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COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11789 - Apollo / Barnes Group)- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11724 - Schwenk / Goldbeck / Confinity JV)......
By: Mayer Brown

If your business is one of the lucky ones that has not yet had to address the requirements of the various consumer privacy laws across the country, it is once again time to check whether your status has changed. Eight more states will have active consumer privacy laws by the end of 2025....

RUSSIA SANCTIONS - UK Government updates factsheet on UK support to Ukraine: On December 20, 2024, the UK Government updated its factsheet setting out the UK’s support to Ukraine....
By: Mayer Brown

On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the government’s emergency motion for a stay, effectively blocking a nationwide injunction issued by a district court against the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its corresponding Reporting Rule....

On December 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted the injunction issued earlier this month that had paused enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). In response, the U.S.

With the end of the year quickly approaching, now is good time to ensure you make your annual exclusion gifts for the year to reduce your taxable estate.  For 2024, an individual can give $18,000 (and a married couple $36,000) to as many beneficiaries as they wish without using a portion of their

On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Department of Justice’s motion to lift a preliminary injunction, which blocked the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).

Split or “asymmetric” arbitration clauses, commonly referred to as “unilateral option clauses” (“UOCs”), provide one party (or a group of parties, but not all the parties) with the exclusive option to elect between arbitration or litigation to resolve their disputes.

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