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SEC Passes Final Rule to Harmonize and Improve its Exempt Offering Framework

On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it had voted to approve amendments to the SEC’s…

Banking & Financial Institutions Capital Markets

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Client Alert: Dollar Limitations for Employee Benefit Plans

The IRS annually adjusts the dollar limits for contributions and benefits in retirement and certain deferred compensation plans and for health…

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

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Fraud in M&A Transactions – Why should parties focus on it?

Treatment of fraud is a key issue in M&A transactions and often a heavily negotiated point.  Acquisition agreements often include “fraud…

Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Briefs

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SBA Procedural Notice on PPP Loans and Changes of Ownership

On October 2, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a procedural notice aimed at clarifying the required procedures for changes…

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Structuring M&A Agreements – Five Lessons from the Tiffany & Co. v. LVMH Affair

It was a whirlwind affair. The Manhattan socialite and the sophisticated Parisian. Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: “TIF”) and LVMH, Moët…

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Nine Biden Tax Proposals to Know as We Near Election Day

We’re roughly a month from Election Day, and I think it’s safe to say many Americans have strong opinions about who…

Tax

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Mey v. DIRECTV, LLC – The Fourth Circuit broadens the scope of the FAA to “infinite” arbitration clauses

Arbitration provisions appear in millions of contracts that cover many different types of agreements and transactions. For decades, the United States…

Commercial Litigation

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SEC Amends Accredited Investor Definition

On August 26, 2020, the SEC adopted final amendments that modify the definition of “accredited investor” in Rule 501(a) (the “Rule”)…

Capital Markets

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Regulation S-K

On August 8, 2019, the SEC proposed amendments aimed at modernizing the disclosure requirements contained in Items 101, 103, and 105 of…

Capital Markets

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The Growing Seeds of the Interaction of the Regulated Banking System and Hemp-related Businesses

On December 3, 2019, the federal bank regulatory agencies[1] and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in consultation with the Conference…

Banking & Financial Institutions