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The SEC has proposed sweeping changes to its custody rule that would impose new obligations on registered investment advisers with respect to physical assets such as real estate. On this Ropes & Gray podcast, regulatory partner Nicole Krea discusses how these requirements would affect investment advisers in their management of real estate assets.

On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, strategic transactions co-lead Marko Zatylny sits down with technology, media & telecommunications co-lead Ed Black to discuss how the current regulatory and geopolitical environments are affecting how tech companies are evaluating future opportunities globally.

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s Value-based Care Collides with Competition podcast series, health care attorneys Jenn Romig and Jaclyn Freshman discuss the deal impacts of new state laws in California, Oregon and Washington focused on regulating health care access, cost and quality. 

On this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way?, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen talk to Patrick McGowan, senior director for global compliance auditing and monitoring at industrial tech innovator Fortive. With a JD, MBA and background in forensic accounting, Patrick discusses how using quantitative methods to analyze seemingly small compliance issues can lead to big human insights.

This installment of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Non-binding Guidance explores recent regulatory developments related to the development and approval of oncology drugs in the U.S. and Europe. On this episode, hear from Ropes & Gray FDA regulatory partner Josh Oyster and head of the European life sciences practice Lincoln Tsang as they compare approaches from FDA and E.U. legislation, and discuss what that means for companies researching and developing new oncology products for a global market.

We are pleased to introduce a new podcast series, Value-based Care Collides with Competition, that explores how aggressive federal and state enforcement of antitrust and other competition laws appears to be in tension with the nationwide shift to value-based care models.The series will examine how the adoption of new state competition, quality, access and cost laws is creating additional burdens on health care entities, including private equity-backed entities and management services organizations, that are considering new transactions—and how to mitigate the impact of these potential impediments.On this opening episode, Ropes & Gray health care partners Debbie Gersh, Tim McCrystal and Jenn Romig discuss the impact on health care transactions of current federal and state activity (legislative and regulatory) focused on competition, broadening access, reducing cost and improving quality. 

On this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way?, the second in a two-part series, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen return to their conversation with author and researcher Benjamin van Rooij about the six questions in the book he co-authored with Adam Fine, The Behavioral Code, which can guide organizations and lawmakers in creating a better compliance culture. They also discuss how an organization’s toxic culture can be changed and interrogate the oft-cited argument that compliant companies cannot be innovative.

On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, litigation & enforcement partner Ama Adams, who’s also the managing partner of Ropes & Gray’s Washington, D.C. office, sits down with data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Faircloth to discuss how she helps clients bridge the gap between ongoing national security concerns and the rapidly evolving technology landscape.

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management attorneys Egan Cammack and Lindsey Jones highlight a few key topics for buy-side corporate derivatives users to consider in the coming year as they monitor existing, and assess new, derivatives transactions. Egan and Lindsey discuss counterparty credit evaluation, representations and corporate actions related to derivatives regulatory requirements (including under Dodd Frank), and planning for the U.S. Dollar (USD) LIBOR transition.

On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, hosted by IP transactions partner Megan Baca, IP transactions counsel Emily Karlberg interviews Karna Nisewaner, the general counsel of Cadence Design Systems. Karna describes her path from engineering student at Princeton to GC at an innovative software company where she can “geek out on technology.” As a leader, she describes her approach to managing teams, including an important lesson learned early in her career. Reflecting on the value of lawyers on business teams, Karna shares some advice about listening, while also recounting how a run for the local school board helped sharpen her business skills.