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The new standard agreement for service providers (which we’ll refer to as the Controller-Processor SCCs) adopted by the European Commission on June 4th was understandably a bit overshadowed by the release on the same date of the Standard Contractual Clauses for data transfers.

The Federal Reserve Board recently issued an interim final rule which excepts certain loans guaranteed under the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) from the restrictions of Section 22(h) of the Federal Reserve Act and the associated provisions of the Board’s Regulat

The risk of detention or seizure of products imported into the United States warrants renewed attention to responsible business practices on forced labor risk in global supply chains.

Plaintiffs are inventing new theories to attack businesses for alleged ESG-related deficiencies. Companies need to carefully manage their ESG initiatives, performance, and representations....
By: Womble Bond Dickinson

SPACs remain on everyone’s mind, especially the country’s chief regulator. On May 26, 2021, SEC Chair Gary Gensler testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on “key capital market trends” that will impact SEC resources in the coming years.

As has been widely communicated, on July 27, 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”), announced that the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) would be phased out by 2021.

Price gouging enforcement and litigation is front and center for company counsel and business managers nationwide. Our weekly round up highlights some of the most relevant news and information to our clients and friends....

Books and Records - Court of Chancery Orders Production of Emails, Denies Production of Privileged Communications in Books and Records Action - Emps.’ Ret. Sys. of R.I. v. Facebook, Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0085-JRS (Del. Ch. Feb. 10, 2021) - In a post-trial opinion, Vice Chancellor Joseph R.

Electric truck-maker Lordstown (that “aimed to revive a shuttered General Motors factory in Ohio”) revealed this week in a regulatory filing that it does “not have enough cash to start commercial production of its electric pickup truck and might have to close its doors” ......

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