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October 22, 2024
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Battery Storage: Accelerating Germany's Transition to Renewable Energy
Significant storage capacities are necessary to unlock the full potential of renewables — offering a great opportunity for infrastructure investors.
October 22, 2024
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Bloomberg Radio/Podcast: San Francisco Takes on EPA
Greg Garre, Chair of Latham’s Supreme Court & Appellate Practice and former Solicitor General of the United States, joins host June Grasso to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent oral argument in a case where San Francisco takes on the Environmental Protection Agency over issues concerning the Clean Water Act.
October 22, 2024
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Latham in Focus: Energy & Infrastructure — What’s New in Energy Debt Finance?
The finance market is strong, offering companies unprecedented opportunity to pivot between different financing products.
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UK Online Safety Act 2023
A primer on the new law for relevant service providers, within and beyond the UK.
Energy & Infrastructure — Battery Energy Storage Trends
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.
B Reorg
a Stock-for-Stock Acquisition treated as a Tax-Free Reorg under Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the US Internal Revenue Code if, among other things, the acquiring corporation exchanges solely its own voting Stock (or voting Stock of its 80 percent Parent) for 80 percent of the combined voting power and 80 percent of the total number of Shares of all Classes of a of a Target corporation’s non-voting Stock
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Markman
a pretrial hearing conducted by the district court for the purposes of Claim Construction. The district court hears evidence and arguments about how to interpret key claim language. Also referred to as a Claim Construction hearing.
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Delay and Pray
A variation on the predominant means of restructuring in some countries, in which the maturities of debt instruments are extended through out-of-court agreements, without deleveraging of the company or formulation of a business plan and financial projections that would lead to repayment or refinancing of debts; see Amend and Extend and Amend and Pretend.
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Maturity Date
generally, in the Startup context, the date on which a Convertible Promissory Note or other Debt outstanding must be repaid in full.
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Points to Consider (PTC)
documents issued by the FDA that are not necessarily regulations or guidelines, but represent the thinking of the FDA at a certain point in time. Points to Consider can serve to clarify FDA thinking with regard to different topics such as processes, policies and procedures.
Word of the Day®
In each episode of Connected With Latham, we discuss ideas, developments, and trends shaping the global economy.
October 18, 2024
FDIC, OCC Finalize Policy on Bank Merger Transactions
Regulators seek to provide clarity and transparency on the bank merger review process, but changes may increase application complexity and unpredictability.
October 17, 2024
California Targets New and Expanded Logistics Facilities
Assembly Bill 98 imposes stringent design requirements applicable to new and expanded warehouse development as soon as January 1, 2026.
October 15, 2024
UK’s Investment Association Publishes More Flexible Principles of Remuneration
Recent reforms in the UK market have led to less prescriptive executive remuneration principles that encourage companies to tailor structures to their business, strategy, and performance while consulting with shareholders.
October 02, 2024
CFPB Proposes to Amend the Remittance Rule
Remittance service providers would need to update their disclosure statements under a narrowly tailored proposed amendment which aims to resolve issues more efficiently and save consumers time.
September 30, 2024
SEC Brings Charges for Failure to File Forms 13F (Investment Manager Share Positions) and 13H (Large Trader Registration)
The SEC’s September 17, 2024, actions signal its commitment to penalize non-compliance, while encouraging market participants to self-report violations.
September 30, 2024
DORA: Just Over Three Months Until Take Off
The deadline is fast approaching for in-scope financial entities and their ICT service providers to conform to the EU’s new digital operational resilience regulation.