7/18/2025 9:13:38 PM Trump Administration: Regulatory Framework for Digital Assets Begins to Emerge as House Sends Stablecoin Legislation to President and Passes Market Infrastructure Bill By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Melissa Hodgman Chris DeCresce Brock Dahl Austin Evers Andrew Dockham Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +6 more... Show less After a rocky start to its highly-anticipated “Crypto Week,” the House of Representatives voted 308–122 to adopt the Guiding and...
7/17/2025 3:16:17 PM Jupiter's Chinese Orbit: CFIUS Calls Five Years Later By Aimen Mir Christine Laciak Brian Reissaus Colin Costello Timothy Swartz Ian Allen Andrew Gabel Keian Razipour Kate Applegate +6 more... Show less On July 8, 2025, President Trump signed an order mandating that Suirui International Co., Limited (“Suirui”), a Chinese-owned entity,...
7/16/2025 11:19:41 PM First out of the Gate(keeper): OFAC Issues $215 Million Statutory Maximum Penalty Against US Venture Capital Firm for Willful Russia Sanctions Violations By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Kimberly Zelnick Timothy Howard Noah Lipkowitz Adam Silow Graham Hardig Kristen Grennan +5 more... Show less On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a statutory maximum $215,988,868 civil...
7/16/2025 9:49:27 PM Eighth Circuit Vacates FTC Amendments By Christine Wilson Nina Frant On July 8th, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) amendments to the...
7/15/2025 6:56:17 PM DOJ Antitrust Division Announces First-Ever Financial Rewards Program for Whistleblowers By Bruce McCulloch Heather Lamberg Claire Leonard Chase Gordon +1 more... Show less The new program incentivizes individuals to report anticompetitive conduct and signals DOJ is looking for additional avenues to uncover...
7/11/2025 9:20:48 PM Termination of US Syrian Sanctions Program and HTS Removed from FTO List By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Kimberly Zelnick Andrew Bulovsky +1 more... Show less On June 30 and July 7, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14312 permanently revoking US sanctions on Syria by rescinding the...
7/10/2025 8:52:48 PM D.C. Circuit Reins in SEC Authority: Proxy Voting Advice No Longer a Solicitation Under the Exchange Act By Melissa Hodgman Elizabeth Bieber Erik Gerding David Nicolardi +1 more... Show less Executive Summary In a pivotal decision issued on July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that proxy voting...
7/9/2025 9:39:42 PM An Update to Aiding and Abetting Liability: M&A Buyers (Should Still) Beware By Ethan Klingsberg Meredith Kotler Victor Ma About two years ago, we wrote a post about a series of high-profile M&A cases in the Delaware Court of Chancery that highlighted the...
7/9/2025 7:57:14 PM BIS Guidance Targets PRC Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits in “High Probability” Enforcement Regime By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Aimen Mir Tim Chen Ian Allen Vicky Liu Kira Ellis-Josch +4 more... Show less On May 13, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued new guidance (the Guidance) highlighting increased scrutiny on...
7/2/2025 6:34:41 PM Supreme Court to Decide Key Case on Private Shareholder Lawsuits Against Registered Investment Funds By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Introduction On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert to hear a case that could significantly impact how registered...
7/2/2025 4:49:35 PM Shapeshifting DEI Whistleblowers: What to Know and Expect in 2025 By Elizabeth Bieber Austin Evers Jennifer Loeb Young Park Ginger Hervey +2 more... Show less The landscape for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the United States has shifted dramatically in 2025. What was once viewed as a...
7/1/2025 7:53:21 PM Second Circuit: Convertible Note Lenders Not Always Required to Register as a Securities Dealer By Melissa Hodgman Peter Linken Amanda Huang In a significant decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of claims alleging that a...