Legal News

The European Commission (EC) is currently working on legislative proposals (the White Paper) that would grant the EC new enforcement powers to address potential competition distortions caused by companies operating in or entering into the EU’s...By: Morgan Lewis

The UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has issued a “call for evidence” as part of its ongoing review of the UK government’s role in intervening in certain foreign takeovers of UK companies and potentially blocking foreign asset stripping in...By: Morgan Lewis

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, among other economic stimulus measures, provides targeted relief to small businesses through its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The PPP and other government loan programs implemented...By: Morgan Lewis

The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division published an update on June 1 to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance, which is used by its prosecutors to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of corporate compliance...By: Morgan Lewis

The US Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2020 adopted a series of amendments to its rules and forms relating to disclosure requirements for financial statements relating to acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. The changes are...By: Morgan Lewis

The offeror for Moss Bros sought to rely on standard material adverse change conditions to lapse the offer, on the basis of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and related UK governmental measures on Moss Bros....By: Morgan Lewis

Two key amendments to the German competition law entered into effect on May 29, 2020, temporarily extending merger control review periods and temporarily suspending interest payments for antitrust fines, further to a bill adopted by the German...By: Morgan Lewis

Investors pursing global investment opportunities across the sports industry should be aware of the key considerations likely to apply to the M&A process amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....By: Morgan Lewis

The amendments aim to promote foreign direct investments for sound economic growth, while still ensuring sufficient review of foreign direct investment activities that could pose risks to national security in Japan....By: Morgan Lewis

Evidence is growing of a hardening of French public policy regarding the need for political control of acquisitions of French companies and other foreign direct investment (FDI) transactions. In part this is prompted by a hardening of policy at the...By: Morgan Lewis