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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

Brian DeChesare

As with investment banking in Hong Kong , I can summarize private equity in China in one sentence: “If you’re not Chinese, don’t even think about it, and even if you are Chinese, it’s best if you have great connections within the CCP and want to stay in China long-term.”

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Ropes & Gray Discusses Executive Order Limiting Data Transfers to China and Other Nations

Reynolds Holding

On February 28, 2024, President Biden announced an Executive Order (“EO”) directing the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to promulgate regulations that restrict or prohibit transactions involving certain bulk sensitive personal data or United States Government-related data and countries of concern or covered persons.

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The Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act

Reynolds Holding

Facing similar problems, China had banned all crypto currency transactions in part in response to Bitcoin’s massive energy consumption. Through the end of 2021, the SEC had brought 97 crypto-related litigations and administrative actions, imposing approximately $2.35 The SEC was hardly alone in its attention to crypto.

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Updating Annual Report Risk Factors

Harvard Corporate Governance

However, outside of China, lockdowns, shelter-in-place restrictions, and vaccine mandates, prevalent during the initial stages of the pandemic, have been lifted for most companies. Our review of comment letters found that the SEC issued 117 Ukraine related comments to over 60 companies between March and September 2022.

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Katten Discusses Shareholder Litigation Risk in an Unstable Geopolitical Environment

Reynolds Holding

The SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance first issued Guidance Topic No. The SEC staff provided a detailed list of Covid-related topics for issuers to consider in drafting subsequent disclosures. Several months later, the SEC issued a second round of guidance: Topic 9A. 9 on March 25, 2020. For example, Toll Brothers Inc.

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Oil and Natural Gas Prices-Are They Sustainable at These Levels?

Value Scope

Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) is an excellent source for data on a wide variety of economic information and analysis, including supply and demand, across the energy complex. It is not flammable or explosive in this state. Petroleum economics is a big, complex topic, and beyond the scope of this short article.

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Gibson Dunn Offers 2022 Year-End Securities Litigation Update

Reynolds Holding

The Supreme Court has also heard, or will hear, administrative law cases that will impact securities Several cases pending at the circuit court level may have wide-ranging effects on securities litigation as well. We examine developments in federal securities litigation involving special purpose acquisition companies. Figure 1 : B.