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Where From Here – Webinar Series
April 15: With the arrival of Spring and the vaccine, we're all feeling pent-up demand to re-open and travel. Vaccination rates are climbing and there's light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. Countries and companies are looking to "vaccine passports" to help structure re-opening plans, but technical complexity, lack of uniformity and mixed governmental support threaten to slow adoption and sow uncertainty and risk. We hosted a practical conversation on the basics of vaccine passports, and the potential key privacy and security issues, employment concerns and U.S. constitutional and other federal civil liberties issues.
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April 1: While concerns over the power and influence of Big Tech have been simmering for years, #techlash may be on the brink of boiling over. Combined with what appears to be an increasing appetite for legislation coupled with more regulatory regimes in the U.S. and worldwide, it’s more important than ever to see around corners in the areas of merger regulation, competition policy, and intellectual property enforcement.
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March 18: Machine learning and AI are transforming data into one of your company’s core assets. Business is generating, scraping, and onboarding data from myriad of sources at an ever-increasing pace. The situation is further complicated as lawmakers are struggling to keep up with the ever-evolving use of data in the real world. We discussed the IP, privacy and ethics issues that your company could be facing. We also touched on guidance on how to think about your company’s data usage and how to evaluate risks and institute best practices to manage and monitor your data usage.
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March 4: ESG and sustainability continue to grow as strategic priorities for corporations of all stages. Investors, employees, government, and other stakeholders are increasingly focusing on substantive and material approaches for addressing these issues. To help you and your team prepare, we discussed approaches and legal considerations for incorporating ESG into decision-making and the impact of operations, investors, and reporting.
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February 4: Last year saw unprecedented levels of cyber-privacy legislation, enforcement and malfeasance. 2021 promises no slowdown in this space. To help you and your team prepare, we discussed the digital transformation companies are experiencing due to Covid-19 and how to avoid the digital risks associated with this transformation.
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January 28: Gia Lee, General Counsel at Clover Health, joined us for a discussion on the increasingly popular special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transactions. We discussed Clover's SPAC journey and why they decided to go the SPAC route, what was most surprising about the process, and the key takeaways that came about during the deal. In addition, we addressed some of the common myths and provide the latest developments and market trends for 2021.
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January 21: 2020 showed record-setting sanctions with more guidance from regulators. It remains to be seen how the Biden Administration will prioritize and otherwise approach these complex matters. We discussed how the pandemic and other factors have changed the international trade and FCPA landscape. Listen to hear more about import and national security-related regimes, the global anti-corruption landscape, pandemic related fraud and compliance program expectations.
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January 14: 2021 promises no slowdown in the novel employment questions coming at us. To help you and your team prepare, we discussed the key legal issues we expect employers will grapple with this year including; what to expect from the Biden Administration, including anticipated regulation, legislation and enforcement priorities, the COVID-19 vaccination landscape and what the latest stimulus package means for employers.
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COVID-19 US State Orders & Reopening Status
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Statewide stay-at-home order; reopening in progress
No statewide stay-at-home order; no reopening required
Last updated 4/15/2021. This map will be updated on a weekly basis.
You should independently confirm you have the latest order(s) before rendering any advice or making any decisions.
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Finance, Government Relief & Restructuring
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Return to the Workplace
- What are best practices for employers regarding coronavirus?
- What next when COVID-19 hits your global employee populations?
- As a U.S.-based organization, how does this impact my foreign national employees who are working pursuant to employment visas or permits?
- Can we ask non-employee visitors to take temperature tests at the entrance of our facilities?
- Can we ask non-employee visitors to make disclosures about recent travel and potential exposure prior to allowing entrance to our office?
Cybersecurity
Corporate Compliance & Contracts
- With COVID-19 impacting the movement of people and products, what anti-corruption and compliance risks should we keep in mind?
- How should companies address sales pressures from an anti-corruption and compliance perspective in this COVID-19 environment?
- What disclosure considerations should public companies be considering relating to COVID-19 impacts on their business?
- Are you facing pressure meeting your SEC filing deadlines because of facility shut-downs, work restrictions or employee absences relating to COVID-19?
- What to do if your supplier or customer is financially distressed?
- What if my contract does not have a force majeure clause?
- Does the COVID-19 pandemic constitute a force majeure event that excuses contractual performance?
- If we have closed our office and have people work from home, is there insurance available to cover lost productivity?
- If my major supplier’s operations are impacted or shutdown, do we have insurance for that impact on our business?
- Did the Internal Revenue Service Extend Tax Return Filing Deadlines and Defer Due Dates for 2019 Tax Payments Due to COVID-19?
- What are the employer tax credit provisions included in the Coronavirus Relief Bill?
M&A and Strategic Collaborations
Finance, Government Relief & Restructuring
Litigation & Enforcement
IP & Brand Protection
Municipal Finance
- Is a filing on EMMA required in connection with virus-related events, such as closures of facilities, reports of virus outbreaks or other actions?
- Many organizations eligible for tax-exempt financing are considering short-term taxable lines of credit, or increasing capacity under existing taxable lines of credit, in an effort to better manage cash flow in the coming months. Can organizations allocate draws on taxable lines of credit to capital expenditures and refinance such draws on a tax-exempt basis in the future?
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