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The Book of Jargon Series – Word of the Day®
The Book of Jargon® is a series of practice area and industry-specific glossaries published by Latham & Watkins.
Mercury
used to describe the rules regarding execution of documents governed by English law arising from the decision in Mercury v. HMRC [2008] EWHC 2721. These can have significant implications for the logistics of Closing. Like the element, Mercury is potentially poisonous.
Naked Short Selling
short selling a Security without first borrowing the Security or ensuring that the Security can be borrowed, as is required under Regulation SHO.
Freemium
a pricing strategy that offers a basic version of a product to users for free with the goal of selling them additional features for a fee.
Gambit
a sports idiom from chess, used to describe a situation (i.e. an “opening gambit”) in which something is sacrificed at the outset to unsettle an opponent and gain an initiative right from the start.
2FA
acronym for Two-Factor Authentication.