Jul 20, 2023 Proposed New U.S. Merger Guidelines: Making Old Ideas New Again By Bruce McCulloch Andrew Ewalt Jamillia Ferris Mary Lehner Jennifer Mellott Meghan Rissmiller Jan Rybnicek Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Laura Onken Timothy Swartz +7 more... Show less The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) yesterday released a draft of revised...
Jun 30, 2023 Can Your Business Be Sued in a State Merely Because It Registered to Do Business There? Yes, at Least for Now, the Supreme Court Has Ruled. By Timothy Harkness David Livshiz Linda Martin Scott Eisman Carla Yoon +2 more... Show less Imagine an Argentinian wants to sue a German automaker. He claims that, while employed at the car manufacturer’s factory in Buenos Aires,...
May 19, 2023 Supreme Court Resets Aiding and Abetting Liability Threshold in Anti-Terrorism Act Cases By Timothy Harkness Scott Eisman Adam Rosenfeld Rebecca Curwin Noelle Williams Nathan Hembree Daniel Hodgkinson +4 more... Show less Since 2016, plaintiffs have used increasingly aggressive “aiding and abetting” theories to make Anti-Terrorism Act claims against...
May 11, 2023 SCOTUS Clarifies that the FSIA Provides Immunity to Sovereigns in Only Civil Cases, but Suggests Common-Law Immunity to Prosecution May Still Apply By David Livshiz Elliot Friedman Timothy Howard Kimberly Zelnick Scott Eisman Adam Silow +3 more... Show less On April 19, 2023, the United States Supreme Court in Turkiye Halk Bankasi v. United States held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities...
Apr 27, 2023 Section 1782 Discovery and Russian Sanctions: Same as It Ever Was By Timothy Harkness Linda Martin David Livshiz Kimberly Zelnick Nabeel Yousef Shannon Sciaretta +3 more... Show less One consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the US, UK, and EU sanctions that it spawned is a spate of Russia-related litigation...
Feb 24, 2023 Freshfields Represents InterAction and Charity & Security Network in Filing of Amicus Brief in Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh By Timothy Harkness Linda Martin Kimberly Zelnick David Livshiz Scott Eisman Rebecca Curwin +3 more... Show less Defending the right of humanitarian aid organizations to operate in conflict zones without risk of unfair application of the...
Feb 07, 2023 DOJ and Foreign Regulators Target the Bitzlato Cryptocurrency Exchange: Lessons on AML, KYC Obligations, and Cryptocrime By Timothy Howard Brock Dahl Andrew Bulovsky On January 18, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it arrested Mr. Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national and the...
Feb 07, 2023 Fourth Circuit Breaks with Existing Authority by Holding that FSIA’s Commercial Activity Exception Does Not Apply to Purchase of Fighter Jets By David Livshiz Scott Eisman Christian Vandergeest Yulia Dernovsky +1 more... Show less Late last year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held in Blenheim Capital Holdings Limited. v. Lockheed Martin...
Feb 04, 2023 Freshfields Represents Jay Clayton and Joe Grundfest in Amicus Brief in Direct Listing Case before the Supreme Court By Boris Feldman Doru Gavril Rebecca Lockert Olivia Rosen +1 more... Show less On Friday, February 3, 2023, a securities litigation team from Freshfields’ Silicon Valley office filed a brief in the United States...
Jan 27, 2023 Privilege Rules Will Remain the Same for Now By David Livshiz Jennifer Loeb Scott Eisman On Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted the writ of certiorari of In re Grand Jury, a case about the scope of...
Jan 13, 2023 Are Business-Related Communications with Your Lawyer Protected? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide By David Livshiz Jennifer Loeb Scott Eisman Shannon Sciaretta +1 more... Show less Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in In re Grand Jury, a case you may not have heard much about, but one that may...
Dec 16, 2022 Freshfields Team Authors Anti-Corruption Practice Guide By Eric Bruce Justin Simeone The Biden Administration has made clear that efforts to counter corruption are a core pillar of the country’s national security strategy....