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03 Jun
Member News

Work-from-home implies more than an employer’s decision

May 27, 2020 | The conundrum is harnessing the power of technology while not becoming a slave to it,” David Heron, Chief Medical Officer at British Petroleum says. “We should be helping people to take a break from their workstation rather than facilitating them spending more time on the laptop.” The experience of working from home has brought a combination of remarkable achievements and fundamental questions. Zoom and WebEx as well as the timely arrival of Microsoft Teams provided a very efficient way...

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03 Jun
Member News, Trade & TTIP Related

GDLSK: USTR Seeking Comments on the Extension of Certain Additional Expiring China 301 List 3 Exclusions

June 02, 2020 | The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) has issued a notice requesting comments on whether certain additional China 301 tariff exclusions, scheduled to expire on August 7, 2020, should be extended. It has previously solicited comments with respect to the exclusions described in the 11 List 3 product exclusion notices issued as of March 26, 2020 (details at: https://www.gdlsk.com/ustr-seeking-comments-on-the-extension-of-certain-expiring-china-301-list-3-exclusions/). In its current notice, it is now soliciting comments on whether to extend, for a period of up...

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02 Jun
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FaegreDrinker: U.S. Restricts Entry of Chinese Students and Researchers

June 02, 2020 | On May 29, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order suspending the admission of Chinese nationals seeking entry to the U.S. with F-1 or J-1 visas if those visa holders have been affiliated with certain institutions tied to the Chinese military. According to the order, Chinese authorities “use some Chinese students, mostly post-graduate students and post-doctorate researchers, to operate as non-traditional collectors of intellectual property,” which threatens U.S. “economic vitality and the safety and security of the American...

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02 Jun
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AlixPartners Acquires Matrix Economics

We are excited to announce today that AlixPartners has acquired Matrix Economics, a leading independent economics consulting boutique, specializing in complex antitrust litigation, mergers, and regulatory proceedings. Dr. Tasneem Chipty, Founder and Managing Principal of Matrix Economics, will lead our U.S. Economics practice, and the Matrix team will continue to be based in Boston. This combination will bolster the firm’s global Economics Consulting practice, offering significant benefits to you, our clients. Together, we strengthen our ability to respond quickly and...

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01 Jun
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Bannockburn Global Forex: June Monthly

June 1, 2020 | The investment climate in June will be shaped by forces that emerged in May.  Many countries began relaxing lockdowns and various activity-based alternative data, like traffic pattern, Open Table Reservations showed improvement on the margins.  Sentiment surveys, while mostly still depressed, were better than April readings.  The long slog back has begun.  There was also optimism over several different vaccines that had been initiated or soon will begin human tests.  The hope is that with regulatory...

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01 Jun
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The TreppWire Podcast

TreppWire has introduced a weekly podcast that provides listeners with up-to-date information on commercial real estate, structured finance and banking by exploring how recent events have impacted the markets and the daily lives of market participants. So far, the episodes have consisted of the following: Latest Episode: The Future of CRE with Brian Stoffers, Global President at CBRE and MBA Chairman (June 23rd, 2020) Episode 16: Signs of Stress in the Corporate CLO Market, Record-Breaking CMBS Delinquencies, Exodus from Big Cities (June 18th,...

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01 Jun
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FTI: Cyber Preparedness in the Midst of COVID-19

May 22, 2020 | Why every organization should be thinking about their cyber preparedness now – even in the midst of a global pandemic. As storefronts shut down, supply chains freeze up, consumer behaviors transform, and the world’s workforce goes remote, most organizations across the globe are facing major disruptions and are currently in crisis mode.  This all means that business continuity plans and crisis communications playbooks, are likely coming off the shelf and being put to use. But what happens if,...

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01 Jun
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OsborneClarke: Top 10 Cyber Security issues amid Covid-19

April 23, 2020 | As many businesses face major business interruption and heightened cyber risk through working from home at scale, Osborne Clarke’s international Cyber team, combined with S-RM Intelligence and Risk Consulting, hosted on 8 April 2020 a webinar covering 10 key cyber security questions that companies have been asking during the current COVID-19 crisis. We have made an audio recording of that webinar available online. This document sets out a high-level summary of some of the issues discussed...

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29 May
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Portolano Cavallo: E-commerce digital acceleration: how to prepare for the new normal

May 13, 2020 | The Italian version of this article was first published on Wired. As partial lockdowns across Europe are extended, the coronavirus outbreak is generating an acceleration in the “going to digital” processes of companies across different sectors. E-commerce, more than others, is experiencing such acceleration. Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, digital marketing and new business models based on innovative data’s exploitation, will be key tools for offering a more efficient and reliable service to the final consumer. It...

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