17 Apr
Chapter News

Commission Mobilizes Research and Innovation Funding for the Green and Digital Transitions

The Commission has adopted an amendment to the 2023-24 Work Programme of Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme. The amendment mobilises previously unallocated Horizon Europe funding to increase the 2024 budget by nearly €1.4 billion to a total of €7.3 billion. This amendment includes an investment of nearly €650 million in the EU Missions aiming to contribute to solving some of the challenges facing Europe, for example, making more than 100 cities climate neutral, a New European...

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17 Apr
Member News

Pérez-Llorca | Insurance Legal Update – Spain Q1 2024

We start 2024 with some positive notes and expectations that we want to share with you. We are optimistic that the macro data for 2023 will finally show that there has been a rebound in the weight of the insurance sector in Spain’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). As is well known, insurance activity represents approximately 5% of our country’s GDP, which is no cause for satisfaction, as it is two percentage points below the European average, and well behind...

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16 Apr
Member News

CLA | The Bridge, The Boat, The Barge – Economic Update on Baltimore’s Port

On April 5th, President Biden took an aerial tour of the accident site that caused a tragic loss of life where he gave remarks in Baltimore. Here we will review the impact of the Port of Baltimore and the Key Bridge to supply chains, the timeline for reopening the various transitways, and potential federal government support, including financial. The Port of Baltimore is one of the few in the nation which ranks in the top twenty busiest in three major categories: total tonnage...

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16 Apr
Member News

PwC | 2025 and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Building Your Tax Story

The spotlight may be on the US 2024 presidential election, but tax executives can’t afford to take their eyes off 2025 and beyond. That’s when federal and global tax policies will come to a head. Key individual provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 expire, and changing TCJA international provisions could result in US corporate tax increases even as other countries are moving to collect higher corporate taxes. Now is the time to evaluate how...

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16 Apr
Chapter News

IMF | Global Economy Remains Resilient Despite Uneven Growth, Challenges Ahead

Despite gloomy predictions, the global economy remains remarkably resilient, with steady growth and inflation slowing almost as quickly as it rose. The journey has been eventful, starting with supply-chain disruptions in the aftermath of the pandemic, an energy and food crisis triggered by Russia’s war on Ukraine, a considerable surge in inflation, followed by a globally synchronized monetary policy tightening. Global growth bottomed out at the end of 2022, at 2.3 percent, shortly after median headline inflation peaked at 9.4...

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15 Apr
Member News

Troutman Pepper | Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation Unveiled in Congress

On April 7, House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced a bipartisan, bicameral draft of comprehensive data privacy legislation, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). The APRA represents a significant compromise and, according to Rodgers and Cantwell, “strikes a meaningful balance on issues that are critical to moving comprehensive data privacy legislation through Congress,” such as preemption of state laws and a consumer private right of action. Applicability Covered entities subject...

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15 Apr
Member News

Houthoff | Cyber Resilience Act

On 12 March 2024, the European Parliament approved the proposed Cyber Resilience Act (Proposal for a regulation on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements; "CRA"). The CRA now has to be formally adopted by the European Council in order to come into law. This is expected in April 2024. The CRA is aimed at improving the cybersecurity of products with digital elements, such as doorbells, smart home devices and Wi-Fi routers, sold on the EU market. It introduces...

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15 Apr
Member News

Protiviti | Enabling Enterprise AI Adoption Through Next-Generation Governance

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly important in the enterprise, thanks in part to the rise of generative AI (GenAI). While not a new technology or concept, AI (including machine learning) holds tremendous promise to transform various business functions and activities worldwide — from accounting and finance to cybersecurity, customer experience and more. In boardrooms and C-suite offices everywhere, AI is inspiring conversations on reimagining how the business operates. Realizing AI’s opportunities, measuring and managing both benefits and risk, becomes...

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12 Apr
Member News, New York Related News

Reavis Page Jump | Recent New York Law Requires Public Registration of LLC Owners Which Takes Effect Later This Year

The new federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has been in effect for the past few months.  A three-part series which was previously published on this website reviewed the many provisions of this law.  In short, the CTA was enacted in order to combat fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, organized crime and other activities which were perpetrated through the use of shell companies, such as LLCs and similar small business entities.  Failure to comply with the law can result in...

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11 Apr
Chapter News

IMF | Rising Cyber Threats Pose Serious Concerns for Financial Stability

This blog is based on Chapter 3 of the IMF's April 2024 Global Financial Stability Report | Cyberattacks have more than doubled since the pandemic. While companies have historically suffered relatively modest direct losses from cyberattacks, some have experienced a much heavier toll. US credit reporting agency Equifax, for example, paid more than $1 billion in penalties after a major data breach in 2017 that affected about 150 million consumers. As we show in a chapter of the April 2024 Global Financial...

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