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In-house counsel: how to avoid being deposed, Part 2

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 10 2013

Have you ever thought that being an in-house attorney will insulate you from being deposed as a witness?? Not so fast! The role of in-house counsel in the

CRA III in final form? Should we be very afraid or just afraid?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • European Union
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  • December 5 2012

According to the preamble, the European Credit Rating Agency Regulation ((EC) No 10602009) is intended to mitigate possible conflicts of interest and ensure high quality and sufficient transparency of ratings and the rating process

ISS releases 2013 policy updates

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • November 30 2012

Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") recently released its 2013 policy updates for the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and other international markets

Debt collectors now subject to CFPB oversight

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 28 2012

The CFPB has announced that, effective January 2, 2013, it will assume oversight of debt collection agencies that have more than $10 million in annual receipts from consumer debt collection activities

California's Shine the Light law: litigation update

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 16 2012

Earlier this year we wrote to you about an increase in litigation claiming violations of California’s Shine the Light law

Summary of commercial agency regulations

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 31 2012

The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (the ‘Regulations’) are the UK’s implementation of a European directive (EC Directive 86653

Assignment of claim - a salutary French tale

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • France
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  • October 29 2012

Where a claim is assigned, the debtor must be notified of the assignment strictly in accordance with the law, failing which the debtor may pay the claim to the assignor rather than the assignee

ISS’ 2013 draft policy changes comments due by October 31

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 26 2012

Institutional Shareholder Services recently released draft policy changes for 2013

Virginia notarization law goes online

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 9 2012

On July 1, 2012, Virginia became the first state in the country to authorize remote online notarization

New California exemption for investment advisers to private funds

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 19 2012

The California Corporations Commissioner has amended section 260.204.9 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations (10 C.C.R. section 260.204.9) (the “Amended Rule”) to provide for an exemption for certain advisers to “private funds,” provided they (1) have not violated securities laws, (2) file periodic reports with the California Department of Corporations, (3) pay the existing investment adviser registration and renewal fees, and (4) comply with additional safeguards when advising funds organized under section 3(c)(1)1 andor section 3(c)(5)2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) (these additional safeguards do not apply to funds organized under section 3(c)(7)3 of the Investment Company Act