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United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

March 12, 2025 Blog

SEC Staff Clarifies That Meme Coins Are Not Securities

March 12, 2025 Article

Takeaways From Biotech IPOs So Far in 2025

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March 12, 2025 Blog

FCA and PRA Announce Intention to Drop Reform Proposals

January 31, 2025 Article

Upcoming EU AI Act Obligations: Mandatory Training and Prohibited Practices

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December 20, 2024 Client Alert

CFTC Issues Staff Advisory on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in CFTC-Regulated Markets

Germany’s €500 Billion Infrastructure Fund: Practical Insights and Opportunities

The fund will dedicate €100 billion to energy transition, enhancing private sector involvement and promoting economic growth and technological innovation.

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March 21, 2025 Blog

President Trump Issues Executive Order Establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

An executive order and related legislation centralizes Bitcoin and digital asset holdings across the federal government to optimize oversight and management of crypto as a US reserve asset.

March 20, 2025 Webcast

Tax Administration, Enforcement, and Reform in the New Trump Administration: What You Should Know

Latham’s Tax Controversy lawyers provide an overview of key tax administration, enforcement, and reform developments to date in 2025. MCLE credit offered.

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Report

Litigation 2024 Year in Review and 2025 Outlook

A view of the landscape in Europe and the UK.

A Consumer Law Gamechanger

In this edition of LathamTECH in Focus, Fiona Maclean, Vice Chair of the Technology Industry Group, discusses how the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act will reshape the consumer law landscape — and how tech companies can prepare for changing regulations.

Liquidity With Secondary Sales

In this edition of LathamTECH in Focus, Seth Gottlieb, Global Vice Chair of the Technology Industry Group, explains how private secondary transactions give stockholders an opportunity to liquidate shares and create potential tax implications.

Sustainability and Governance Considerations in Proxy Season

In this edition of LathamTECH in Focus, Betty Moy Huber, Global Co-Chair of the Environmental, Social & Governance Practice, explores how companies can plan for a shifting sustainability and governance environment while balancing long-term business interests against pressures from stakeholders, and get ahead of related AI trends.

Trade Secrets — Goldmine or Landmine?

In this edition of LathamTECH in Focus, Tony Sammi, Global Vice Chair of the Technology Industry Group, explores the hidden value — and risks — of trade secrets and the steps companies can take to protect their most important assets.

Will Dual Class Shares Fade Away?

In this edition of LathamTECH in Focus, Rick Kline, Chair of the Technology Industry Group, explains why dual class shares are here to stay and how the stock structure is evolving in the tech sector and beyond.

The Book of Jargon Series – Word of the Day®

The Book of Jargon® is a series of practice area and industry-specific glossaries published by Latham & Watkins.

Gwei

The Book of Jargon® - Blockchain, Crypto & Web3

a small value denomination equal to 1/1,000,000,000 of an Ether.

Word of the Day®

Periodic Reports

The Book of Jargon® – US Corporate and Bank Finance

the annual report on Form 10-K and the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q required to be filed with the SEC by all US public companies. The federal Securities laws specify precisely who is required to file these reports, but as a general matter they are filed by companies that have completed an IPO, have Securities listed on an exchange, or have a class of Securities registered under the Exchange Act.

Word of the Day®

Gas-to-Liquid / GTL

The Book of Jargon® – Project Finance

technology used to convert natural gas or other gaseous Hydrocarbons into liquids such as gasoline or diesel fuel, thus making it easier to transport. The liquid is usually converted back to natural gas (a process known as “regasification”) for consumption.

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800 lb Gorilla

The Book of Jargon® – Global Mergers & Acquisitions

used to describe a party with significantly greater commercial leverage than its counterparties on a deal

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Emoji

The Book of Jargon® – eDiscovery

an image or picture used to express words or thoughts. Emojis may be interpreted differently depending on a viewer’s personal understanding and are gaining increasing importance and relevance in eDiscovery matters. If you need further information about Emojis, just ask anyone under the age of 12 — or anyone over the age of 65.

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