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Corporate Bankruptcy and Restructuring: Latest Trends to Watch in 2022
The pandemic-related lockdowns have posed great difficulties and challenges to businesses across industries and have incited a significant drop in demand for products and services. While some were able to cope with the situation through government assistance programs, others have sought bankruptcy protection to save their assets or restructure their balance sheets.
BSA/AML Compliance: Enforcement Trends and New Challenges
The current financial legislation developments along with the evolving regulatory landscape have forced financial institutions to be one step ahead of the unique challenges that have emerged. Moreover, significant disruptions in the financial system stemming from the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) of 2020 have led to stricter enforcements and other important reforms.
Broker-Dealer Enforcement Trends: Exploring Regulatory Challenges and Compliance Issues
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed an amendment on the recordkeeping requirements for broker-dealers. The new rule asks for the retainment of electronic records in an exclusively non-rewritable and non-erasable format which is also known as write once, read many (WORM). However, the proposal would only apply prospectively, creating burdens for financial organizations in keeping WORM records that have been in existence at the time of the rule adoption.
A Practical Guide to Litigation Finance in 2022: Exploring Key Legal Trends
Opportunities for financiers and consumers continue to flourish as litigation finance becomes more and more mainstream. However, despite the benefits that abound, challenges and drawbacks still emerge, including the conflicts of interest between clients and financiers, particularly in executing financing agreements. Thus, law firms and all businesses concerned are called to intensify their relationship with financiers and rethink ways to budget and monetize claims.
Executive Compensation: Latest Trends in Incentive Plan Design
The evolving business environment and the economic fluctuations prompted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continue to affect the implementation and design of executive compensation. In its recent move to tighten regulations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 120 which underscores a new and more aggressive focus on executive compensation issues.
Standard Essential Patents (SEP): Latest Trends and Developments
The rising technological advancements has led President Biden’s administration to continuously rethink and reshape its patent-related efforts. Among its initiatives is the review and revamp of the standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing regulation – a step that would amend the 2019 guidance, particularly on concerns related to the issuance of injunctive relief in SEP cases and the proposed recommendations for alleged misconduct.
Resolving Consumer Class and Mass Action Claims: Significant Issues and Considerations Explored
Class actions remain at the forefront of in-house counsel’s concerns and top legal spend.
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