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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Key Considerations for Oncology

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to revolutionize health care. In oncology, there are now opportunities to apply AI to support diagnostics, predictive analytics, and administrative functions. This hot topic was...more

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The Bre-X Mining Scandal, Part 1: A Scandal for the Ages

Few corporate scandals are still as infamous or devastating as the Bre-X mining scandal. What began as a story of incredible wealth, fueled by the promise of one of the largest gold deposits ever discovered, unraveled into...more

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White Collar Quarterly Report - August 2024

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In 2023, the number of federal corporate prosecutions remained far below the 25-year average after two consecutive years of increases. ..The DOJ’s Fraud Section secured just $690 million in penalties across eight...more

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Navigating Private Lending: Best Practices for Success

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In times of economic uncertainty, lending is not exclusively within the realm of banks. Non-financial institutions, such as corporate entities, pension funds, insurance companies, and even high-net-worth individuals, play a...more

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Business & Human Rights: Navigating "Minimum Safeguards" under the EU Taxonomy Regulation

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The EU Taxonomy Regulation (the "Regulation") is a highly complex piece of legislation which sets out a classification framework in order to determine whether an economic activity carried out by an undertaking is...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

The Double-Edged Impact of AI Compliance Algorithms on Whistleblowing

As the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) compliance and fraud detection algorithms within corporations and financial institutions continues to grow, it is crucial to consider how this technology has a twofold...more

The Volkov Law Group

A Deeper Dive into Supply Chain Transparency & Accountability

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The sheer proliferation of supply chain transparency and accountability regulations at international scale itself warrants a closer look at the level of scrutiny required of organizations with complex, multi-faceted, global,...more

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Navigating the Complexities of Forced Labor Laws: ArentFox Schiff's 2024 Guide for Global Businesses

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In the last few years, changes to the United States enforcement stance on the forced labor import ban authorized by 19 U.S.C. § 1307 and passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) have fundamentally changed the...more

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Climate-Related Financial Disclosures: What are They and What do They Mean?

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Overview - Background - The Australian Government recently released an exposure draft of the legislation to implement mandatory climate-related financial disclosures (Draft Legislation). This follows the release of draft...more

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Cayman Islands Removal from the EU Anti-Money Laundering List

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The Cayman Islands is now set to be removed from the EU anti-money laundering (AML) list. This action follows the decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) monitoring group on 27 October 2023 and subsequent removal...more

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FINRA Issues 2024 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report

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FINRA issued its 2024 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report on January 9, 2024, providing a glimpse into FINRA’s current regulatory oversight of member firms and their registered personnel in 27 topic areas....more

Dechert LLP

Artificial Intelligence: Legal and Regulatory Issues for Financial Institutions

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Over the last six months, artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the public imagination in a way it never has before. A new generation of AI-powered language models make use of a deep learning architecture known as a...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: November 2022

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ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - European Commission Launches a Public Consultation on the Draft Revised Market Definition Notice - On 8 November 2022, the European Commission launched a public consultation aimed at gathering...more

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Buying a UK Crypto Business: The New Regulatory Hurdles

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​​​​​​​The advance of the regulation of crypto-assets and crypto-related service providers has been piecemeal in the U.K. The latest round of changes took place in the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR) on 1 September...more

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Federal Reserve Board of Governors Issues Guidelines for Federal Reserve Account Service Access and Additional Crypto-Related...

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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) approved final guidelines (Guidelines) on August 15, 2022, to be used by Federal Reserve Banks (Reserve Banks) to evaluate requests to use accounts and...more

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[Webinar] The Regulatory Landscape for Cannabis Products in the U.S. and Canada - Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side? -...

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The current regulation of cannabis products in the U.S. and Canada has left many dazed and confused. There seems to be a lot of confusion and misinformation on the regulation of these products on both sides of the border....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Identifies Additional Risk Areas from Examinations of Private Fund Advisers

On January 27, 2022, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) released a risk alert (the “Risk Alert”) outlining its observations regarding compliance issues uncovered by its staff in examinations of registered investment...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

[Webinar] From Dirt to Air: Current Topics in Environmental Law - January 27th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

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Please join us on January 27th for a complimentary MCLE presentation as we discuss updates in environmental law, including those impacting: - Environmental due diligence including Phase I due diligence changes -...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Agencies Request Comments on Risk Management Guidance for Third-Party Relationships

On July 13, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC proposed risk management guidance to help banking organizations manage risks related to third-party relationships, including relationships with vendors, FinTech companies,...more

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Congress A Step Closer to Making Corporate ESG Disclosure Mandatory

On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose new ESG due diligence and disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies. H.R. 1187, the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of...more

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Lessons Learned From OCIE’s Inspections of Investment Adviser Compliance Programs

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The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert on November 19, 2020 related to the Advisers Act compliance rule, Rule 206(4)-7. Some key takeaways for Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) are as...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Diagnostics, Antibody Testing and Vaccines: Global Outlook on Life Sciences COVID-19 Advances and Evolving Deal Trends -...

Across the US and EU, life sciences companies are pushing diagnostics, antibody testing, vaccines and other efforts forward to flatten the Coronavirus (COVID-19) curve. Our multidisciplinary cross-border life sciences team...more

Hogan Lovells

UK FCA becomes AML/CFT crypto supervisor

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has become the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervisor for some types of cryptoasset businesses. These will need to meet certain...more

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Blog: SEC adopts guidance for investment advisers and proxy advisory firms—will it make a difference?

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At an open meeting on August 21, 2019, the SEC voted (three to two) to publish guidance aimed at addressing some of the long-simmering controversy surrounding the reliance by investment advisers on proxy advisory firms. Do...more

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FinCEN Issues Exceptive Relief from Beneficial Ownership Rule to Certain Account Renewals

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FinCEN Cites Low Risk of Money Laundering and High Regulatory Burden of Rule - On September 7, 2018, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued permanent exceptive relief (“Relief”) to the Beneficial...more

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