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Fourteen months after it proposed cybersecurity-related requirements for certain market intermediaries, the SEC has now adopted them, formally requiring such covered entities to adopt written policies and procedures to prepare…
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Last week, a New York appellate court issued a decision that will allow one part of a legal challenge to go forward against the City’s ambitious effort to curb greenhouse…
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On Jan. 24, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rules to enhance disclosures and provide additional investor protections in initial public offerings (IPOs) for special purpose…
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In their latest for Westlaw Today and Thomson Reuters, Alex Malyshev and Sarah Ganley analyze the legal and policy considerations of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s move to reschedule Cannabis to…
/intellectual property, patent models/11 minute read
Patent law has evolved in many ways since 1790. One of the most notable is that physical models are no longer required, as they were until around 1880. Recently, The…
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This is Part II of our series on Virtual Asset Service Providers, focusing on New York state regulation of VASPs. Part I is available here. New York State regulates virtual asset…
/non-compete, noncompete/5 minute read
Update: The FTC’s final non-compete rule was published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024 (Federal Register :: Non-Compete Clause Rule). The rule becomes effective 120 days after publication, or…
/ftc, legislation, non-compete, noncompete/less than a minute
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it will vote on whether to issue a final rule barring most non-compete agreements with employees. The vote is scheduled for a special FTC…
/capital markets, climate change, securities/4 minute read
As we previously reported, in 2022 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed rules to require issuers to provide information about climate-related risks and metrics in registration statements…
/hochul, legislation, non-compete, noncompete, NYC/2 minute read
In the wake of New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s veto of state legislation that would have banned virtually all non-compete agreements in New York State, the New York City Council…