On Sept. 11, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund that ran a minority grant program, and an advocacy group founded by longtime diversity, equity and inclusion opponent Edward Blum, surprised many DEI advocates by announcing...more
Two recent federal court decisions shed new light on the ongoing wave of challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision one year ago in Students for Fair Admissions v....more
Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, companies increasingly began performing racial equity and civil rights assessments to measure company performance in terms of achieving goals related to social justice and...more
5/9/2023
/ Bias ,
Corporate Governance ,
Discrimination ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Ethics ,
Legal Representatives ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Rules of Professional Conduct ,
Social Justice Issues ,
State Bar Associations
Investors and shareholders are more frequently requesting racial equity audits of large companies to demonstrate their attention to ESG and DEI goals. Moore & Van Allen PLLC attorneys Valecia M. McDowell and Elena F. Mitchell...more
4/26/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Equity ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shareholders
For the first time in nearly a decade, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, and the National...more
5/21/2021
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FEMA ,
Flood Insurance ,
Flood Zones ,
Flooding ,
Insurance Industry ,
National Flood Insurance Program ,
Natural Disasters ,
Property Damage ,
Property Insurance ,
Severe Weather
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) recently published a proposed rule that would modify the mandatory filing requirements in place throughout the pilot program for certain foreign investment transactions subject...more
As discussed in our related March 25, 2020 post, in early March 2020, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued a proposed rule regarding filing fees for parties filing voluntary notices of certain transactions for...more
Further implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA“), the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently published a proposed rule to establish filing fees for parties filing voluntary...more
3/28/2020
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Filing Fees ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Refunds ,
U.S. Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently published final regulations to further implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA“) and to better address national security concerns resulting...more
2/12/2020
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Data Collection ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Final Rules ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Government Property ,
Jurisdiction ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory History ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Elections have consequences and the recent midterm elections are no exception. Having won the House majority, Democrats are expected to proceed with an ambitious agenda in January 2019. Much of the focus has been on how the...more
11/26/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Deregulation ,
Election Results ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Senate Finance Committee ,
Trump Administration
The potential transition away from LIBOR has raised significant concerns in the financial markets, including whether LIBOR will end in 2021, what may replace it, what fallback language should be included in contracts in the...more
Did you know that if you’ve taken a New York City taxi since 2009, your pick-up and drop-off locations were recorded and published (through June of 2016) on the internet for anyone to find? Now, New York City officials want...more
2/2/2017
/ City Attorneys ,
Data Collection ,
Data Mining ,
Data Privacy ,
Geolocation ,
Location Data ,
Lyft ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Ridesharing ,
Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) ,
Taxi Cabs ,
Uber