US Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) released its first set of guidance relating to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”), which is set to take effect on June 21, 2022. CBP’s guidance takes the form of a website that is a homepage for UFLPA-related guidance, FAQs, webinars, graphics, and CBP contact information. This essential…
Passing the historic $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in November 2021, which allocates more than $550 billion in new infrastructure spending, was an early priority of the Biden administration. The IIJA, which includes the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), contains numerous provisions aimed at expanding, strengthening, and adding consistency to existing…
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This is the fourth and final article in this series. In earlier articles, we described rapidly emerging environmental, social and governance (ESG) legal and regulatory requirements. In this article, we describe ways for buyers to meet those requirements in their supply chains. Doing so will be challenging. Supply chains are already optimized for least cost,…
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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. SEC Acting Chief Accountant Paul Munter re-emphasized the SEC’s focus on auditor independence in his June 8 statement on “The Critical Importance of the General Standard of Auditor Independence and an Ethical Culture for the Accounting Profession.” This latest statement…
10 June 2022 Hogan Lovells To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) took effect 1 November 2021, significantly raising the bar for data protection compliance in China. One of the key concerns is the regulation of international transfers of…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The decision to close a company is one made by a company’s leadership and occurs in consensus with management and shareholders. A business normally resorts to winding up business operations it is unable to discharge its assets when its insolvent…
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Going into the recent Federal election, the Australian Labor Party committed to: establishing an independent Environment Protection Agency (EPA); and providing a full response to the review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act) should be done (by Professor Graeme Samuel AC Samuel Review). With the…
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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The government of the United Kingdom is currently considering an Online Safety Bill (OSB) in an effort to ensure safety and security within the metaverse. Following months of debate, delay, and discussion, the OSB had its second reading in the…
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Having advised various clients on ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Fees and Costs) Instrument 2019/1070 (ASIC Instrument) for both PDSs and member statements, it seems to make sense that I write some form of a simple guide to share. Part of this has arisen from my experience in seeing how compliance, administration and investment teams need…
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