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May 21, 2024
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May 10, 2024
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May 8, 2024
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September 20, 2024
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SEC Reels in Fishy NFT Project
In its third action involving NFTs, the SEC targets a restaurant membership token tied to fundraising and promises of potential price appreciation for buyers.
September 19, 2024
Article
A Look at UK, EU, and US Cartel Enforcement Trends
In this article for Law360, Latham's antitrust team explores the increased collaboration between the EC, CMA, and US competition agencies as well as the similarities and differences in their approaches to cartel enforcement.
September 19, 2024
Client Alert
Key Regulatory Updates for Hong Kong Listed Companies — July/August 2024
The updates include a consultation paper on a new phase of paper listing and a joint announcement on temporary modifications to requirements for specialist technology companies and de-SPAC transactions.
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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.
Unitranche
a type of debt that combines Senior Debt and Subordinated Debt into one instrument in order to simplify the debt structure and accelerate the acquisition process. The Borrower would typically pay a blended Interest Rate falling between the rates which would have been applicable for Senior Debt and Subordinated Debt.
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Obligor
The collective name for Borrowers and Guarantors.
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Raiden Network
technology that allows near-instant and low-fee transactions of Cryptocurrency using Ethereum’s technology.
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Tax Shield
the inverse of the ratio of taxable income to cash distributions, expressed as a percentage. The higher the percentage, the lesser the amount of a cash distribution will be currently taxable to an MLP Unitholder.
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Data Map
a representation of an entity or organization’s sources of ESI and data systems. At the start of a litigation or investigation, it is often helpful to gain a full picture of an entity or organization’s Data Map.
Word of the Day®
In each episode of Connected With Latham, we discuss ideas, developments, and trends shaping the global economy.
September 06, 2024
CFPB Proposes to Designate Earned Wage Access Products as Loans
Paycheck advance products that are deemed consumer loans under the CFPB’s new proposal would be subject to increased disclosure and regulatory protections.
September 04, 2024
Hong Kong Court Compels Disclosure in Novel Crypto Case Involving DAO
The case involves substantive litigation that could yield important legal principles for the treatment of decentralised projects.
August 20, 2024
UK Government Launches Consultation on Deregulating Commercial Agents
The UK’s consultation on deregulating commercial agents could have knock-on impacts on payment services and create regulatory divergence from the EU.
August 14, 2024
Arbitration or Winding-Up? Privy Council Decision in Sian Participation Corp v. Halimeda Overrules Traditional English Approach
The decision confirms that an arbitration agreement will be upheld in the face of insolvency proceedings only if it can be shown that the petition debt is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds.
August 05, 2024
Agencies Issue Joint Proposal to Amend Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Programs for Banks
The proposal seeks to enhance Bank Secrecy Act compliance by aligning the agencies’ AML/CFT program requirements for banks with FinCEN’s requirements.
July 29, 2024
Hong Kong Concludes Consultation on Proposed Approach to Stablecoin Legislation
The government will enact the new legislation to bring issuers of fiat-referencing stablecoins into the regulatory perimeter.