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March 25, 2024
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February 26, 2024
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February 9, 2024
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January 26, 2024
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April 23, 2024
Podcast
Institute Insights Podcast: SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules
Partner Sarah Fortt, Global Co-Chair of the ESG Practice, appears on the Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast to discuss the SEC's new climate rules and what companies and their boards should know about their reporting obligations and ongoing litigation surrounding the new rules.
April 23, 2024
PE Views
Protect the House: New Criminal Offence Raises Risks Amid Accountability Crackdown
Enhanced Serious Fraud Office powers and promises of swifter action on economic crime underscore the importance of anti-fraud measures for sponsors and portfolio companies.
April 23, 2024
Webcast
North American Sponsors: How to Successfully Unlock European Capital
Latham, Elvinger, and Apex Group discuss how North American sponsors can raise capital in Europe amid a challenging fundraising market. MCLE credit offered.
April 22, 2024
Publication
The Case Against the SEC’s Final Climate Rules Begins in Earnest (and What It Means)
Latham partners Paul Davies, Sarah Fortt and Betty Huber discuss challenges against the SEC’s climate disclosures rules in an article published by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
April 22, 2024
Blog
SFO Announces Ambitious Five-Year Plan
The Serious Fraud Office’s strategy for 2024 to 2029 indicates aspiration to be a more effective agency and to incentivise personnel.
Featured Resource
Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings
Latham’s updated companion guides help US issuers and non-US issuers navigate US securities laws for financial statement requirements.
Energy & Infrastructure — Battery Energy Storage Trends
The Book of Jargon Series – Word of the Day®
The Book of Jargon® is a series of practice area and industry-specific glossaries published by Latham & Watkins.
Debottlenecking
increasing the Capacity of existing facilities through the replacement or modification of existing equipment to remove or ameliorate throughput restrictions. Debottlenecking generally increases Capacity for a fraction of the cost of building new facilities.
Word of the Day®
Liquefaction
a process that generates a liquid from a solid or gas. Liquefaction is most commonly used in Project Finance in connection with the condensation of natural gas into liquid (i.e., LNG) by cooling natural gas prior to transportation.
Word of the Day®
Passporting
the facility available to Issuers to use one Base Prospectus approved by the competent authority of its home member state for a public offer of its Securities or the admission of its Securities to trading on a Regulated Market of another member state pursuant to the Prospectus Directive.
Word of the Day®
Domicile
Has legal significance, and generally requires (i) residence and (ii) the intent to remain in the place of residence. In US Bankruptcy, the Domicile of the Debtor is important in determining whether a person is eligible to be a Debtor (Bankruptcy Code Section 109), which exemptions the Debtor may be entitled to (Bankruptcy Code Section 722), and in which venue the Debtor may properly file a Petition (28 U.S.C. § 1408).
Word of the Day®
Two-Meter Test
a very mobile and inexpensive way to test for geothermal prospects. Probes are inserted into the ground at a two-meter depth to measure the temperature. Over the course of a year, the test will create a temperature gradient that is highly predictive of temperatures at even greater depth.
Word of the Day®
In each episode of Connected With Latham, we discuss ideas, developments, and trends shaping the global economy.
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April 18, 2024
Healthcare and Life Sciences Trends and Developments Across MENA
The healthcare and life sciences ecosystem is witnessing significant growth in the Middle East as the GCC continues to seek economic diversification.
April 09, 2024
UK ICO Unveils New Fine Calculation Guide for Data Protection Infringements
Understanding the ICO’s approach to assessing financial penalties should be a key element of an organisation’s data protection strategy and risk profile.
April 04, 2024
FDIC Proposes Revisions to Policy on Bank Merger Transactions
The Proposal clarifies the FDIC’s bank merger approval process but may prove challenging for new large bank consolidations with the FDIC as the primary regulator.
March 25, 2024
EU Reaches Provisional Agreement on Forced Labour Regulation
The proposed regulation would ban forced labour-made products from the EU market, affecting companies’ supply chains and requiring compliance checks.
March 21, 2024
Fifth Circuit Presses Pause on SEC’s Final Climate Regulation
The court’s decision is the latest development in the litigation over the SEC’s final rules, which have faced numerous legal challenges since their adoption.
March 15, 2024
Government Report Finds Financial Services Sector Could Work Better for Women
The Sexism in the City report highlights key issues affecting women in financial services and sets out a number of recommendations to address them.
March 08, 2024
CFPB Finalizes Rule Limiting Credit Card Late Fees
The rule targets a statutory loophole that the CFPB asserts large credit card issuers exploited to exact excessive late fees from consumers.
March 05, 2024
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Issues Guidance for Banks on Crypto Custody and Sale of Tokenised Products
Regulator sets out its expectations for banks looking to provide digital asset custody services, and sell and distribute tokenised products.