The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) believes that it is in the public interest for companies (“U.S. Public Companies”) with reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), that undertake material acquisitions to disclose those acquisitions to the public. The information to be disclosed would include, among
Following enactment of New York’s COVID-19 sick law, Governor Cuomo signed into law on April 3, 2020 a separate and permanent statewide sick leave law (the “Law”). The Law adds a new Section 196-b to the New York Labor Law that requires private employers, regardless of size, to provide sick leave to their employees who
August 2020 – Brazil – Rossetti Advogados Bill No. 3.324/20, submitted by senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Republicanos-RJ), was presented last June 15, with the participation of various corporate law scholars, in order to expressly authorize the issue of debentures by limited-liability companies and cooperatives. Currently, these bonds may only be issued by joint-stock companies (S.A.), even
As part of its “New York Forward” reopening plan1 for “Phase II” businesses, New York State authorized office-based businesses (other than medical offices) to reopen on June 22, 2020; provided they meet certain “minimum” requirements in light of COVID-19. These requirements must be met for office-based businesses to reopen, as well as by office-based businesses
July 2020 – Brazil – Rossetti Advogados Law No. 14.010/20 was published on June 10, 2020 to establish the Emergency and Temporary Legal System (“RJET”) of legal relationships governed by private law for the duration of the covid-19 pandemics. Such Law amends various rules, including the Civil Code, the Consumer Protection Code, the General Personal Data Protection Law and the Lease Law. The idea
Selling a business involves significant risk and is something that most owners do only once in their lifetime. A seller must “do it right the first time” and avoid pitfalls that can result in a reduced number of interested buyers, a reduced sale price, unfavorable payment terms, a large at-risk escrow amount, or a deal
