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In recent years, online platforms have been the subject of numerous investigations by competition authorities, at both the European Union (EU) and French levels and elsewhere. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Allen & Overy LLP

On January 18, 2021, the Office of Planning (“OP”) introduced its first set of proposed amendments to the Inclusionary Zoning (“IZ”) Regulations to increase inclusionary housing requirements, known as “IZ XL.”...By: Goulston & Storrs PC

Google has threatened to pull its search engine from the entirety of the Australian continent “if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms.” Facebook made a similar threat to “block users in Australia from posting or sharing links to news if the bill passed.”...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

On December 19, 2020, China's National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") and the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") jointly issued the Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investments ("New FISR Measures"), which aim to safeguard Chinese national security by scrutinising certain foreign investment transactions into China. The New FISR Measures are not the first rules issued by the Chinese government to address potential national security issues posed by foreign investments into...B...

World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Venture Capital Guide that covers more than 30 jurisdictions on investment approval processes, typical investment sectors and investment structures on Venture Capital deals (and more!)....By: World Law Group

In these unprecedented times, every bit of revenue is critical to the continued operation of nearly every business operating within the construction industry. Fortunately, there are a myriad of remedies to aide collection efforts....By: Gray Reed

Foreign direct investment ("FDI") is an important part of the global economy: OECD data indicates that there was USD$1,426 billion of global FDI in 2019. In recent years, governments around the world have shown an increasing desire to scrutinise and, if considered necessary, intervene in transactions involving FDI, motivated by a number of geo-political factors including rising protectionism, concern about cyber-security threats, and more recently the need to protect critical industries in...By:...

World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Venture Capital Guide that covers more than 30 jurisdictions on investment approval processes, typical investment sectors and investment structures on Venture Capital deals (and more!)....By: World Law Group

A Tale of Two Years - While we continue to absorb and understand the worldwide pandemic shockwaves of 2020, trying to encapsulate the vicissitudes of the past year in an annual recap is daunting. Early weeks of the pandemic created an almost inconceivable shift in dealmaking – lawyers and advisors conditioned to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the trenches with clients were suddenly staring at each other’s faces on (interminable) Zoom calls....By: Cooley LLP

Fortis Advisors, LLC v. Dematic Corp., C.A. No. N18C-12-104 AML [CCLD] (Del. Super. Nov. 18, 2020) - As this decision illustrates, Delaware trial courts have a variety of sanction options available when it comes to violations of court orders or discovery rules, such as the failure to adequately prepare a Rule 30(b)(6) deponent....By: Morris James LLP