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,...
2/13/2026 8:56:49 PM What comes next if SCOTUS strikes down Trump’s tariffs? By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Ian Allen Rashi Narayan +1 more... Show less If the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS, or the Court) strikes down President Trump’s tariffs based on the International Emergency Economic...
2/13/2026 8:52:43 PM Key Drivers for the FTC’s First Merger Victory of the Second Trump Administration By Meghan Rissmiller Andrew Ewalt Julie Elmer Contstance Forkner Sam Fulliton Chris Kraft Kara Reid Gabriella Small +5 more... Show less Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Edwards) abandoned its $945 million acquisition of JenaValve Technology, Inc. (JenaValve) after the U.S....