This document is intended to serve as a checklist for AMC legal offices, as they triage the unprecedented demands that they and their organizations more broadly face as a result of the COVID-19...

On September 28, 2013, China’s State Council published a plan titled Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Healthcare Services Industry, which outlines policy initiatives and development goals for China’s healthcare services industry to achieve by 2020 (the "Plan").

As the year progresses, key client concerns include fostering speak-up cultures, improving internal investigations, leveraging integrated data analysis, exploring root causes of issues, and conducting portfolio-wide risk benchmarking, all emphasizing the critical role of organizational culture.

Third Point LLC has filed suit against the auction house Sotheby’s in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking to invalidate Sotheby’s "poison pill."

Target corporations in M&A transactions frequently disclose management projections upon which a target corporation's board and financial advisor have relied.

This coming Friday, May 1st, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) will conduct a ‘Boardside Chat" webinar from noon to 1 p.m. ET. The webinar will address logistics for virtual proceedings, public remote viewing...

The PTAB petition is one of the most important pieces of evidence put before the board.

On March 13, 2018, the IRS announced a new Large Business and International Division ("LB&I") compliance campaign determined to impose tax adjustments on taxpayers who have deducted the costs associated with...

A comparison of the most significant provisions of the House and Senate bills can be found here.

On June 21, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a state cannot tax trust income solely because the beneficiaries are state residents.

An upcoming international criminal tax investigation coordinated by the Joint Chiefs of Tax Enforcement—or the J5—will focus on cryptocurrency and the financial technology industry.

On December 30, 2024, China's State Council published a series of policy incentives in Circular No. 53 to stimulate the transformation of the country's life sciences industry.

On Monday 28 November, 2022, the European Council formally adopted the new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), aimed at tackling foreign subsidies which have the potential to distort competition in the internal market.

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published today an important new set of rules under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ("MiFID II"). MiFID II came into force on 2 July 2014.

The annual working programmes emphasise the persistent regulatory focus on sustainability and tackling greenwashing in the financial markets.

"Resource extraction issuers" with a December 31 fiscal year-end will have to make their first disclosures under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's resource extraction payment disclosure rule this September.

The UK Chapter of The Legal 500: Private Equity Comparative Guide 2023 – authored by private equity transaction partners John Newton and myself, alongside finance partner...

Beginning on January 4, 2023, private companies that use the Rule 144A debt market for funding will need to publicly release financial statements or else risk reduced liquidity for their 144A bonds, which may in turn impact borrowing costs and adversely affect investors.

Impact investing is now everywhere, as seen by technology magazine WIRED hosting a conference on the topic in London on 2 November 2022. It covered a range of issues from supply chain...

I recently had the privilege of visiting Zürich to meet colleagues and other lawyers working in the life sciences sector. During these conversations I was struck by the similarities...