Non-Fungible Tokens, or “NFTs,” have increasingly begun to attract mainstream attention from creatives, collectors, investors, and a broad range of corporations seeking to explore this new form of digital property. But what are they exactly? What is a Non-Fungible Token (“NFT”)? NFTs are, generally speaking, non-fungible digital representations of the underlying rights that are being…
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Impact of COVID-19 on Mergers and Acquisitions Deals
Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on our way of life, and businesses are no exception. Companies changed their operating procedures, updated their financial projections, took out PPP loans to cover payroll expenses, and found themselves having to continually update office policies relating to mask requirements, working from home, and now, vaccination status. For companies engaged…
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2021 Q1 and Q2 by the numbers Investment and M&A Transactions
With the stock market remaining robust and interest rates low, M&A and investor activity continues to be frothy. Good companies are selling for premiums, and market disruptors are finding competition for investment. All signs point to elevated transaction levels for the balance of 2021. Click here for OlenderFeldman's 2021 Q1 & Q2 Overview: OF Transactions Overview…
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION ADOPTS REVISED STANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES UNDER GDPR
On June 4, the European Commission adopted two new replacement sets of Standard Contractual Clauses (between Controllers and Processors, and separately for International Data Transfers) in light of the July 16, 2020 Schrems II decision which invalidated Privacy Shield and limited the use of the previous Standard Contractual Clauses. While the new Standard Contractual…
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