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Turning the Tables: Ransomware Actor Files Complaint With the SEC Against Victim for Failing to Timely Disclose Cyberattack Image

Turning the Tables: Ransomware Actor Files Complaint With the SEC Against Victim for Failing to Timely Disclose Cyberattack

Mason Lawlor

Ransomware operation AlphV/BlackCat has filed a SEC complaint against one of its alleged victims, MeridianLink, for allegedly failing to comply with the four-day rule to disclose a cyberattack.

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Leveraging Data and Deal Terms to Meet the Demands of the DOJ's New M&A Safe Harbor Image

Leveraging Data and Deal Terms to Meet the Demands of the DOJ's New M&A Safe Harbor

Patrick T. Campbell, Jonathan B. New, James A. Sherer, & Lauren E. Sternbach

This article describes the DOJ's new M&A safe harbor policy and also provides practical insights on how companies engaged in M&A can meet the DOJ's expectations.

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AI Is Attracting Antitrust Regulatory Scrutiny

Gretchen L. Jankowski & Abigail L. Cessna

While some jurisdictions are enacting or proposing AI-specific regulation, many existing regulatory frameworks apply to new technologies, including antitrust. Companies may experience different potential antitrust risks depending on the type of AI technology and their use of that technology.

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Are Law Firms Ready for the Corporate Transparency Act?

Ross Aronowitz

With the beginning of a new year around the corner and the introduction of new compliance obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), many law firms are scrambling to determine how they will assist clients who may be subject to these additional regulations.

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The White House's AI Executive Order Has Teeth, But Does It Bite? Image

The White House's AI Executive Order Has Teeth, But Does It Bite?

Cat Casey

Packing more tricks and treats than a suburban soccer mom, this sweeping order was ambitious, to say the least, artfully seeking to thread the needle and balance fear and desire when it comes to the AI renaissance sweeping the globe. And yet, hidden within the body of the order lay something that might make this sweeping and ambitious order flop.

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EU's New Foreign Subsidies Regulation Creates Risk for Foreign Companies Image

EU's New Foreign Subsidies Regulation Creates Risk for Foreign Companies

Linda A. Thompson

Now, large companies doing business in the EU must report any financial contribution received from a government in a non-EU country in the last three years.

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NYC Local Law 18 On Short-Term Rentals Takes Effect Image

NYC Local Law 18 On Short-Term Rentals Takes Effect

Matthew A. Ulmann

New York City's Short-Term Rental Registration Law (Local Law 18), which directly impacts the ability of an individual unit owner to rent his or her apartment on a short-term basis, took effect on Sept. 5, 2023.

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Local Law 18: A Change to Short-Term Rentals In New York City Image

Local Law 18: A Change to Short-Term Rentals In New York City

Matthew A. Ulmann

On Sept. 5, 2023, the New York City Short-Term Rental Registration Law (Local Law 18) took effect which directly impacts the ability of an individual unit owner to rent his or her apartment on a short-term basis.

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Enhanced Oversight of Search Warrants and Title III Wiretaps Image

Enhanced Oversight of Search Warrants and Title III Wiretaps

Harry Sandick, Bonnie Robinson & Thomas Kicak

Search warrants and wiretaps were once used primarily to investigate organized crime, drug dealing and terrorism. In recent years, however, prosecutors have employed these tools increasingly in the context of white-collar crime to the point where it is now commonplace.

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