On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) posted a notice on their webpage regarding operational changes due to COVID-19. The DDTC announced the following measures affecting compliance/registration,...
Since the United States Supreme Court decided Jam v. Int’l Fin. Corp., 139 S. Ct. 759 (2019), international organizations (as designated under the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 (“IOIA”)) have increasingly faced litigation that...
A party accused of infringing a patent may challenge the validity of the patent in the federal court infringement litigation or in separate administrative proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). One of...
“Finders” or “business brokers” may be the unsung heroes of early stage and emerging growth companies, or, as the New York State Attorney General (“NYSAG”) and, seemingly, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) believe,...
On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed new Rule 2a-5 (the “Proposed Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”) to address valuation practices of registered investment...
The Virginia General Assembly recently authorized public bodies — including local boards and commissions — to meet electronically during the state of emergency declared by Gov. Ralph Northam in response to COVID-19. This clarifies and expands the...
Starting Monday, April 27, 2020 and lasting for thirty (30) days, Colorado Governor Jared Polis’s “Safer at Home” Executive Order goes into effect as part of a phased plan designed to allow Coloradans to begin to return to work. The Governor had...
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security published three new rules on April 28, 2020 that will significantly change U.S. export controls on trade and investment with China in a range of technologies and industries. Two of these...
As the COVID-19 pandemic marches on, more homeowners than ever are seeking assistance from their lenders. The American Bankruptcy Institute reported on April 24, 2020 that over 3.4 million homeowners have entered into COVID-19 related mortgage...
Faced with unprecedented commercial challenges that threaten their continued survival, many businesses have demonstrated their resilience by pivoting to pursue commercial opportunities that did not exist just weeks ago, such as meeting the increased...
