On July 11, 2019, FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 19-23 (2019 Notice), restating and significantly supplementing its prior guidance regarding the circumstances under which a broker-dealer

This is a reproduction of the summer edition of our quarterly electronic newsletter.

The current outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is causing widespread concern. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation Director-General declared the outbreak

The Coalition Agreement of the new Flemish Government (Vlaams Regeerakkoord), as concluded on 30 September 2019 by the Flemish Nationalist

On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and Form CRS.

A recent opinion by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit may change the way the government pursues − and litigants defend − criminal insider trading cases across the country.

Directive 2019/1023 of 20 June 2019 on preventive restructuring frameworks, on discharge of debt and disqualifications

The Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201) (POBO), enacted in 1971, is the primary anti-bribery legislation in Hong Kong and is enforced by the Independent

On 8 January 2020, Law no. 7/2020 on the amending and supplementing of (i) Law no. 10/1995 regarding the quality in construction (Law no. 10/1995), as well as of (ii) Law no. 50/1991 regarding the ...

Guernsey-incorporated Market Tech Holdings Limited has raised an additional £200 million on the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) AIM.

China does not have a single comprehensive legislation/statute governing bribery offences. Rather provisions governing bribery-related offences...

China does not have a single comprehensive legislation/statute governing bribery offences. Rather provisions governing bribery-related offences are contained within a number of laws and regulations

In the watershed decision of Morrison et al. v. National Australia Bank Ltd., the United States Supreme Court has held that private causes of action under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) may not be based on the purchase or sale of securities on foreign exchanges or on securities transactions otherwise occurring outside the United States.

The Court of Arbitration of Sport has given its much anticipated ruling on the case of Caster Semenya, dismissing the challenges brought by her and Athletics South Africa

On February 7, the Office of the Attorney General of California issued a second draft of its California Consumer Privacy Act regulations, quickly fixed an omission from that draft Feb. 10, and set a Feb. 25 deadline for written comments.

The African continent, with a population exceeding one billion people and an estimated combined economy of USD1.5 trillion1, presents huge opportunities for investors

The Scottish Government has published a consultation on secondary legislation proposals relating to Part 5 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (the 2016 Act).

The new decree of 4 July 2019 concerning incentives for renewable sources for the three-year period 2019-2021 (the New RES Decree)

The Spanish law that regulates bribery and corruption is the Código Penal (Spanish Criminal Code or SCC).

When the 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the definition of marijuana − and thus from the list of Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA)