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On February 6, 2019, the SEC staff issued two new identical C&DIs that apply to Item 401 of Regulation S-K, Question 116.11, and Item 407 of Regulation S-K, Question 133.13. The new interpretation provides guidance on disclosure when a director or a...

Global prosecutors and regulators continued to increase anti-money laundering enforcement and regulatory actions. Global and US regulators have increasingly focused on beneficial ownership and transparency requirements. In 2018, FinCEN's Customer...

In a consent order, dated January 21, 2019, the BCFP alleged that an individual broker violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA) by engaging in deceptive and unfair brokering of high-interest credit contracts to veterans in...

The law of summary judgment in Alberta has recently been in flux regarding the standard of proof required to resolve a dispute summarily: some panels of the Court have held that proof on a balance of probabilities is required, while others have held...

The German antitrust authority (FCO) has ordered Facebook to stop collecting data outside Facebook’s platform without the user’s “voluntary consent.” The decision breaks new ground because it links data protection and antitrust breaches. While the...

The BCFP recently entered into a consent order with an online lender that offers unsecured payday loans, installment loans, and lines of credit for allegedly: (i) debiting funds from consumers’ bank accounts without their authorization; and (ii)...

Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made national news when they declared that drug use by a pregnant woman cannot be classified a child abuse according to Child Protective Services Law. How did they come to this conclusion? Statutory...

I. INTRODUCTION. Below you will find a brief outline of the legal regulation of the acquisition of real estate property in Argentina, which is mainly governed by the Argentine Civil and Commercial Code (“CCC”). II. FORMS OF REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP....

A recent court decision in Canada involving an insurance coverage dispute between an international law firm and its insurance provider arose from an inadvertent wire transfer by a Vancouver-based law firm associate of $2.5 million of his client’s...

A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, design, color, sound, or a combination thereof, that serves to identify the source of goods or services from those of another. Questions frequently arise about how trademarks should be used and about when and...

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