1/8/2026 5:05:49 PM U.S. Defense Contracting: Supreme Court Asked to Review How Agencies Acquire Commercial Technologies – Freshfields Lawyers Featured in The Nash & Cibinic Report By Nathan Castellano Maria Slobodchikova Freshfields U.S. government contracts Counsel Nathaniel E. Castellano and Senior Associate Maria Slobodchikova published an article...
1/5/2026 9:18:35 PM AI Supply Chain and Security: Congress Mandates Strict Controls for AI acquired by the U.S. Defense Agencies and Intelligence Community By Beth George Anna Gressel Nathan Castellano For companies interested in selling AI to U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...
12/17/2025 3:00:12 PM The False Claims Act: Evolving Enforcement & Constitutional Scrutiny By David Livshiz Jacob Johnston Cindy Gao The False Claims Act is a centerpiece of the Federal Government’s anti-fraud efforts, accounting for nearly $3 billion in judgments and...
12/16/2025 7:07:39 PM Proxy Advisors Under Pressure: What the December 11 Executive Order Could Mean for SEC Rulemaking and the 2026 Proxy Season By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Ginger Hervey +2 more... Show less On December 11, the White House issued an Executive Order that targets proxy advisory firms, including ISS and Glass Lewis, for...
12/12/2025 6:47:36 PM Baby it’s Cold Outside: Legislation Extends the Application of Section 16(a) to Foreign Private Issuers and Their Insiders By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Shira Oyserman This blog was originally posted on December 12, 2025 and updated on December 16, 2025. In a frosty start to the holiday season, Foreign...
11/24/2025 10:14:30 PM Sanctioning a President, Not a Country: OFAC Designates Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Andrew Bulovsky Youssef Osman +1 more... Show less On October 24, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the President of Colombia,...
11/24/2025 9:52:26 PM 2026 SEC Exam Priorities and Implications for Investment Advisers and Investment Funds By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman Ivet Bell David Nicolardi +1 more... Show less On November 17, the SEC’s Division of Exams released its Exam Priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. See...
11/24/2025 5:12:13 PM A New Front on the War on Drugs: Implications of New FTO Designation By Timothy Harkness Nabeel Yousef Matthew Haggans Maria Slobodchikova Andrew Bulovsky Elischke de Villiers Omeed Askary +4 more... Show less Although the United States has historically designated organizations like Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Boko Haram as foreign terrorist...
11/18/2025 12:46:34 AM SEC Staff Reshapes Shareholder Proposal Landscape with Narrowed No-Action Path By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a pivotal Staff Statement today that could reshape how public companies approach...
11/14/2025 2:28:28 PM Issuer Action Guide: SEC Post-Shutdown Guidance By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Narrative Overview On November 13, 2025, the SEC issued post-shutdown guidance to help issuers navigate filings that became effective by...
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”...
9/29/2025 3:35:54 PM The Ninth Anniversary of JASTA: Reflecting on Nearly a Decade of Secondary Liability in Anti-Terrorism Litigation By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Multi-national companies doing business in high-risk jurisdictions need to put a date on their calendar: September 28. Why? That is the...