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Carey Olsen | August 2024

Carey Olsen advises on the FSN Capital Confluence €588 million continuation fund FSN Capital Confluence acquired Nordlo, a leading Nordic managed IT service provider, and Saferoad, a European leader in road safety and infrastructure solutions, both previously part of the FSN Capital V portfolio. The acquisitions aim to accelerate organic growth and pursue strategic M&A opportunities ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | August 2024

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) rolled out its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program after announcing the initiative in March. Described as “[s]upercharging DOJ’s corporate investigations and prosecutions,”[1] the Pilot Program dramatically expands the pool of would-be whistleblowers and underscores the importance of robust compliance and reporting programs ...

Mamo TCV Advocates | August 2024

  On 30th July 2024, when considering Application number 88/21/2, the Court of Appeal was tasked with deciding two primary issues and grievances brought forward by the appellants against the decision of the First Court. These were the appropriate multiplier for calculating the victim’s loss of future earnings, and moral damages following Act XIII of 2018 ...

Shoosmiths LLP | August 2024

As promised by the new government, the consultation on the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has landed and now runs to 24 September. The Labour administration has clearly been busy in the lead up to the election, as the work that has gone into this is not the endeavour of less than a month in power. There’s a significant amount to analyse ...

Carey Olsen | August 2024

Carey Olsen advises on the establishment of a new corporate structure to domicile Ferguson in the US by way of a Jersey merger As a result of the merger which took place on 1 August 2024, Ferguson, which has a market capitalisation of over £30 billion, has completed its transition to establish a new corporate structure and ultimate parent company domiciled in the United States ...

Shoosmiths LLP | August 2024

On the 30 July 2024, the FCA released a statement confirming their proposals to extend the current pause to the time firms have to response to consumer about motor finance complaints that involve a discretionary commission arrangement (DCA) ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | August 2024

On July 30, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it will conduct a second round of the H-1B Cap Lottery to supplement the registrants from the April 2024 selection. This means that foreign nationals who previously registered, but were not selected in this year’s H-1B lottery, have an additional chance.  If selected from this supplemental second round, winners will be allowed to submit H-1B petitions for FY 2025 ...

ALRUD Law Firm | August 2024

State Duma passes law on anonymization of personal data in second and third readings The law provides for the creation of a ****state information system**** with ****anonymized**** PD (“PD”). The PD ****operator**** (****employer****) will be obliged to anonymize processed data (e.g ...

Lavery Lawyers | August 2024

Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012, was passed on June 20, 2024, introducing anti-replacement-worker provisions to the Canada Labour Code. While anti-replacement-worker legislation has existed in Quebec since 1977, nothing of the sort existed for federal jurisdiction employers ...

Carey Olsen | August 2024

Carey Olsen advises NIP Group Inc. on its IPO on Nasdaq, supporting the first esport stock from China The company successfully listed on Nasdaq Global Market in New York on 26 July 2024 and the price in the offering was US$9.00 per American depositary share, with a total market value of the company of approximately US$ 500 million.  Carey Olsen partner Anthony McKenzie and counsels Susan McKinstray and Maggie Yan advised NIP Group Inc ...

Buchalter | July 2024

July 31, 2024 By: Thomas O'Connell “It’s Monday, April 7, 2014. It is a cool, mostly cloudy morning at an independently owned and operated McDonald’s in Los Angeles, California. That day, two employees allegedly “engaged in concerted activities with other employees for the purposes of mutual aid and protection, by discussing a disciplinary incident with co-workers ...

You did not get paid for your labor and material, so you ask, what can I do? Alabama’s lien law provides you an opportunity to place a lien on the property for certain unpaid amounts for labor and materials. If you follow the proper procedures to perfect the lien and obtain a judgment in your favor, you may force the sale of the property to collect on your judgment (see Ala. Code § 35-11-226). This article focuses on the procedural basics of Alabama’s lien law ...

Mamo TCV Advocates | July 2024

  After a two-and-a-half-year legislative process, the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) was published in the EU Official Journal on 5th July 2024, marking a paradigm shift in corporate sustainability. In recent years, companies have increasingly faced societal and legal pressures to adopt more sustainable business practices, typically centered around environmental protection ...

Mamo TCV Advocates | July 2024

  On 16 July 2024, Legal Notice 166 of 2024 was published in Malta. This implemented the relevant provisions of DORA (full title being Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector and amending Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009, (EU) 648/2012, (EU) 600/2014, (EU) No 909/2014 and (EU) 2016/1011) into Maltese law ...

Mamo TCV Advocates | July 2024

  On the 12th July 2024, the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) published a Circular  introducing new passporting forms for (re)insurance undertakings as part of the MFSA’s efforts to address new requirements emanating from the Cross Border Notification Platform launched in February 2023 ...

Mamo TCV Advocates | July 2024

  On the 29thJuly, the Malta Business Registry (MBR) issued a notice advising that any memoranda and articles of association being filed with the Registrar of Companies, whether in the course of an incorporation of a new company or as an amendment to memoranda and articles of association of companies already registered, need to be amended in order to refer to certain notification obligations which Maltese companies may be subject to ...

Carey Olsen | July 2024

Citizens' Advice Guernsey to hold black-tie gala, sponsored by Carey Olsen Friends of Citizens' Advice – an extension of Citizens' Advice Guernsey established to raise funds for the charity – will host the black-tie event, which will include a three-course meal and live music, followed by a raffle and an auction ...

Han Kun Law Offices | July 2024

On 26 July 2024, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) released the revisedProvisions on the Administration of Funds of Foreign Institutional Investors for Domestic Securities and Futures Investment(《境外机构投资者境内证券期货投资资金管理规定》, the "Revised Provisions"), which will come into effect on 26 August 2024 and supersede the current version issued on 7 May 2020 (the "Current Provisions") ...

Buchalter | July 2024

By: Matthew T. Drenan, Charles F. Whitman, & Alicia A. Belock As temperatures continue to rise these upcoming weeks, employers take heed of pertinent health and safety laws to ensure workplace compliance. In anticipation of further shifts in the regulatory landscape favoring additional worker protections, we take this opportunity to review existing and imminent regulations during times of extreme heat ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | July 2024

In another update to the Federal Trade Commission’s (the “FTC”) Non-Compete Ban (the “Rule”), a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled against ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, et al.[1] denying ATS’ motion for a preliminary injunction ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | July 2024

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a case that may have far reaching implications for businesses facing consumer protection claims in the state. The Court has granted allocator in Halpern v. Ricoh U.S.A., Inc ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | July 2024

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit provided a cautionary tale for trade secret owners who seek preliminary relief against a competitor who hires its former employees but do not clearly articulate the trade secrets the owner seeks to protect. In early 2023, Insulet Corp. sued EOFlow Co. in the District of Massachusetts for misappropriating trade secrets supposedly obtained from employees EOFlow hired away from Insulet years earlier ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | July 2024

Three months ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a final rule to broadly ban employers from enforcing non-compete clauses against employees. In the weeks following the announcement, three lawsuits have been filed contesting the agency's authority to enact and enforce its ban on non-compete agreements. As things stand, federal courts are split and there is no nationwide injunction in place ...

Carey Olsen | July 2024

Carey Olsen advises Mercer Park Opportunities Corp. on its US$200 million IPO Mercer Park Opportunities granted the underwriter, Canaccord Genuity Corp., a non-transferable over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 Class A Restricted Voting Units at the same price per unit, exercisable within 30 days following the offering's closing ...

Carey Olsen | July 2024

Bermuda corporate and finance update Q2 2024 Contents Introduction to Bermuda’s Corporate Income Tax Act 2023 Cyber risk management The Bermuda Monetary Authority enhances its Insurance Regulatory Regime Introduction to Bermuda’s Corporate Income Tax Act 2023  On 27 December 2023, the Corporate Income Tax Act 2023 (“CITA”) received governor’s assent in Bermuda ...

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