5/8/2025 5:48:26 PM Second Circuit: Bank Audi’s Use of Correspondent Bank Accounts Insufficient for Personal Jurisdiction By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Sruthi Rao Plaintiffs continue to invoke the use of U.S.-based correspondent banking accounts as a foothold for personal jurisdiction in actions...
4/29/2025 7:40:08 PM The Evolving Risk of Doing Business in Conflict Zones By Timothy Harkness Jacob Johnston Maria Slobodchikova Heather Cameron +1 more... Show less Earlier this month, more than 200 plaintiffs sued companies owned by Palestinian-American developer, Bashar Masri, in the U.S. for...
4/3/2025 3:03:05 PM Supreme Court Argument in Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization Signals Potential Implications for Personal Jurisdiction By Timothy Harkness Kimberly Zelnick Peter Linken On April 1, 2025, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization, which concerns the...
3/28/2025 8:15:04 PM Cartel FTO Litigation: The Shape of Things to Come By Timothy Harkness Jacob Johnston Maria Slobodchikova Jackson Myers +1 more... Show less Weeks after the U.S. Department of State’s designation of a group of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), private...
3/7/2025 2:31:58 PM Crypto Platform Faces Anti-Terrorism Act Claims By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Taylor Jachman Miguel Serrano +1 more... Show less A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York shows that crypto and other financial services...
1/29/2025 5:31:47 PM 2025 Transnational Litigation Trends By Timothy Harkness Amella Viso Taylor Jachman Paloma Palmer +1 more... Show less Below is a link to our anticipated 2025 Trends in Transnational Litigation, which examines several pivotal developments poised to shape...
1/27/2025 7:48:38 PM Life sciences – what to watch in 2025 By Adam Golden Kristen Riemenschneider Madeleine Tavcar We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your...
9/10/2024 4:41:20 PM Indictment Alleging Former New York Governor’s Aide Was a Foreign Agent Highlights DOJ’s Continued FARA Enforcement Push By Timothy Howard Matthew Haggans On Tuesday, September 3, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced...
8/21/2024 7:31:14 PM FTC Announces Final Rule on Deceptive Reviews By Christine Wilson Nina Frant On Wednesday, August 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved a final rule that prohibits fake reviews and...
6/3/2024 5:10:21 PM Reenergized CFPB Poised to Rev Up Rulemaking and Enforcement By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nathaniel Balk Nariné Atamian +1 more... Show less On May 16, 2024, the Supreme Court handed a major victory to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”), holding...
5/30/2024 2:56:27 PM Second Circuit: Crypto Exchange Binance Subject to U.S. Securities Laws to Avoid a Regulatory Vacuum By David Livshiz Timothy Howard Andrew Gladstein Peter Linken Jacob Johnston Seve Kale +3 more... Show less Update: On January 13, 2025, the United States Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari in this matter. A recent Second Circuit...
5/22/2024 7:45:26 PM Supreme Court Clarifies Role of Federal Courts in Disputes Referred to Arbitration By Thomas Walsh David Livshiz Maria Slobodchikova Liz Lewis +1 more... Show less On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that district courts must stay cases that they refer to arbitration, rather than...