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2020 Filing Season Survey: SEC Disclosures By Public Companies Around the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Drawing down on the full availability under a revolving credit facility can be a useful source of liquidity.

This week we highlight a report by the EY Center for Board Matters on "Audit committee reporting to shareholders in 2016", discussing audit committee-related proxy disclosures by Fortune 100 companies.

This week, we highlight a recent Russell Reynolds report on "Global and Regional Trends in Corporate Governance for 2016"...

This week, we highlight Ernst & Young's recent Global Capital Confidence Barometer titled "Buying and bonding: Alliance join M&A as engines of growth."

This week we highlight Deloitte's M&A trends report, which surveys 1,000 executives at corporations and private equity firms for their take on M&A activity in 2017 and their expectations for 2018.

On March 13, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order that provides relief to registered investment ...

Akin Gump corporate partner Courtney York authored "The Current Trends in Corporate Venturing" for Texas Lawyer.

On April 20, 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the former owner and president of Chestnut Consulting Group Inc., Dmitrij Harder, has pled guilty to two counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...

Earlier this month, the former owner of two New Jersey contracting firms, Hannah Robert, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act.

Orders the Attorney General to review in detail all existing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations or enforcement actions and take appropriate action with respect to such matters...

Four years after resolving FCPA-related charges with the DOJ and the SEC, California-based Maxwell Technologies recently reported that it has accumulated $2.42 million in costs throughout 2015...

In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss some of the major changes in the labor & employment legal and regulatory landscape that employers should anticipate under the second Trump administration.

In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss Attorney General Pamela Bondi's memo setting forth the Department of Justice's plan to investigate, eliminate, and penalize illegal DEI and DEIA activities in both the private sector and in educational institutions that receive federal funds.

Connecticut has enacted a comprehensive new framework regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) that will significantly expand employer obligations in the coming years. Connecticut joins a growing patchwork of state AI laws—including measures in Illinois, Colorado, California, New York City, and Texas...

In this installment we explore how the FTC voted to drop appeals defending its nationwide ban, but also launched an enforcement action against non-compete agreements...

In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss a New York law going into effect today that restricts the ability of employers to access social media accounts belonging to employees and job applicants.

New York City recently enacted changes to the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act that will impact how all private employers provide leave to employees.