11/25/2025 10:48:41 PM FTO Designations of Brazilian Crime Groups May Trigger Expanded Anti-Terrorism Act Liability in South America By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Matheus Bastos Oliveira Elischke de Villiers Paloma Palmer +2 more... Show less Recent press coverage suggests the U.S. government is poised to continue using foreign terrorist organization (FTO) designations to...
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...
11/24/2025 2:03:22 PM SEC Seeks Dismissal of Cybersecurity Disclosure Case Against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt The SEC announced that it was seeking dismissal of the federal court action against SolarWinds Corp. and its now chief information...
11/5/2025 2:38:24 PM SEC Ramps Up Scrutiny of Foreign Private Issuers Amid Renewed Cross-Border Enforcement Push By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signaled that it will continue its focus on foreign private issuers and...
11/4/2025 6:51:05 PM OOPS! States Crack Down on Opt-Out Preference Signal Compliance By Brock Dahl Christine Chong Jackson Myers Raul Orozco +1 more... Show less Last month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), together with the attorneys general of California, Colorado, and...
10/30/2025 3:43:55 PM Preliminary Rulemaking Update on “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act” By Beth George Brock Dahl Christine Chong Alejandra Lynberg +1 more... Show less Regulators are increasingly focused on legislation on children’s and minor’s personal data and use of social media. In SB 976, the...
10/28/2025 3:53:25 PM Doing Business in High-Risk Jurisdictions: Litigation Risks Arising from Latin American FTO Designations By Timothy Harkness Maria Slobodchikova Jackson Myers Cameron MacDonald +1 more... Show less In an era of increasing global instability, companies are frequently operating in high-risk jurisdictions—regions facing volatility which...
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....
10/14/2025 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...
10/7/2025 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...
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...
9/24/2025 6:31:03 PM U.S. Discovery for Foreign Disputes: What’s New in Section 1782 Litigation By Timothy Harkness Lauren Kaplin Allison Beeman For sophisticated litigants, U.S.-style discovery isn’t just for domestic disputes. Thanks to 28 U.S.C. § 1782, parties involved in...