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Digital Health Transformation: A Practical Guide for Life Sciences Companies

In 2022, many if not most pharmaceutical, medical device, and other life sciences companies established strategies to innovate digital health technology complementary to their existing strategic focus. The digital transformation of the life sciences industry is still widely unfolding across the marketplace. In 2023 and beyond, the race is on to launch the next generation of digital health technologies to innovate the delivery of therapies to patients.
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EU Publishes New NIS2 Cyber Directive Imposing Liability and Obligations on Senior Management

On 17 January 2023, the new Network and Information Systems Security Directive (“NIS2 Directive”), which is aimed at establishing a minimum level of cybersecurity standards across the EU and is set to replace its predecessor (the NIS or “NIS1 Directive), entered into force. The new NIS2 Directive aims to further harmonize and strengthen cybersecurity and resilience throughout the EU in response to a continued increase in digitization and rise in cyber (and in particular ransomware) threats – which is estimated to have reached a total cost of €5.5 trillion at the end of 2020 (double the figure of 2015) and continues to rise in the EU and globally notably due to ongoing geopolitical conflicts in Ukraine and Russia. (more…)

Celsius Bankruptcy Court Confirms That Customer Digital Assets Are Property of the Estate in Key Ruling

The bankruptcy court presiding over the Chapter 11 cases of digital asset platform Celsius Network LLC and its affiliates (Celsius) issued a key ruling on January 4, 2023 (the Decision), by concluding that a significant portion of digital assets held in Celsius’ customer accounts are property of the debtors’ estates, and holders of such accounts accordingly are unsecured creditors.1 The digital assets at issue in the Decision were held under Celsius’ “Earn” program, pursuant to which the digital assets were not segregated or held in custody but used freely by Celsius to generate investment returns, and were subject to contract terms stating that the digital assets belonged to Celsius.

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Preparing Your 2022 Form 10-K: A Summary of Recent Key Disclosure Developments, Priorities, and Trends

This Sidley Update highlights certain key disclosure considerations for preparing your annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2022, including recent amendments to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure rules and other developments that impact 2022 Form 10-K filings, as well as certain significant disclosure trends and current areas of SEC focus for disclosures. As always, we invite you to contact us with any questions on these topics or any other SEC reporting and compliance matters.

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