6/18/2025 2:01:19 PM What does the US, EU, and UK easing of sanctions on Syria mean for companies? By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Kimberly Zelnick Jonathan Kelly Lukas Pomaroli Andrew Bulovsky +3 more... Show less On May 23, 2025, several US government agencies took major steps to suspend sanctions on Syria. These developments include (i) the US...
6/16/2025 8:02:17 PM What exactly is Aiding and Abetting anyway? Supreme Court continues to weigh in By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Maria Slobodchikova Matthew Rublin +1 more... Show less Every US law student learns about aiding and abetting at some point in law school. Some cases are easy: if bank robbers use an app to...
6/11/2025 9:18:41 PM The FCPA Awakens: DOJ Announces New Enforcement Guidelines By Adam Siegel Eric Bruce Timothy Howard Kimberly Zelnick Daniel Cendan Jennifer Loeb Matthew Haggans Photeine Lambridis +5 more... Show less In the third week of the Trump Administration, the President announced a 180 day “pause” on the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt...
6/9/2025 7:29:02 PM SEC Revisits Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility By Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Melissa Hodgman Taryn Zucker David Boles Chris DeCresce Arun Balasubramanian Howie Farn +5 more... Show less I. Executive Summary On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a Concept Release on Foreign Private Issuer...
6/9/2025 3:49:32 PM U.S. Supreme Court Rules that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Does Not Contain a Statutory Minimum Contacts Requirement By Elliot Friedman David Livshiz Thomas Walsh Christian Vandergeest Amanda Huang +2 more... Show less On June 5, 2025, the United States Supreme Court held in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corporation Limited that the Foreign...
6/2/2025 11:28:17 PM The Return of Structural Remedies: FTC Clears Deal Contingent on Divestiture Package By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Meghan Rissmiller Kaylynn Moss Gabriella Small +1 more... Show less On May 28, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Synopsys, Inc. can complete its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys, Inc....
6/2/2025 11:14:44 PM Despite Court Losses, Trump Tariffs Remain in Place By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Lorand Bartels Noah Lipkowitz Tim Chen Andrew Bulovsky Ian Allen +4 more... Show less On May 28 and 29, 2025, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) and the US District Court for the District of Columbia (DDC) set aside...
6/2/2025 6:52:05 PM DOJ’s New White-Collar Enforcement Priorities: Where We’re Headed Under Trump 2.0 By Adam Siegel Eric Bruce Timothy Howard Jennifer Loeb Daniel Cendan Matthew Haggans Alessandra Scalise Aedan Collins Photeine Lambridis +6 more... Show less On May 12, 2025, the new head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, issued a memorandum outlining...
5/30/2025 7:28:31 PM More Than a Trend? Alternative Service on Non-U.S. Defendants via U.S. Counsel By Timothy Harkness Rob McCallum Peter Linken Melanie Collins +1 more... Show less A recent decision allowing alternative service of process on a non-U.S. defendant via his U.S. counsel highlights a recent trend of...
5/28/2025 6:56:56 PM Cartel Indictment Unsealed: ATA Charges Brought Against Sinaloa Cartel Leaders in Landmark Case By Timothy Harkness Jacob Johnston Maria Slobodchikova Heather Cameron +1 more... Show less In an historic move, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged key leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with narco-terrorism and...
5/28/2025 3:56:22 PM DEI “Fraud” - DOJ’s New “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” By Austin Evers Jennifer Loeb Grace Bruce From Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and beyond,...
5/20/2025 7:10:23 PM Takeaways from the 11th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the in-person attendees who packed the “sold-out” venue and the hundreds who joined virtually at the 11th Annual Spring...