12/17/2025 9:59:38 PM SEC Retires Global Research Analyst Settlement: More Principles-Based Oversight Under FINRA Rule 2241 Defines the New Landscape By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding David Nicolardi December 2025 marks the end of an era. The Securities and Exchange Commission has formally terminated the remaining undertakings of the...
12/17/2025 3:00:12 PM The False Claims Act: Evolving Enforcement & Constitutional Scrutiny By David Livshiz Jacob Johnston Cindy Gao The False Claims Act is a centerpiece of the Federal Government’s anti-fraud efforts, accounting for nearly $3 billion in judgments and...
12/12/2025 8:54:16 PM President Trump Issues Executive Order to Centralize AI Policy and Challenge State Regulations By Beth George Anna Gressel Austin Evers Nina Frant Nomi Conway Madeline Cimino Andres Calzada +4 more... Show less On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial...
12/4/2025 3:46:04 PM Doing Business in High-Risk Jurisdictions: Navigating Global Sanctions and Export Controls By Nabeel Yousef Andrew Bulovsky Keian Razipour Companies conducting cross-border business often need to navigate a complex web of sanctions and trade-related restrictions. These...
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...
11/20/2025 5:20:12 PM BIS Suspends the “Affiliates Rule” Expanding End User Export Controls for One Year By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Andrew Bulovsky Keian Razipour Ian Allen +2 more... Show less Effective November 10, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a one-year suspension of the interim final rule, “Expansion...
11/7/2025 9:50:42 PM FAR Novation Rules: A Missed Opportunity for Reform – Freshfields Lawyer Featured in The Nash & Cibinic Report By Nathan Castellano Freshfields U.S. government contracts Counsel Nathaniel E. Castellano published an article on mergers and acquisitions involving...
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...
10/7/2025 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...
10/2/2025 4:10:00 PM Compliance in a Global AI Market: Examining the Overlaps Between California’s SB 53 and the EU AI Act By Beth George Brock Dahl Christine Chong Vera Ibes Joseph Mason Madeline Cimino +3 more... Show less On September 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, the “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act”...