to banks...
Milbank LLP
KKR & Co. announced that it acquired a minority ownership interest in OHB SE (OHB) for $110m, including a $33m convertible debt investment in OHB subsidiary Rocket...
Proskauer Rose LLP
On July 11, 2023, the Senate Finance Committee released an open letter to the Digital Asset Community asking a variety of questions in connection with possible future legislation.
Mayer Brown
Many community and regional banks in the US are under intense pressure from economic forces that are outside of their control. These locally oriented banks are increasingly turning to credit risk transfer...
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Once a cornerstone of the financial industry, the financial world recently bid farewell to the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly referred to as "LIBOR").
Mayer Brown
A new era has begun! Although the key LIBORs now have transitioned to risk-free replacement rates, global transition activity continues with respect to other interbank offered, and similar, rates
K&L Gates
In case you missed it: late last month, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market ("ICVCM") launched its Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) and Program-level Assessment Framework (Framework).
Steptoe & Johnson
On August 11, a US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Starbucks concerning the company's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and initiatives.