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LATEST KEY DEVELOPMENTS - Competition & State Aid • EU approves new and amended Member State measures to support the economy • European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager speech on COVID-19 State aid measures Trade / Export Controls • European Commission introduces s

On November 12, 2020, Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") announced its policy updates for the 2021 proxy season, effective for meetings on or after February 1, 2021. Key updates include the following......

A proposed development - A developer has obtained planning permission to build some affordable housing, but the land on which it wishes to build borders my land.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which was enacted in 1991, was originally designed to offer consumers relief from unwanted calls. However, attorneys seized on the opportunity to aggregate these smaller claims into class action lawsuits resulting in large settlements.

Followers of the financial press will not have failed to note the prominence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) developments in recent years, whether through regulatory proposals, statements from asset managers concerning ESG, or industry/sector changes.

In May, the IRS issued Notice 2020-32, providing that a taxpayer that receives a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) is not permitted to deduct expenses that are normally deductible under the Code to the extent the payment of those expenses results in loan forgiveness under the C

On October 20, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO” or “Office”) published in the Federal Register “Request for Comments on Discretion To Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board” seeking public comments on the appropriate considerations for instituting tr

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