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A Q&A With Exempt Organization Lawyer and EO Radio Show Host Cynthia Rowland
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Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
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Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Colorado and Wyoming
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Director Duties and Best Practices for the Typical Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
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Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
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Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
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Market Leaders Podcast Episode 94: Exploring the Perils of Optics-Driven DEI Initiatives with Guest Mira Dewji
Managing Social Media Risk
Deux études particulièrement intéressantes ont récemment été publiées par l’Agence Française Anticorruption (l’AFA) et la Commission européenne dans le domaine de la lutte contre la corruption. La première étude publié...more
Le 16 octobre 2024, l’AFA a publié son rapport relatif à la Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) : « Mettre en œuvre les indicateurs anticorruption de la Directive CSRD ». Notre équipe vous en propose...more
The CSDD Directive thus adopted goes well beyond the obligations under the French corporate law on duty of care: it widens the scope of the companies concerned and imposes heavy penalties. ...more
Since 2017, French companies of a certain size have had to draw up a vigilance plan to identify the risks associated with their business and prevent serious violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the health and...more
Key Points - - The number of activist campaigns launched against European companies rose again in 2023, with a new focus on German targets. - Many activists surveyed believe that France offers them good opportunities. -...more
As the first EU country to transpose the CSRD into national law, France will gradually replace the EFPD with sustainability reporting under the new directive. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (the CSRD)...more
1. Types of Business Entities - • Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - Business may be conducted in France either through a French branch of a foreign...more
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) litigation continues to be a hot topic, before both the French commercial and criminal courts. The number of French-style deferred prosecution agreements (Convention Judiciaire...more
Pursuant to Article 12 of Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agriculture, French Order no. 2023-1142...more
Prise en application de l'article 12 de la loi n° 2023-171 du 9 mars 2023 portant diverses dispositions d'adaptation au droit de l'Union européenne dans les domaines de l'économie, de la santé, du travail, des transports et...more
In a noteworthy (and long-awaited) set of case laws issued on July 10 2023, the Conseil d’Etat delivered four rulings on the shareholding and governance rules applicable to veterinary companies (Nos. 442911 and 452448), and...more
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Completes the Launch of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Opportunities - On July 14, 2023, the EPA announced two notice of funding opportunities for up to $20 billion. Up to $14 billion...more
A Parisian interim judge dismissed a claim brought by several non-governmental organizations against one of the first companies—Total Energies—to be sued for alleged violation of the French duty of vigilance law....more
The French company filing landscape is undergoing a time of change. Beginning in 2023, differing company registers merged into a “one-stop shop,” a single national register. Additionally, the Court of Justice of the European...more
In a dispute relating to the exclusion procedure provided for in the articles of association of a French SAS, two useful clarifications have been made in the wake of the amendments made by Law Soilihi No. 2019-744 of July 19,...more
Dans un contentieux relatif à la procédure d’exclusion prévue par les statuts d’une SAS, deux précisions utiles sont apportées dans le sillage des modifications introduites par la loi Soilihi n° 2019-744 du 19 juillet 2019....more
This Client Alert examines the key issues that typically arise in connection with debt repurchase programs. It also looks at issues applicable to both bond and loan repurchases, as well as jurisdictional issues raised by the...more
The report, published on 24 February 2022, assesses the implementation of the existing French corporate duty of vigilance law. French Statute No. 2017-399 of 27 March 2017 (the 2017 Statute) created a duty of vigilance...more
With the recently adopted SDDA, Germany joins France in imposing human rights and environmental due diligence obligations along international supply chains of large companies. The SDDA covers companies based in Germany with...more
La crise financière de 2008 a amplifié la critique d’un capitalisme dont l’excessive financiarisation nuirait au relèvement des grands défis sociaux et environnementaux de notre temps. Particulièrement sensible à ces...more
On July 19, 2020, the Legal High Committee for Financial Markets of Paris ("HCJP") issued a report on social and environmental responsibility of companies and their managers under French law. This report was initiated based...more
Interest in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies of companies and their impact on the wider community has continued to increase amongst institutional investors, retail shareholders and the media during the...more