by Sylvie Bourassa | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog
A securities class action is a lawsuit filed by investors who bought or sold a company’s publicly traded securities within a specific period of time. Investors then suffered an economic loss as a violation of securities laws. Instead of each shareholder bringing an...
by Mitsuka Attys | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog
In January 2022, the CFPB opened an inquiry into “Buy Now Pay Later” (BNPL) companies. Specifically, the consumer watchdog issued orders seeking to collect pertinent information on the risks and benefits of these companies’ modern-day layaway-like business model. [1]...
by Alesandra Greco | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog
On Monday, March 21, 2021, the Securities Exchange Commission released a 510-page proposal that would require U.S.-listed companies to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. This long-anticipated draft rule...
by Yuanchen Lu | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog
At the company’s annual Connect conference in October 2021, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was renamed “Meta,” as a better embodiment of the company’s future focus on metaverse. At the core of this ambitious plan to build a virtual universe is Meta’s VR...
by Alesandra Greco | Jan 17, 2022 | Blog
The Department of Justice has spent the second half of 2021 implementing policy changes and enforcement initiatives aimed at fostering a tougher approach towards white collar enforcement. More specifically, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco laid out three...
by Rachel Kesten | Jan 14, 2022 | Blog
Recently, Congress has introduced several antitrust bills that seek to tightly regulate Big Tech companies in everything from anticompetitive mergers to preferential treatment for their own products and services. Both supporters and opponents of the legislation have...
