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Creation of a Specialized Court Division to Handle Duty of Care Disputes in France

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The Paris Judicial Court has established a new division to handle disputes related to the Duty of Vigilance Act....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

“Recapping” and Reconciling Merit Management and Nine West, the Second Circuit Holds That Boston Generating’s 2006...

Until recently, two of the most important cases interpreting the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” provisions appeared to be in potential tension. First, in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 Merit Management decision, the Supreme...more

WilmerHale

Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law: Recent Developments

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As already outlined in last year’s overview, since the enactment of EU Directive 2014/104 (‘Damages Directive’), private enforcement of EU competition law in the EU has continued to develop at an impressive pace. Putting...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive – Draft FAQs and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards

The European Union (EU) Commission has published a draft set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the interpretation of certain provisions of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the first set of...more

DLA Piper

Puerto Rico Supreme Court Issues Key RFP Ruling: Top Points for Companies

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Prudent entities responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from the Government of Puerto Rico will exercise additional caution when determining how to demonstrate their economic fitness, after the Puerto Rico Supreme Court...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

California’s Legislature Pushes Forward with Climate Accountability Bills

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After not accepting California Governor Newsom’s proposal to delay implementing California’s Climate Accountability laws by two years, the California legislature passed amendments on August 31, 2024, to California’s 2023...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Checklist for Foreign Companies Expanding into the US

You’re a foreign company looking to set up shop in the United States. You have weighed the pros and cons of expanding your business into the United States, c..onfirmed the compatibility of any products or services you offer...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

European Commission Publishes FAQs on EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

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The FAQs aim to clarify key aspects of the CSRD, including the scope of the rules, compliance dates, and exemptions. On 7 August 2024, the European Commission (Commission) published a set of frequently asked questions...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FDIC releases NPRM for parent companies of industrial entities

On July 30, the FDIC released an NPRM to regulate parent companies of industrial banks and industrial loan companies (the industrial entities). The proposed rule would revise the definition of “Covered Company” to include...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Domestication with a Twist: A Tax Case Study

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The Internal Revenue Service’s new private letter ruling (PLR) concerned a domestication of a Foreign Parent corporation under U.S. ownership—with a few notable twists. First, the PLR applied a substance-over-form analysis to...more

Dechert LLP

Finally, An Update on Outbound Investment

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Almost a year after President Biden signed an Executive Order to establish a U.S. outbound investment regime, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on U.S. outbound...more

Fenwick & West LLP

BIS Prohibits Transactions with Kaspersky Lab in Its First Final ICTS Determination

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On June 20, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued its first Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Final Determination pursuant to Executive Order 13873 and 15 C.F.R. Part 7,...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

New Israeli Court Ruling on Artificial Transactions

A recent court ruling in the Shalam Packaging Products Group case addressed claims made by the Netanya tax assessor. The assessor argued the group executed a restructuring solely to reduce its tax liabilities by offsetting...more

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Nevada Supreme Court Rejects The "Uncontrollable Child" Theory Of Parent-Subsidiary Relationships

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Nevada famously limits directors and officers from personal liability.  However, it would be an overstatement to say that Nevada is a "liability free" jurisdiction.  For example, the Nevada Supreme Court recently held that...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The Impact of the Corporate Transparency Act on Companies in a Captive Insurance Structure

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Captive insurance companies are likely exempt from filing a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Report under the insurance company exemption to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Likewise, companies that are owned by...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New IRS Ruling Guidelines Significantly Impact Tax-Free Spin-Offs

On May 1, 2024, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2024-24 (Revenue Procedure), which sets out substantially revised guidelines for private letter ruling (PLR)...more

Dickinson Wright

Recap of TikTok Forced Sale Bid Embroils ByteDance’s Vast Patent Trove

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In a recent article on BloombergLaw.com titled “TikTok Forced Sale Bid Embroils ByteDance’s Vast Patent Trove,” the spotlight is on ByteDance’s formidable patent portfolio, which poses a significant challenge to any mandated...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Getting over the starting line: How multi-entity organizational structures can become a barrier to Chapter 15 relief

Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code provides a valuable tool for non-US entities going through foreign insolvency proceedings when they have assets located in the United States. Chapter 15 can protect the value of US assets by...more

Clark Hill PLC

Corporate Transparency Act: Understanding the “Large Operating Company” Exemption

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On Jan. 1, the new Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) came into effect and imposes reporting obligations on domestic and foreign entities that are within the scope of the definition of “reporting company” under the statute....more

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Stop Blaming the Parents! – The Scope of Parental Liability for a Subsidiary’s Contract

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Misbehaving children? Blame the parents, right? Not so in the corporate context, at least according to Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Robert R. Reed in a recent decision, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., v....more

Morgan Lewis

IRS’s Implicit Parental Support Guidance ‘Formalizes’ Past Litigation Position

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a nonbinding Generic Legal Advice Memorandum (GLAM) that provides advice on Internal Revenue Code Section 482 and so-called implicit parental support. Consistent with prior...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Italy (Updated)

1. Types of Business Entities - Italian law provides multiple forms of organizational structures to do business in Italy. They differ from one another due to the extent of liability undertaken by its members. In...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

CTA – The Large Operating Company Exemption – Not Everybody Can Be A “Big BOI”

In 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) was enacted into U.S. federal law as part of a multi‑national effort to rein in the use of entities to mask illegal activity. The CTA directs the U.S. Department of the...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Legal Separateness: The Boundaries on Written Discovery

The concept of corporate legal separateness has long been a fortress protecting affiliated business entities such as parents, subsidiaries, and sister companies from various kinds of liability and litigation. However, how...more

Jones Day

Who, What, When: The Impact of the EU CSRD on Non-EU Companies

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The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) requires the most detailed and onerous ESG reporting and disclosures anywhere in the world. All told, it is estimated that more than 50,000 companies, including...more

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