10/21/2025 2:32:43 PM Doing Business in High-Risk Jurisdictions: Litigation Risks in US Courts By Timothy Harkness Maria Slobodchikova Elischke de Villiers Jackson Myers Jordan McGuffee +2 more... Show less As global instability intensifies, companies increasingly find themselves operating in or considering entry into high-risk jurisdictions....
10/20/2025 1:19:46 PM Non Competes in California: A Practical Guide By John Fisher Tomas Rua Andrew Cha The General Rule: Unenforceable by Design California has a long-standing and deeply rooted public policy that favors employee mobility...
10/14/2025 4:20:16 PM Doing Business in High-Risk Jurisdictions: A Global Overview of Litigation Risks By Timothy Harkness Maria Slobodchikova Heather Cameron Akshaya Kalaiyalahan +1 more... Show less As companies chase growth in emerging markets, many find themselves operating in increasingly complex geopolitical landscapes, marked by...
10/13/2025 6:00:36 PM From the Freshfields SEC Desk: 14a-8 Bypass: SEC Chairman Offers Companies Way to Short Circuit Shareholder Proposals By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber In an October 9, 2025 speech, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins sent a clear signal that SEC Staff would grant broad No-Action Letter relief to...
10/9/2025 11:47:42 PM SEC Moves to Ease IPOs and Other Registered Offerings During Shutdown By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Michael Levitt On October 9, 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued updated guidance on the Division’s operations during the ongoing...
10/8/2025 8:34:24 PM Key Development in the Algorithmic Collusion Saga: Settling Defendants to Pay over $141 million to Settle RealPage Price-Fixing Class Action Claims in Tennessee By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Bruce McCulloch Elizabeth Suarez Kara Reid Gabriella Small Noelle Choi +3 more... Show less On October 1, 2025, nearly three years since the initial complaint in In re: RealPage, Inc. Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No....
10/7/2025 4:33:47 PM Using Bilateral Investment Treaties to manage risk in high-risk jurisdictions By Joshua Kelly Paige von Mehren Miranda Shaw Celine Leong +1 more... Show less When it comes to investing and operating in high-risk jurisdictions, there are a number of tools that can help businesses manage their...
10/6/2025 4:47:23 PM FTC Challenges Zillow and Redfin Partnership By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Kara Reid Emily Abbott On September 30, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued Zillow and Redfin, alleging they entered into illegal agreements that...
10/2/2025 4:10:00 PM Compliance in a Global AI Market: Examining the Overlaps Between California’s SB 53 and the EU AI Act By Beth George Brock Dahl Christine Chong Vera Ibes Joseph Mason Madeline Cimino +3 more... Show less On September 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, the “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act”...
10/1/2025 4:17:56 PM Shutdown Implications Across the Federal Government By Austin Evers Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman At midnight, the government in Washington, DC, shut down for the first time since 2019. As of this writing, the potential duration of the...
10/1/2025 3:09:46 PM Government Shutdown & the SEC Practical Advice for Public Companies By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Yesterday, before the federal government shutdown took effect, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) confirmed in...