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Through our global platform, we help clients substantiate and clear global advertising, marketing, and promotional campaigns— whether traditional print or television, digital content on websites, or social media. Our advertising practice further supports media agencies and media technology providers in crafting and negotiating complex engagements and creating compliance protocols.
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Competitor false and misleading advertising, including Lanham Act cases, National Advertising Division (NAD) Proceedings, and state unfair competition and deceptive trade practices
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A first of its kind, The H2 Handbook provides a comprehensive summary of the regulatory, commercial, and policy issues that hydrogen may face on its path to becoming a global commodity and a significant part of the energy mix. The handbook covers hydrogen-related issues in a number of regions across the globe, including Australia, Europe, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Check back regularly as new region handbooks are published.
On 22 December 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (the final rule) to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act) to modernize the regulation of investment adviser advertising and solicitation practices.
First there were CryptoKitties. Then came digital art, CryptoPunks and NBA Top Shot. But when Beeple’s digital art piece “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” sold at Christie’s for US$69 million, the NFT mania truly began.
Much information has been published in recent months on the discontinuation of The London Inter-bank Offered Rate and what is to replace it. Set out in this alert is a summary of what has happened and how it is likely to affect corporates.
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