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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…
/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…
/climate change, development, green fast track, housing, land use, new york city, planning, real estate, residence, units, zoning/2 minute read
On March 20, 2024, the New York City Planning Commission (“CPC”) approved the Green Fast Track for Housing Program. These are rules that would expedite approval of small to medium-sized…
/finance, private fund advisers, regulatory, securities/5 minute read
During the last year, there were SEC regulatory developments affecting our private fund adviser clients and their counsel. We have set forth below summaries of the following developments that took…
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The pace of earned safe and sick leave (ESSL) legislation at the New York State and City levels has been breathtaking. In the latest development, the City has amended New…