9/9/2025 1:31:09 AM New Executive Order Implements the United States–Japan Trade Agreement By Stephanie Brown Cripps Nabeel Yousef Noah Lipkowitz Alice Jeon +1 more... Show less On September 5, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Implementing the United States-Japan Agreement” (the “EO”). The...
9/8/2025 8:04:00 PM Strike Two Against Trump Tariffs: U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling Against IEEPA-Based Tariffs, Which Remain in Place By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Tim Chen Noah Lipkowitz Andrew Bulovsky Alice Jeon +3 more... Show less On August 29, 2025, in a 7-4 en banc decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) affirmed a lower court...
8/22/2025 7:33:23 PM Key Themes in Merger Enforcement: Early Termination and Remedies under the Second Trump Administration By Marin Boney Mary Lehner Bruce McCulloch Jennifer Mellott Meghan Rissmiller Jan Rybnicek Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Christine Wilson Kevin Yingling Sam Fulliton Emily Abbott Kate Applegate +9 more... Show less Antitrust enforcers in the second Trump administration have already shifted away from several hallmarks of Biden-era merger antitrust...
8/18/2025 5:22:16 PM Recent Developments Provide First Look at FCPA Enforcement Priorities Under the Second Trump Administration By Daniel Cendan Timothy Howard Allison Kowalski After a temporary “pause” in enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and issuance of revised Guidelines for...
8/13/2025 3:12:03 PM False Claims Enforcement Under the Second Trump Administration By Daniel Cendan Peter Linken Emmeline Chen Over halfway through the first year of President Trump’s second term, the Administration has employed a range of legal and regulatory...
8/5/2025 8:06:51 PM Unpacking the DOJ’s Latest DEI Memo: More Bark than Bite? By Austin Evers Jennifer Loeb Elizabeth Bieber Grace Brody Ginger Hervey +2 more... Show less Introduction Ever since the President issued his executive order targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices, there has...
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...
7/11/2025 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...
6/24/2025 6:13:55 PM DOJ Civil Division Prioritizes Illegal DEI By Jennifer Loeb Austin Evers Grace Bruce Young Park +1 more... Show less Combatting “illegal” Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) remains a “Day One” priority in Washington. President Trump issued executive...
6/2/2025 11:14:44 PM Despite Court Losses, Trump Tariffs Remain in Place By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Lorand Bartels Noah Lipkowitz Tim Chen Andrew Bulovsky Ian Allen +4 more... Show less On May 28 and 29, 2025, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) and the US District Court for the District of Columbia (DDC) set aside...
6/2/2025 6:52:05 PM DOJ’s New White-Collar Enforcement Priorities: Where We’re Headed Under Trump 2.0 By Adam Siegel Eric Bruce Timothy Howard Jennifer Loeb Daniel Cendan Matthew Haggans Alessandra Scalise Aedan Collins Photeine Lambridis +6 more... Show less On May 12, 2025, the new head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, issued a memorandum outlining...
5/28/2025 6:56:56 PM Cartel Indictment Unsealed: ATA Charges Brought Against Sinaloa Cartel Leaders in Landmark Case By Timothy Harkness Jacob Johnston Maria Slobodchikova Heather Cameron +1 more... Show less In an historic move, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged key leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with narco-terrorism and...