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...
Oct 31, 2022 The UFLPA Bares its Teeth: Importers Confront the Cost of Non-Compliance as Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Takes Hold By Nabeel Yousef Kimberly Zelnick Stephanie Brown Cripps Aryeh Kaufman Noah Lipkowitz +2 more... Show less While global political news has focused on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Biden Administration and the US government have continued to...
Jun 14, 2022 DOJ Pursues Criminal Prosecutions Related to Use of Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions By Olivia Radin Timothy Howard Kimberly Zelnick Stephanie Brown Cripps Jane Peng Andrew Bulovsky +3 more... Show less On May 13, 2022, Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui released a redacted Memorandum Opinion disclosing that the US Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Mar 15, 2022 Biden Administration Sets the Stage for Review of Digital Assets By Kimberly Zelnick Brock Dahl Francesca Loreto On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. The Executive Order...
Mar 12, 2022 SEC Proposes Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules By Brock Dahl Kimberly Zelnick Nicholas Caselli On March 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules and amendments aimed at enhancing and standardizing disclosures about...
Feb 03, 2022 FinCEN Proposes Pilot Program for Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports with Foreign Affiliates: Key Considerations for Financial Institutions By Olivia Radin Kimberly Zelnick Aryeh Kaufman Jane Peng Andrew Bulovsky +2 more... Show less Last week, on January 24, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule)...