On November 26, 2019, the SEC's Division of Investment Management and Division of Trading and Markets posted on its public website "Frequently Asked Questions on Form CRS" (the "CRS FAQs").
We are pleased to announce that Ropes & Gray has selected seven outstanding law students from diverse backgrounds to receive the fifth annual Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholarship.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) inspired legislators in several other states to attempt to pass similar legislation aimed at protecting the privacy rights of consumers
On October 31, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") published an interim final rule ("IFR") establishing a domestic hemp production program consistent with provisions
On October 17, 2019, the SEC's Division of Investment Management published Staff Responses to Inquiries Regarding Business Development Companies and Section 61(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
In what has become an annual rite of fall, on October 16, 2019, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K (SLB 14K) on shareholder proposals,...
The private credit industry grew by leaps and bounds over the past decade: AUM jumped to $769 billion as of June 2018, from $275 billion in 2009.
Alastair Mactaggart, developer of the ballot initiative that led to the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), has announced a "new experiment"
Welcome to the Q1/Q2 2019 edition of our Mergers & Acquisitions newsletter – The Ropes Recap. This includes contributions from over 50 deal professionals from around the globe.
As the clock ticked to the close of California's 2019 legislative session on Friday the 13th, the California legislature
On August 8, 2019, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a California district court's decision allowing plaintiffs to proceed on claims against Facebook
With
Ropes & Gray LLP's ITC Proceedings / Section 337 Practice
On August 14, 2019, the Federal Circuit granted the request for panel rehearing.
On 12 July 2019 the UK government published its Economic Crime Plan for 2019-22 (the "Economic Crime Plan" or the "Plan").
In a June 18, 2019 release (the "Release"), the SEC adopted amendments to the "Loan Rule" (as defined below), a part of the SEC's auditor independence rule, Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
In its 2019 Spring Term, the Supreme Court published five decisions regarding tax matters, three of which
limit states' taxing authority.
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