9/4/2025 2:31:59 PM Ninth Circuit Greenlights Broad Use of Discovery In Foreign Proceedings By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Allison Beeman Litigants try to use 28 U.S.C. § 1782 applications to get tactical advantages in transnational litigation all the time. After all, the...
8/29/2025 1:48:15 PM Structuring Non-competes in License and Collaboration Agreements By Jeff Jay As big pharmas and other commercial-stage biopharma and biotech companies grapple with the reality of patent cliffs on the horizon, which...
8/22/2025 7:33:23 PM Key Themes in Merger Enforcement: Early Termination and Remedies under the Second Trump Administration By Marin Boney Mary Lehner Bruce McCulloch Jennifer Mellott Meghan Rissmiller Jan Rybnicek Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Christine Wilson Kevin Yingling Sam Fulliton Emily Abbott Kate Applegate +9 more... Show less Antitrust enforcers in the second Trump administration have already shifted away from several hallmarks of Biden-era merger antitrust...
8/19/2025 8:33:23 PM Are Hyperlinks the New Email Attachments in Civil Discovery? Freshfields Lawyers Featured in the New York Law Journal By Rob McCallum Peter Linken David Howard Heather Cameron Celia Garrett Jordan McGuffee +3 more... Show less On August 18, 2025, the New York Law Journal published an article by Freshfields lawyers titled “Hyperlinked Documents: Modern...
8/18/2025 5:22:16 PM Recent Developments Provide First Look at FCPA Enforcement Priorities Under the Second Trump Administration By Daniel Cendan Timothy Howard Allison Kowalski After a temporary “pause” in enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and issuance of revised Guidelines for...
8/14/2025 9:52:36 PM CFIUS 2024 Annual Report – What Does that Data Mean for Investors? By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello Kate Applegate Mark Appleton Andrew Gabel Timothy Swartz +5 more... Show less The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) recently released its calendar year 2024 annual report to Congress...
8/14/2025 7:13:20 PM Opening the 401(k) Gates: The Potential Promise and Perils of Alternative Investments in Retirement Plans By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Executive Summary On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order, “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k)...
8/13/2025 3:12:03 PM False Claims Enforcement Under the Second Trump Administration By Daniel Cendan Peter Linken Emmeline Chen Over halfway through the first year of President Trump’s second term, the Administration has employed a range of legal and regulatory...
8/8/2025 7:47:04 PM FTC Challenges Edwards Lifesciences’ Acquisition of JenaValve Technology By Meghan Rissmiller Sam Fulliton Joseph Pridmore On August 6, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an administrative complaint, and a concurrent complaint in the U.S. District...
8/8/2025 6:39:37 PM Major Court Victory for International Banks: What You Need to Know By Timothy Harkness Kimberly Zelnick Rob McCallum Matthew Haggans Peter Linken Matthew Rublin +3 more... Show less International banks recently won a significant legal battle that could reshape the scope of potential liability in terrorism-related...
8/8/2025 5:40:40 PM Executive Order Targets “Politicized” Financial Services By Austin Evers Andrew Dockham Melissa Hodgman David Sewell Alison Hashmall Jennifer Loeb Nina Frant Nariné Atamian +5 more... Show less On Thursday, August 7, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO), “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” that...
8/7/2025 1:30:39 PM 13D Monitor’s 10 Questions with Leza Bieber By Elizabeth Bieber The original article was published in 13D Monitor’s The Activist Report – August Issue in August 2025. Leza Bieber is a corporate partner...