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Davis Polk Asia Head Withdraws from Speaking at Hong Kong Event Promoting China's National Security Law

The lawyer had faced a backlash after announcing his involvement, in the latest example of the law causing conflicts in the legal industry.
4 minute read

International Edition

One Size Doesn't Fit All: How Firms in Europe Are Organizing to Catch the Metaverse Wave

Law firms throughout Europe are seeing a flood of new work advising clients on doing business in the metaverse. But their approaches, like the projects they are called on to advise, vary widely.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Guiding Clients Through DOL Wage and Hour Investigations

If your client does not have written policies defining a set work week for their employees, you may need to work with them to determine the correct answers. Keep in mind that federal law requires each employer to establish a fixed, seven-day "work week" for each employee or set of employees for overtime calculation purposes.
6 minute read

International Edition

An Ugly Week for Dechert and White & Case

The London Lawyer: The two firms have come under the gaze of the UK justice system and will be conscious of the potential effect on their reputations.
6 minute read

International Edition

Thirty-One Former Judges Call for Anti-Corruption Body as Australia Holds Elections

Politicians need to restore trust in the political process, the judges wrote on the eve of a federal election in which tensions have recently arisen between incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the legal community.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Proliferation of Laws Providing Employment Protections for Marijuana Users Complicate Businesses' Efforts to Maintain Occupational and Public Safety

While the number of states protecting employee use of recreational marijuana is currently small, there is no question that the number will grow.
6 minute read

The Recorder

EU Enforcement Puts Big Law Attorneys on the Front Lines of Big Tech Regulation

With the European Union's new set of tech-focused competition rules just on the horizon, Northern California law firms are already feeling the weight of rising enforcement.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Announces 2022 Examination Priorities

On March 30, the SEC's Division of Examinations (DOE) announced its examination priorities for 2022. The list of priorities reflects the DOE's assessment of "certain risks, issues, and policy matters that arise out of market and regulatory developments, information gathered from examinations and other sources."
14 minute read

International Edition

The World Was Not Quite Ready for a Crypto Implosion, Lawyers in Asia Even Less So

The lack of robust legal frameworks in different Asian jurisdictions means investors in the region face more risk when investing in digital assets, including cryptocurrencies such as stablecoins.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Lawyer: Cost of Web3 Compliance Seen as Expensive, Time-Consuming Barrier for Small, Midsized Firms

New York was the first state to regulate cryptocurrency, but according to Jacqueline Drohan, a partner in Drohan Lee, who focuses on virtual currency, the earliest BitLicense issued had problems and "seemed almost like a fishing expedition by the regulators."
5 minute read

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