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Feb
This article summarizes the key messages of a seminar that EACCNY organized at the end of November, 2023 on the EU’s New Mobility Directive.
The introduction of a harmonized European framework for cross-border change of legal form and demerger of companies opens up new opportunities for US businesses to restructure their subsidiaries across various jurisdictions within the European Union.
By the end of January this year, member states of the EU were obliged to transpose the so-called EU Mobility Directive into...
16
Feb
The past few years have been marked by adversities that have tested the world’s resilience, including a pandemic and conflicts that have disrupted global stability. But despite these hardships, we look ahead with a sense of purpose and determination.
A message from our Managing Partner
At Mannheimer Swartling, we believe in the transformative power of the legal profession to contribute to a better world. In times of uncertainty, lawyers have a unique ability to make a difference. We firmly believe that...
16
Feb
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded 154 loans with a balance of $2.52 billion against multifamily and healthcare properties during the first quarter of its latest fiscal year. That's a 38% drop in production from the same period a year earlier when the agency funded 249 loans with a balance of $4.09 billion.
Lending Volumes Decline
The decline in production isn't a surprise, given that commercial property lending overall has continued to remain lackluster as a result...
15
Feb
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently declared that AI-generated voices do fall within the meaning of “artificial” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in a ruling issued on February 8, 2024.1 The ruling follows a recent surge in robocalling and robotexting using AI technologies that simulate a human voice or that generate call content using a prerecorded voice, resulting in a significant number of complaints from consumers and attorneys general. Going forward, businesses and callers who use AI-generated...
15
Feb
On 21 January 2024, the final text of the EU Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (“AI Act”) was made public through unofficial channels but has yet to be formally adopted in the legislative process. Not surprisingly, the almost 900-page working paper still contains numerous substantive changes, many of which primarily affect AI system providers.
For most companies, however, the much more interesting question is: What obligations do they face if they want to use third-party AI systems?
The European AI Regulation...
15
Feb
A regular feature of AlixPartners’ Annual Container Shipping Report is a section detailing trends to watch in the coming year. Each year, when we prepare our latest report, we review our selection from the prior cycle to learn how well our forecasts held up against real-world events.
In last year’s report, we named five trends to watch in 2023 and suggested how they might develop during the year. Read on to learn how they played out.
Trade flows in flux
We noted...
15
Feb
New York recently raised the minimum salary basis thresholds for executive and administrative employees in order to satisfy the exemption from overtime, not to be confused with the separate upcoming increases to salary threshold for the purposes of pay frequency.
Salary Thresholds for Overtime Exemptions
On December 27, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor (NYDOL) published a notice of adoption in the New York State Register increasing the minimum salary thresholds for exempt executive and administrative employees to $1,200 per week (approximately $62,400...
14
Feb
Emerging Technology Views provides entrepreneurs and early stage companies a forum to keep abreast of technology news, trends and strategies to help their business succeed. We cover a variety of topics from business formation to seeking investment, IP protection to labor and employment issues, hot spots of innovation to event highlights and anything in between.
5 Trends to Watch: 2024 Emerging Technology
Increased Adoption of Generative AI and Push to Minimize Algorithmic Biases – Generative AI took center stage in 2023...
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