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Morrison & Foerster Discusses California Plan to Criminally Prosecute Antitrust Violations

Reynolds Holding

MARCH 20, 2024

In the latest development signaling California’s increasing efforts to police antitrust violations, on March 6, 2024, Senior Assistant Attorney General Paula Blizzard announced that the California Office of the Attorney General (“California AG”) Antitrust Section is reviving its criminal antitrust program under the California Cartwright Act, Cal.

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Appraiser Newsroom - Untitled Article

Appraiser Newsroom

JULY 5, 2023

I’m based in Oakland, California, and have been an equipment appraiser for about sixteen years, valuing equipment for financial reporting, litigation, gift tax and estate planning, lending, and other purposes. agencies, like the Department of Justice, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the U.S.

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Skadden Discusses the FTC’s Plan To Limit Noncompetes

Reynolds Holding

JUNE 21, 2023

While the federal antitrust laws apply to noncompete agreements, historically, these kinds of clauses have been assessed under a fact-specific reasonableness standard by the federal agencies and courts. A few states, notably California, generally prohibit post-employment noncompetes.

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Cooley’s 2019 Tech M&A Year in Review

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. In the wake of record-setting volume and value metrics in 2018, practitioners eyed the 2019 deal market with healthy skepticism. Detailed below are our “notes from the field” for tech M&A in 2019. Detailed below are our “notes from the field” for tech M&A in 2019. In the U.S., citizens.

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ESG Payroll Spotlight: Just Transition for the Workforce Toward a Net-Zero World

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APRIL 26, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency explains that the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) for energy and transportation is the main cause of carbon dioxide emissions, making up 79% of U.S. C temperature increase by 2099. The outlook is bleak, the report warned, because many climate plans do not act until after 2030. .

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Wachtell Lipton Discusses Important Supreme Court Business Cases

Reynolds Holding

JULY 5, 2022

Anticipation of and speculation surrounding the Court’s decision in Dobbs , fueled by the leak of Justice Alito’s draft opinion, dominated headlines for months. EPA , which augurs a major curtailment of agency regulatory authority. Last Thursday, the Supreme Court concluded its most tumultuous Term in recent memory.

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Paul Weiss Discusses the State of Antitrust Enforcement at the Beginning of 2023

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 18, 2023

federal antitrust enforcement agencies. There were important developments in all key areas of the agencies’ remit, from merger enforcement to civil conduct cases to criminal prosecutions. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are soon set to release draft revised merger guidelines.

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Skadden Discusses DOJ’s First Criminal Monopolization Case in Decades

Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Last month, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced its first criminal attempted monopolization charges in more than 40 years. In the case, U.S. The guilty plea came about after the rival blew the whistle on the attempt and cooperated with the Antitrust Division by recording phone calls with Mr. Zito.

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Enforcement Chief Speaks on the “Why” of SEC’s Work

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 3, 2024

Whether you’re here in person or participating virtually from around the country, or even overseas, I thank you for joining us. I want to start by thanking PLI for organizing this event and making it available for free to all this year. By hearing about issues significant to the Enforcement program, you all are better able to counsel your clients.

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A Marketing Pitch for Corporate Criminal Law

Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 24, 2022

The language of criminal justice sets priorities, shapes values, repairs social breaches, and creates shared understanding about who and what is important. The Department of Justice keeps many criminal resolutions secret – no one other than prosecutors and the corporate criminals know about them. How about just five?

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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses ESG Considerations for Financial Institutions in 2023

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 22, 2023

At the state level, the New York Department of Financial Services issued final guidance on how New York domestic insurers should take a strategic approach to managing climate risks, which outlines, among other things, New York DFS’s specific expectations for insurers’ use of scenario analysis to monitor climate risks.

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Bipartisan Group of Former SEC Officials and Securities Experts Confirms Longstanding SEC Authority on Climate Disclosure

Reynolds Holding

JUNE 16, 2022

[ Editor’s Note: This post is based on a comment letter submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2022. The full letter is availabl e here. Also, please see the Note at the end of this post. ]. Leading practitioners who advise companies on their disclosure obligations under SEC rules.

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ESG A Valuation Framework

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The morning business show Squawk Box began to mention “ESG” on a daily basis. Sometimes it was one of the hosts, sometimes it was a guest. there were two inflection points that marked a higher level of discourse. What does this really mean? Environmental, Social, Governance or “ESG,” is a term very few had heard of even two years ago.

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Legal Experts Weigh-in on Labor Department’s Upcoming Worker Classification Rule?

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JUNE 28, 2023

Department of Labor (DOL) recently indicated that the final version of the worker classification rule it proposed last year will be delayed up until October 2023. Recently, Checkpoint Payroll Update  had the opportunity to speak with two labor and employment law specialists and subject matter experts. Background on DOL’s rule. 

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Debevoise Discusses FTC Focus on Private Equity

Reynolds Holding

JUNE 26, 2022

SAGE Veterinary Partners owns and operates 16 veterinary clinics offering specialty and emergency care in Texas, California, Washington and Alaska, while JAB owns two veterinary clinic chains offering general, specialty and emergency care. [1]. billion merger of veterinary clinics. In a statement, FTC Chair Lina M. Focus on Private Equity.

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