On 21 April, both houses of the New York state legislature announced passage of the NY Hero Act, which will
require NY employers to implement extensive new workplace health and safety protections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Cuomo is expected to sign the Act into law in the coming weeks. When it takes effect, all New York employers, regardless of size, will need to take action to comply with the new obligations that this law will impose. Read more
Regulators are becoming increasingly active in imposing measures on deals or prohibiting them altogether under foreign direct investment (FDI) rules – with prohibitions happening in the EU’s largest economies Germany, France, and Italy in the past months. Against this backdrop,