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The Serious Fraud Office’s latest business plan; what the plan may indicate regarding the office’s priorities, overall mission and guiding philosophy, and likely enforcement targets in the months ahead; how the latest business plan compares to plans from prior periods; what else the business community should know about the Serious Fraud Office’s direction and agenda.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-sets-out-ambitions-for-year-ahead
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Recently announced international trade deals; significance of new or expanded free trade agreements among various countries; your top takeaways from any or all of the following agreements: between the European Union and India, between the EU and several African countries, the EU and Mexico, the EU and four South American countries, and also between the United Kingdom and the Gulf Cooperation Council; who is likely to benefit most from these trade pacts; any common through-lines across several or all of these agreements; factors that may be driving a push for new or expanded trade agreements.
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China’s evolving approach to suspected incidents of bribery and corruption; judicial rulings or other developments that signal how that country’s authorities are treating alleged incidents; what companies doing business in China should take away from these developments, in terms of corporate or individual risk and their strategies for preventing or responding to apparent wrongdoing.
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Delaware’s adoption of the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; what to know about the Act’s background, purpose, limitations, and whom it potentially benefits and how; significance of Delaware’s action; related trends involving states’ adoption of the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; how eligible companies can assess whether the Delaware ABC Act is a good fit for them.
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction; case background; key points in the ruling; what the ruling means for disclosure obligations in a bankruptcy case; what else debtors, creditors, or counsel should know about this ruling.
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The Chapter 11 filing by biotech company Sangamo Therapeutics; issues leading up to the gene-editing company’s bankruptcy; what to know about an agreement by Eli Lilly and Japanese drugmaker Astellas to act as “stalking horse” bidders; how the “stalking horse” process works in a bankruptcy, and what parties on each side of the agreement should know before agreeing to participate in such an endeavor; and perhaps a wider-angle look at the biotech industry, its overall financial health, competition trends, and challenges facing either the industry as a whole or other specific biotech companies right now.