2/20/2025 7:59:44 PM State Attorneys General Enter the DEI Fray By Jennifer Loeb Austin Evers Grace Brody Young Park Alice Jeon +2 more... Show less In the wake of President Trump’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and the...
2/12/2025 3:08:01 PM Digital Assets Under Trump 2.0: The Emerging View from Capitol Hill By David Sewell Chris DeCresce Erik Gerding Alison Hashmall Melissa Hodgman Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +4 more... Show less Since President Trump’s second inauguration, few issues in the financial services space have received as much attention in Washington as...
2/5/2025 6:48:15 PM Trump 2.0: Administration’s Approach to Digital Asset Regulation Begins to Take Shape By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Chris DeCresce Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Abby Shamray +3 more... Show less Barely three weeks into his second term, President Trump has wasted no time signaling plans to deliver on a campaign pledge to make the...
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...
1/24/2025 5:12:38 PM AI Models, Chips, and Data Centers Targeted by Expansive US Export Control Rule By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Noah Lipkowitz Rebecca Berman Young Park +2 more... Show less Key Takeaways BIS has imposed new global export licensing requirements on advanced computing integrated circuits and frontier AI model...
1/21/2025 9:26:03 PM Preparing for Political Risk in 2025: Contempt, Coordination, and Congressional Investigations in 2025 By Andrew Dockham Austin Evers Beth George Jessica Heller Loren Terry +2 more... Show less The second Trump administration begins with Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress and a conservative Supreme Court majority....
1/20/2025 8:42:31 PM FTC and DOJ Issue New Guidelines on Labor-Related Practices By Christine Wilson Jan Rybnicek Alexandra Ampudia Hot on the heels of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) announcement of a policy statement regarding application of the antitrust laws...
1/16/2025 2:04:49 PM Private Capital in 2025: 7 Things You Should Know By Ivet Bell Heather Brookfield Timothy Clark Brock Dahl Andrew Dockham Austin Evers Melissa Hodgman Eva Mak Bruce McCulloch Christine Wilson Sam Houshower David Nicolardi Jon Fougner Ginger Hervey +11 more... Show less Each new year brings with it the potential for change. 2025 is no different in this regard, with the potential for change being even...
1/15/2025 3:41:08 AM Lawsuit Filed To Block Enforcement of New HSR Rules By Christine Wilson Bruce McCulloch Meytal McCoy Charles Ramsey +1 more... Show less On January 10, 2025, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber), joined by the Business Roundtable, American Investment Council, and the...
1/13/2025 6:01:59 PM New Form, New Fees, and New Thresholds: FTC Announces HSR Act & Interlocking Directorate Thresholds and HSR Filing Fees for 2025 By Bruce McCulloch Meytal McCoy Charles Ramsey On January 10, 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act reportability...
1/6/2025 2:08:46 PM M&A Predictions and Guidance for 2025 By Ethan Klingsberg 1. No private equity M&A boom in 2025, but…. Thousands of private equity portfolio companies are past their “sell by” dates and private...
1/5/2025 3:45:16 AM Nippon Steel’s Bid for U.S. Steel Blocked under National Security Law By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello +1 more... Show less Summary On January 3, President Biden blocked the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel, a Japanese company, on national security...