On March 12, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a no-action letter (NAL) recognizing the reasonableness of one method by which issuers relying on Rule 506(c) offerings under Regulation D can satisfy the rule's accredited investor verification requirements

On March 12, 2025, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance issued a no-action letter providing interpretive guidance with respect to the requirement to verify a purchaser's accredited investor status in a Rule 506(c)...

We have had numerous guests on the podcast focused on legal tech, but in today's conversation, we talk about practical governance strategies for AI and other frontier technologies with Karen Silverman

Shout-out to a Mayer Brown team led by Matthew Ingber that represented Spotify in fending off copyright infringement claims from Eight Mile Style...

No details have as yet been given about the particular applications, services or activities that ACE will be used for.

The International Stock Exchange (TISE), headquartered in Guernsey, has welcomed its first issuer to its sustainable finance segment, TISE Sustainable, by virtue of an ESG rating.

On October 14, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) that would, under certain circumstances, require public companies to include in their annual meeting proxy statements and on their proxy cards nominees for director that are submitted by shareholders meeting specified standards.

This Client Alert addresses the impact on a customer of a futures commission merchant (FCM) with respect to his or her accounts held by that FCM prior to a filing for bankruptcy under Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532 (the Bankruptcy Code) by the FCM.

This week the FFA held the inaugural FFA University 2.0 at Cadwalader's offices in New York.

In October 2011, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) issued final Guidance for the Evaluation and Mitigation of Subsurface Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air (Final Guidance), intended for use by, among others, regulators, responsible parties, developers, community groups and consultants.

On August 21, 2024, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas held that, while the debtor breached an agreement arising from an uptier transaction...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has for decades incentivized defendants to resolve enforcement charges by allowing them to settle without admitting liability, subject to the condition that they also not publicly deny it.

The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance recently issued an interpretive letter[1] providing additional insight as to what constitutes "reasonable steps" to verify an investor's accredited investor status under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D, a private offering exemption that permits general solicitation...

On April 26, 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States adopted amendments to Rule 2019 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (Amended Rule 2019) and submitted the proposed amendment to Congress for approval.

The ubiquitous nature of arbitration clauses has led to a surge in the number of class action arbitrations. Several recent decisions in federal and state courts - including the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle have shed some light on this topic, although many issues remain unresolved. Parties should be cognizant of these unresolved issues when defending class actions filed in court and when drafting and reviewing arbitration clauses.

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The 2024 Games Industry Law Summit in Vilnius was a remarkable gathering of legal professionals from 56 countries, all focused on navigating the evolving landscape of the gaming industry.

On March 12, 2025, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a no-action letter clarifying "reasonable steps" issuers can take to verify the accredited investor status of purchasers, as required under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D...

On March 12, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) issued a no-action letter regarding Rule 506(c) under Regulation D.

Almost all courts find that companies disclosing privileged communications or protected work product to the government waive both of those protections.