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Zortrax launches inCloud remote 3D printing management system - Polish 3D printing solutions provider Zortrax’s inCloud print management system and cloudbased service enables remote control and management of one or more of its printers, which can increase efficiency and make the systems easier to operate by single device users and businesses in offices and large 3D printing farms. Prior to inCloud’s release, Zortrax tested the service by having staff manage 200 3D printers at its headquarter...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued to Congress its annual bid protest report. As discussed below, this year’s report is noteworthy for multiple reasons, including that it shows that protesters received some form of relief from the procuring agency in more than half of the protests filed with the GAO in FY 2020, and the GAO’s use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) increased by 210% in FY 2020. The report is also noteworthy in that it includes, for the first time,......

This issue covers important, developing areas of Delaware corporation law and deal litigation, including an increased focus on officer-related actions in merger litigation, the treatment of Caremark claims after Marchand and Clovis, fiduciary duty actions against executive directors following transactions approved by a disinterested and independent board, and recent guidance regarding when the deferential business judgment standard of review may apply to controlling stockholder “squeeze-out”.....

The rapid expansion of data security and privacy laws and regulations — both in the United States and internationally — harbors the potential for substantial liability, with the consequence that cyber compliance has become an important focus of the mergers and acquisitions diligence process....By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Split along partisan lines, the Federal Trade Commission (Commission) voted last week to issue Commentary on Vertical Merger Enforcement (Commentary). The Commentary intends to “provide[] greater transparency to the public regarding [the Commission’s] analysis of vertical mergers” by collecting in a single document the Commission’s past vertical merger cases and summarizing how it has analyzed potential anticompetitive effects in vertical transactions....By: Troutman Pepper

This is a case of three companies.  Two of these companies, Axene and Dynamic Vision, have their principal places of business, and were incorporated, in California.   The third company, Healthstar, was organized in and has its principal place of business in Tennessee.  In 2017, the Chief Executive Officer and sole director of Dynamic Vision sent Healthstar an email "announcing a merger with Axene Health Partners!" ...By: Allen Matkins

In 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit made headlines when it ruled that creditors' state law fraudulent transfer claims arising from the 2007 leveraged buyout ("LBO") of Tribune Co. ("Tribune") were preempted by the safe harbor for certain securities, commodity or forward contract payments set forth in section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code. In In re Tribune Co. Fraudulent Conveyance Litig., 946 F.3d 66 (2d Cir. 2019), petition for cert. filed, No. 20-8-07102020, 2020 WL...By:...

On 19 December 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) have jointly issued the Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment (Measures), with effect from 18 January 2021. The Measures provide clarity on Article 35 of the Foreign Investment Law and Article 40 of its Implementing Regulations which have been in force since 1 January 2020, among others....By: K&L Gates LLP

The District of Columbia Office of Planning (OP) recently issued a status report in response to a request by the Zoning Commission (Commission) to review the existing Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) program and provide recommendations to create additional affordable housing opportunities in the District. The program, which is being referred to as "IZ XL," was presented…...By: Holland & Knight LLP

On the final EMBARGOED! episode of 2020, Brian and Tim present their Top 10 sanctions and export controls stories of the year (in Lightning Round fashion). There are no winners and losers here, but the list includes: Huawei, sanctions targeting China, expanded MEUser/MEUse restrictions, the maximum pressure campaign against Iran, TikTok and WeChat EOs, disappearing Russia, U.S. v. Sadr, ExxonMobil v. OFAC, efforts to undercut the so-called Troika of Tyranny, and the state of OFAC enforcement.......