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Earlier this month, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a proposed regulation that would effectively ban most non-compete agreements between employers and their workers. Specifically, the rule would prohibit employers from:

  • entering into or attempting to enter into a non-compete clause with a worker;
  • maintaining a non-compete clause with a worker; and
  • under certain

Following President Biden’s Oct. 7, 2022 Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence, the European Commission concluded on Dec. 13, 2022 in a draft adequacy decision that the data privacy framework under the executive order ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to the United

The crypto ecosystem is facing a full-blown financial crisis reminiscent of 2008. Numerous crypto companies have failed in the past few months, triggered in part by the collapse in cryptocurrency prices this year following their highs in 2021. These collapses have created a slow-moving contagion – again reminiscent of the 2008 financial crisis.
The collapse

The crypto ecosystem is facing a full-blown financial crisis reminiscent of 2008. Numerous crypto companies have failed in the past few months, triggered in part by the collapse in cryptocurrency prices this year following their highs in 2021. These collapses have created a slow-moving contagion – again reminiscent of the 2008 financial crisis.
The collapse

President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence on Oct. 7, 2022, which aims to re-establish an EU-U.S. data transfer framework. The new data privacy framework (the “Framework”) will govern how the U.S. intelligence community collects data from citizens of a “qualifying state,” namely the EU and U.K., and

BRAZIL
The second round of voting in the Brazilian presidential elections took place on 30 October 2022. It has been reported that approximately 118 million Brazilians voted in that round. Former president and left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated rival Jair Bolsonaro, who had been in office since 2019, marking one of the

BRAZIL
The second round of voting in the Brazilian presidential elections took place on 30 October 2022. It has been reported that approximately 118 million Brazilians voted in that round. Former president and left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated rival Jair Bolsonaro, who had been in office since 2019, marking one of the

Recently, the U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) issued its first decisions prohibiting transactions under the National Security and Investment Act (“NSIA”) regime. These transactions remain the only deals that have been blocked by BEIS to date:

  • The takeover of Pulsic Limited (“Pulsic”), an electronic design automation company, by a Hong Kong