11/25/2025 10:48:41 PM FTO Designations of Brazilian Crime Groups May Trigger Expanded Anti-Terrorism Act Liability in South America By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Matheus Bastos Oliveira Elischke de Villiers Paloma Palmer +2 more... Show less Recent press coverage suggests the U.S. government is poised to continue using foreign terrorist organization (FTO) designations to...
11/24/2025 10:14:30 PM Sanctioning a President, Not a Country: OFAC Designates Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Andrew Bulovsky Youssef Osman +1 more... Show less On October 24, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the President of Colombia,...
11/24/2025 9:52:26 PM 2026 SEC Exam Priorities and Implications for Investment Advisers and Investment Funds By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman Ivet Bell David Nicolardi +1 more... Show less On November 17, the SEC’s Division of Exams released its Exam Priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. See...
11/24/2025 5:12:13 PM A New Front on the War on Drugs: Implications of New FTO Designation By Timothy Harkness Nabeel Yousef Matthew Haggans Maria Slobodchikova Andrew Bulovsky Elischke de Villiers Omeed Askary +4 more... Show less Although the United States has historically designated organizations like Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Boko Haram as foreign terrorist...
11/24/2025 2:03:22 PM SEC Seeks Dismissal of Cybersecurity Disclosure Case Against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt The SEC announced that it was seeking dismissal of the federal court action against SolarWinds Corp. and its now chief information...
11/20/2025 5:20:12 PM BIS Suspends the “Affiliates Rule” Expanding End User Export Controls for One Year By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Andrew Bulovsky Keian Razipour Ian Allen +2 more... Show less Effective November 10, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a one-year suspension of the interim final rule, “Expansion...
11/18/2025 12:46:34 AM SEC Staff Reshapes Shareholder Proposal Landscape with Narrowed No-Action Path By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a pivotal Staff Statement today that could reshape how public companies approach...
11/14/2025 2:28:28 PM Issuer Action Guide: SEC Post-Shutdown Guidance By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Narrative Overview On November 13, 2025, the SEC issued post-shutdown guidance to help issuers navigate filings that became effective by...
11/7/2025 9:50:42 PM FAR Novation Rules: A Missed Opportunity for Reform – Freshfields Lawyer Featured in The Nash & Cibinic Report By Nathan Castellano Freshfields U.S. government contracts Counsel Nathaniel E. Castellano published an article on mergers and acquisitions involving...
11/6/2025 4:34:45 PM Navigating the Macro View: Key Investment Trends in Latin American Infrastructure By Melissa Raciti-Knapp Rosario Galardi Luis Salomon At the recent Proximo Latin America 2025 conference in New York City, Freshfields partner Melissa Raciti-Knapp moderated the event’s...
11/5/2025 2:38:24 PM SEC Ramps Up Scrutiny of Foreign Private Issuers Amid Renewed Cross-Border Enforcement Push By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signaled that it will continue its focus on foreign private issuers and...
11/4/2025 6:51:05 PM OOPS! States Crack Down on Opt-Out Preference Signal Compliance By Brock Dahl Christine Chong Jackson Myers Raul Orozco +1 more... Show less Last month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), together with the attorneys general of California, Colorado, and...