2/25/2026 8:28:59 PM SEC's 2026 Enforcement Manual Codifies Wells Process, Cooperation Credit, and Waivers—Balancing Transparency with Flexibility By Melissa Hodgman The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its first Enforcement Manual update since 2017 on February 2026. The update...
2/25/2026 7:52:35 PM Second Circuit Rejects Attempt to Limit Appellate Review of Judgment on Arbitral Award By Thomas Walsh Peter Linken May a party contractually eliminate appellate review of a judgment on an arbitral award? The Second Circuit recently addressed that...
2/24/2026 8:04:41 PM CorpFin Publishes New Guidance on Going Private Transactions and Mini-Tender Offers By Michael Levitt Jeremy Barr The staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance has provided relief this winter to facilitate mergers and acquisitions and related...
2/24/2026 7:59:26 PM Recent Decision: Mere Knowledge of Potential Aid to Terrorists Does Not Plead an ATA Direct Liability Claim By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Daniella Apodaca A new ruling out of the Eastern District of New York continues the drumbeat of decisions finding that the terroristic intent needed to...
2/23/2026 4:20:36 PM SEC Adds Flexibility to M&A, Proxy, and Tender Offer Rules with New Interpretations – Not All of the Implications of Which Are Apparent on Their Face By Ethan Klingsberg Michael Levitt Elizabeth Bieber Jeremy Barr +1 more... Show less On January 23, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (“CorpFin”) published new and revised...
2/20/2026 11:46:29 PM Trump Tariff Winds Shifting: Navigating Post-IEEPA Waters After the Supreme Court Decision By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Ian Allen Rashi Narayan +1 more... Show less On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court decided in Learning Resources, Inc., et al. v. Trump, that the International Emergency...
2/19/2026 9:34:51 PM A Trial That Went Forward: What the Corsa Coal Case Reveals About Today’s FCPA Enforcement By Eric Bruce Daniel Cendan Melissa Hodgman Timothy Howard Justin Simeone Ian Maurer +3 more... Show less On February 18, 2026, consistent with our warnings that Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement had not disappeared—just...
2/19/2026 7:34:07 PM A Primer for Global Companies About Starting a US Lawsuit By Timothy Harkness Rob McCallum Frances Rodriguez Paloma Palmer +1 more... Show less The US legal system is home to some of the world’s most sophisticated commercial courts. For any international company, understanding...
2/19/2026 4:04:05 PM Don’t Get Lost in Translation: Six US Contract Law Principles Non-US Companies Should Know By Lauren Kaplin Rebecca Berman This post is the second installment in a series that aims to demystify US contract law for global companies, covering six key...
2/17/2026 9:43:22 PM Back to Basics: New HSR Rules Struck Down, Old Form Returns By Bruce McCulloch Julie Elmer Andrew Cline Charles Ramsey Kara Reid Sandra Makeen +3 more... Show less On February 12, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule...
2/17/2026 9:41:21 PM Lessons from One Year of False Claims Act Enforcement Under the Trump Administration By Stephanie Brown Cripps Austin Evers David Livshiz Jennifer Loeb Nabeel Yousef Nathan Castellano Jacob Johnston +4 more... Show less On 16 January 2026, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries in fiscal year 2025 were highest...
2/17/2026 3:17:23 PM Your AI Chatbot is Not Your Lawyer: AI Privilege Issues in Litigation By Kimberly Zelnick Timothy Howard Timothy Harkness Alessandra Scalise Robert Barton Isobel Blakeway-Phillips +3 more... Show less Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a notable decision from the bench last week,...