Thomas White

2 months ago | businesslawtoday.org | Karen Liu |Thomas White |Wilmer Hale |Alan Wilson

CURRENT MONTH (January 2025) SEC Staff Issues 2025 Names Rule FAQs By Karen Liu, Reid & Wise LLC On January 8, 2025, the staff of the Division of Investment Management (the “Staff”) under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released the 2025 Names Rule FAQs, which is an update of the Staff’s 2001 Names Rule FAQs, by withdrawing some questions and answers (“Q&As”) and amending other Q&As. On September 20, 2023, the SEC adopted amendments (the “2023 Names Rule”) to Rule...

Dec 2, 2024 | businesslawtoday.org | Thomas White |Wilmer Hale |Rani Doyle |Karen Liu

CURRENT MONTH (November 2024)FASB Adopts Accounting Standard on Disaggregation of Income Statement ExpensesBy: Thomas W.

Jul 1, 2024 | businesslawtoday.org | Karen Liu |Anna Pinedo |Mayer Brown |Thomas White

CURRENT MONTH (June 2024)SEC Private Fund Adviser Rules Vacated by Fifth CircuitBy Karen Liu, Reid & Wise LLCOn June 5, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) vacated the full set of private fund adviser rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 23, 2023 (the “Disputed Rules”), holding that no part of the Disputed Rules can stand because they are unauthorized and their legal bases are untenable.

Jun 21, 2024 | communityvoiceks.com | Sherman Smith |Thomas White

Torree Pederson, the president and CEO of a nonprofit called Aligned, has a vision for Kansas. She wants to help students in K-12 schools and colleges get the right skills for jobs that are available in the state. Aligned is based in Kansas City and works in both Kansas and Missouri. It’s led by business leaders who want to invest in the future workforce. Right now, many Kansas college graduates leave the state for work.

Mar 6, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Thomas White

1 INTRODUCTION The natural world is awash with misinformation. Stickleback fish sport false eyes to deflect attacks (Kjernsmo & Merilaita, 2013), cephalopods change colour to disrupt their body outline (Hanlon et al., 2009), and larval moths masquerade as the branches on which they rest (Rowland et al., 2020). Just as deception may be used in defence, so too can it be an instrument of aggression.