Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | European Union, United Kingdom, USA | 13 Dec 2018
In a recent speech, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chairman Jay Clayton summarized a number of regulatory priorities for 2019 that may…
Jones Day | USA | 26 Nov 2018
Assignor estoppel is a long-established, common-law doctrine of equity, which prevents a party who assigns a patent to another from later challenging…
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | USA | 16 Nov 2018
As we reach the end of 2018, it is important for employers to review their current policies to confirm they are complying with any new laws. In 2018…
Taylor Wessing | United Arab Emirates | 14 Nov 2018
The long awaited Federal Decree No. (19) of 2018 on Foreign Direct Investment (the “FDI Law”) is now in force. The aim of the FDI Law is to create a…
K&L Gates LLP | USA | 1 Nov 2018
On October 12, 2018, the staff of the Division of Investment Management (“Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a…
Haynes and Boone LLP | USA | 1 Nov 2018
On October 31, 2018, the Treasury Department released proposed regulations (“the Proposed Regulations”) providing guidance on the application of…
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | USA | 26 Oct 2018
Corp Fin provides additional guidance on the application of the “economic relevance” and “ordinary business” exclusions to no-action requests…
Frost Brown Todd LLP | USA | 9 Oct 2018
During the past year, numerous articles have summarized and analyzed the changes made by the Tax Cuts and JOBS Act (the "2017 Tax Act").
Castrén & Snellman | Finland | 27 Sep 2018
The Ministry of Finance published the final government proposal for Finland’s new interest deductibility restrictions on 27 September 2018. The…
KNOETZL | Austria | 3 Sep 2018
In a recent Austrian case, shareholder A (47.5%), sold the assets of a company with limited liability (GmbH) shortly after becoming the sole…