Much of 2020 saw a decline in shareholder activist campaign levels, presumably as activists stood back while the world dealt with and responded to a global pandemic.But we suspected that ...
The SEC Enforcement Division’s 2020 Annual Report focuses on COVID-related investigations while reporting fewer case filings, slightly more monetary relief ordered, and a record-breakin...
The SBA has issued a long-awaited Procedural Notice providing guidance on the procedures for changes of ownership of an entity that has received Paycheck Protection Program funds.This mem...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit in the middle of the annual corporate reporting season, with a large number of UK listed companies in the midst of releasing preliminary results an...
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) provides economic support in multiple forms to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations facing hardship due to the COVID-1...
On June 23rd, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued new Disclosure Guidance Topic No. 9A reflecting the staff’s current views regarding disclosure that compani...
The UK government has announced amendments to the merger control regime which extend its discretionary powers to intervene on national security or public interest grounds. These reforms a...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and our government’s responses to the pandemic (such as shelter-in-place orders and other mobility restrictions), have dramatically changed the natu...
On March 13, March 25 and June 19, the SEC issued exemptive orders providing temporary relief from certain filing and delivery obligations under the Investment Advisers Act and the Invest...
In addition to the disruption caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been a number of other significant developments over the past few years and in recent months that m...