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Navigating the 2025 US Government Shutdown
SEC Seeks Public Feedback on Expanding Access to Public Securitization Markets
EU Sustainability: State of Play — EU Climate Law and Energy Transition
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One Big Beautiful Bill: Key Business and Investment Impacts
The Act makes permanent many expiring TCJA provisions and changes key features of US tax law applicable to businesses and investments.
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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.
Preemptive Rights
the rights given to existing Stockholders to have first refusal on the transfer of existing Shares or the issue of new Shares by a company. In Startups, these rights are typically given to Preferred Stockholders in a Preferred Stock Financing and are found in the Investor Rights Agreement. Okay, technically Preemptive Rights in Delaware can only exist in the Charter, but these rights are the contractual equivalent and generally people still (incorrectly) refer to them as Preemptive Rights. This is a Book of Jargon after all, so who are we to correct them?
AAA
acronym for the American Arbitration Association.
Private Key
a string of data that permits access to a Digital Asset in a Wallet (Software) or Wallet (Hardware) and is used to spend or exchange the Digital Asset by unlocking a Digital Signature.
Material Flow
the movement of materials from raw resources to finished products.
Lightning Network
a payment Protocol that can be layered and operated on top of a Blockchain for the purpose of enabling instant, scalable transactions between participating Nodes.
In each episode of Connected With Latham, we discuss ideas, developments, and trends shaping the global economy.
EPA Proposes Repeal of GHG Reporting Program, Grants Arizona Primacy for UIC Wells
The agency’s actions have significant implications for the domestic carbon capture and storage industry.
CJEU Confirms Personal Data as a Relative Concept
The CJEU rules that personal data can be pseudonymous in the hands of one party and anonymous in the hands of another.
SEC and CFTC Announce Harmonization Initiative and New Crypto Developments
The agencies pledge to “usher in a new era of innovation” through a collaboration on rules and exemptions that aims to provide digital asset markets with clarity.
EU-US Data Privacy Framework on Personal Data Transfers Survives Legal Challenge
EU General Court confirms United States ensured an adequate level of protection for EU personal data transfers to the US.
FDIC Issues Proposal on Signage and Advertising Requirements
The FDIC seeks to avoid overburdening financial services providers with regulations regarding its logo after assessing market feedback and implementation issues.
What Lies Ahead for Advanced Plastics Recycling Industry After EPA Withdrawal of Proposed TSCA SNURs?
The proposed rules would have triggered EPA risk reviews and restrictions on the industry.
SEC Staff Clarifies That Liquid Staking Activities Do Not Implicate US Federal Securities Laws
The Staff provides the market with additional crypto clarity, holding that liquid staking does not qualify as a security under the Howey test.
UK Supreme Court Hands Down Combined Judgment Affecting Consumer Finance Sector
The judgment brings clarity regarding the fiduciary duty and unfair relationships. The consumer finance sector now awaits the FCA’s plans for a new redress scheme covering commission arrangements.