JANUARY 2021 ALM CONTENT ALM Media (ALM) national and state legal news, verdicts, and expert profiles are now available on Bloomberg Law. The ALM offering includes: More than 3,000 new pieces of original news reporting per month and archived news from ALM media brands such as The National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel, and New York Law Journal Case reports for more than 200,000 state and federal verdicts from every state and U.S. territory Over 15,000 profiles of expert witnesses, investigators, and litigation support professionals All ALM content is hosted on an ALM landing page CHART BUILDERS U.S. Privacy & Data Security State Overview The new U.S. Privacy & Data Security State Overview Chart Builder provides comparative legal analysis of numerous topics across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Available on the Privacy & Data Security Practice Center. International Trade The addition of a U.S. trade profile for the International Import Requirements Chart Builder provides customizable at-a-glance overviews of tariffs, taxes, licensing, documentation, and standards requirements for a range of product categories imported into the U.S. The Chart Builder is available on the International Trade Practice Center (under jurisdictions, select United States). SURVEYS, REPORTS & DATA ANALYSIS PAGE A new Surveys, Reports & Data Analysis page hosts all Bloomberg Law survey reports in one convenient location, including more than 20 surveys fielded over the past two years. IN FOCUS RESOURCES Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) A new In Focus: SPACs resource page focuses on an investment that has become very popular during 2020: special purpose acquisition companies, commonly called SPACs. This type of investment involves creation of a new entity and an IPO of that entity, a targeted search for a corporation suitable for a reverse merger, and completion of the merger. The page contains news and analysis, Practical Guidance, reference materials, and additional coverage. This In Focus page will be of particular interest to in-house counsel and law firm attorneys who focus on transactions and capital markets, especially those who deal with M&A and IPOs. Available on the In Focus homepage, the Transactional Intelligence Center, and the Securities Practice Center. Cannabis New federal statutes and regulations searches have been added to the Hemp Developments and Cannabis Developments tiles on the In Focus: Cannabis page. Each link will take you to a search results page of codified statutes or regulations. Alerts can be created from the search results page to track the latest developments. PRACTICAL GUIDANCE Bankruptcy Practical Guidance coverage for Chapter 13 and Voluntary Chapter 11 have been expanded on their respective topic pages. Two new containers of Chapter 13 guidance – Plan and Confirmation; Chapter 13 Case Management – have been added, providing an explanation of, and guidance around, drafting and confirming a Chapter 13 plan and managing the case through to discharge. For Chapter 11, essential case opening documents for individual and commercial cases have been added. Available on the Bankruptcy Practice Center and the Practical Guidance homepage. INTERNATIONAL TRADE PRACTICE CENTER A new international trade profile was added to the Export Guide covering U.S. import requirements. This profile addresses common requirements for importing commercial goods into the United States, including tariffs, licensing, documentation, product standards, customs regulations, free trade agreement provisions, and sanctions. Analysis of the requirements is supported by laws, regulations, and agency guidance. The profile is available via the drop-down list of Country Profiles (select United States) on the International Trade Practice Center. IP LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY SEARCHES New, more comprehensive IP legislative and regulatory searches with alerting functionality are available on Bloomberg Law, including: Pending Patent Legislation on the Patents & Trade Secrets Practice Center USPTO Rulemaking & Initiatives, ITC Rulemaking, and ITC Section 337 Investigations on the Patents & Trade Secrets Practice Center Pending Trademark Legislation and Pending Copyright Legislation on the Trademarks & Copyrights Practice Center USPTO Rulemaking & Initiatives and Copyright Office Rulemaking & Initiatives on the Trademarks & Copyrights Practice Center These legislative and regulatory searches replaced the IP legislative and regulatory Trackers that appeared previously on the IP practice centers. BLOOMBERG LAW ANALYSIS ANALYSIS: The SEC Is Not a Data Breach Agency. Overburdening the SEC with disclosure collection and dissemination mandates not related to protecting investors run the risk of distracting the SEC from its core mission and failing to ensure that the information needed by victims of cyber breaches actually reaches them in a timely manner To access Bloomberg Law, please click here.
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