When entering the U.S. market, it is important that a company picks a method best suited to its culture, product, and demographic. The most common entry points are to join with a U.S. party that will be a distributor, agent,…
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On March 19, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (the “Staff”) updated its Marketing Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) to address the inclusion by SEC-registered investment advisers of…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On March 12, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the SEC issued a no-action letter (the “No-Action Letter”) providing new guidance on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Specifically,…
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Under the guaranteed maximum price (GMP) construction contract delivery method, great care and attention must be given by the owner in setting the GMP, usually done by way of a “GMP Amendment,” following the CM’s submission of a…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Government Contracting
This note only addresses subsidiaries of Nordic companies. Branch offices are rarely attractive for foreign companies because they result in direct exposure for the foreign company to liability in the U.S. and jurisdiction by…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Taxation
Stop us if you have heard this before, but there has been yet another development in the saga that is the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Following a recent ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of…
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Once again, the New York State legislature has initiated legislation that would ban nearly all employee non-competes. Introduced on February 10, 2025, Senate Bill S4641A seeks to prohibit non-compete agreements for health…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In our prior article, The “Art” of the Commercial Real Estate Lease Term Sheet, we discussed the importance of an accurate term sheet reflecting the material terms of the proposed commercial lease, and how in the absence of such…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
The filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) have once again been restored. In yet another reversal of the on again, off again saga, on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
On January 1, 2025, New York State’s Paid Prenatal Leave Law took effect, making New York the first state to require all private-sector employers to offer paid leave to employees for prenatal health care services during or…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) published its examination priorities for 2025. The published priorities inform SEC registrants, investors, and…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) have been temporarily suspended again. In yet another reversal, the Fifth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals in an order filed December 26, 2024…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
The filing requirement for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has been reinstated by the Fifth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals with a new deadline of January 13th, 2025. We previously alerted you that on December…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and associated regulations by the…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
In early September, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted amendments to CFTC Regulation 4.7 (“Regulation 4.7”), which is a compliance exemption from certain disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping…
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