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With businesses around the world working remotely, virtual negotiations are now commonplace. Conducting important negotiations virtually has its challenges, but pre-planning can put you in a strong position for success. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Hogan Lovells

On August 5, 2020, the Seminole County Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted to table the public hearing on the Mobility Fee Ordinance to its next regularly-scheduled meeting. If adopted, the new mobility fee program would result in a substantial increase in impact fees for most developments, especially those in rural areas....By: Lowndes

While most companies are adapting to the “new normal” that COVID-19 has forced upon us, there are still many challenges for businesses to overcome, particularly the way we now conduct due diligence in M&A deals. We outline below a few of the issues companies now face....By: Holland & Hart LLP

If the 2008 recession gives us the ability to predict anything about upcoming trends in commercial litigation, it is that healthy companies, which normally would not be targeted as defendants, will be sued because the primary wrongdoers are judgment proof. Businesses that are owed money from defunct companies are unlikely to accept substantial losses without exploring ways to collect their debt from third parties, whose liability may not be readily apparent. Under the law of most states, there.....

On July 29, 2020, the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) released draft Competitor Collaboration Guidelines (Draft Guidelines) for public consultation. The Draft Guidelines are intended to help businesses better assess whether a collaboration between competitors or potential competitors raises concerns under the criminal or civil provisions of the Competition Act (Act), and are described by the Bureau as “modest updates” to the Bureau’s 2009 guidelines....By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. Today, we have the full quintet of Jonathan Armstrong, Jay Rosen, Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks and Mike Volkov for a potpourri of discussions and ending with a veritable mélange of rants and shouts outs. 1. Jonathan Armstrong critiques the recent SFO conviction of two former Unaoil employees and the controversy the SFO and its Director, Lisa Osofsky now find themselves in regarding their conduct. Armstrong shouts out to the West Indies...By: ...

The challenges raised by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis initially led to a dramatic fall in share prices and market uncertainty. Although the capital markets have largely recovered their value since the initial COVID-19 outbreak (somewhat bizarrely, given COVID-19’s underlying impact on many businesses), there has been a knock-on impact on public M&A, both in terms of ongoing processes and with regard to how potential bidders assess potential publicly listed targets. Although dips in share.....

The European Green Deal is a new growth strategy invented to reshape the EU economy. In the eyes of the European Commission, its scale exceed even post-war transformation in the West and post-Soviet transition in the East. The EU believes that is able to turn the urgent challenge of climate change into a unique opportunity to become a digital and green leader of the world. All EU policies and actions will have to contribute to the Green Deal objectives. The reader shall bear in mind that the...B...

Effective August 7, 2020, Massachusetts removed Rhode Island from one of its “Lower-Risk States” COVID Travel Exemption. This applies to Massachusetts recently imposed travel restrictions that commenced on August 1, 2020....By: Pierce Atwood LLP

Italy – Italian Government acts to facilitate equity injections in Italian companies - With Law Decree no. 16/7/2020, n. 76, which entered into force on 17 July 2020 (the "Simplifications Decree"), the Italian Government has introduced measures aimed at facilitating share capital increases and their implementation by the Italian companies....By: Hogan Lovells