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1 month ago | jdsupra.com | TJ Bright |Kate Miller |Matthew Phillips

March 5, 2025 TJ Bright, Kate Miller, Matthew Phillips K&L Gates LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs), which invest in qualifying small businesses in the United States, are eligible to receive Small Business Administration (SBA)-guaranteed debentures at favorable rates to finance their investment activities. Standard SBIC debentures typically have 10-year terms with...

Nov 7, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Pablo Man |TJ Bright |Bruce D. Sokler

On 7 November 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Divisions of Examinations, Investment Management, and Enforcement hosted a virtual panel on compliance and enforcement topics as part of its broader National Compliance Outreach Seminar. This blog post provides a high-level overview of the private fund topics that were covered, but the agenda included a broad array of additional topics.

Nov 7, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Bruce D. Sokler |Alexander Hecht |Pablo Man |TJ Bright

Anna Karakitsos, a senior government affairs advisor in Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group, discusses the future of carbon credits and carbon capture utilization and sequestration under a new Trump administration. Transcript:Voluntary carbon markets, or VCMs, are platforms where individuals, companies and organizations can buy carbon credits to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.

Nov 7, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Bruce D. Sokler |Alexander Hecht |Pablo Man |TJ Bright

A bipartisan group of forty United States senators is requesting that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) release additional H-2B visa slots for fiscal year (FY) 2025. Their statement highlights the critical role of H-2B workers in supporting local economies and promoting a healthy workforce in the United States.

Nov 7, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Bruce D. Sokler |Alexander Hecht |Pablo Man |TJ Bright

I admit that when I am looking online for restaurants, consumer products, and places to stay, I generally look at reviews and they influence my decision. However, there have been numerous reports that reviews are often fake and unreliable. That has become so pervasive that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule in August banning fake reviews and providing authority to assess civil fines and penalties against companies that post fake reviews.