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Trying cases during trying times: Recommendations for the bench and bar

With the recent and unfortunate surge of the delta variant, it’s clear that judges and lawyers will need to adapt to new ways of trying cases for the foreseeable future in order to keep all trial part...

Author(s): Eric Bruce, Jennifer Loeb

  • litigation
  • covid-19
  • white-collar defense

AML Update: Recent Enforcement Actions Demonstrate Continued Focus on Crypto

Three recent enforcement actions brought by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) show that...

Author(s): Olivia Radin, Jane Peng, Alessandra Scalise

  • finance
  • litigation
  • financial institutions
  • capital markets and securities
  • investigations

SEC Chair Gensler discusses what companies might expect from the SEC’s upcoming climate disclosure rules, following similar developments in Europe

In his remarks before the Principles for Responsible Investment “Climate and Global Financial Markets” webinar on July 28, 2021, SEC Chair Gary Gensler provided insights into what companies might expe...

Author(s): Sarah Solum, Valerie Jacob, Pamela Marcogliese, Michael Levitt, Elizabeth Bieber, Heather Kellam

  • corporate governance
  • corporate
  • capital markets and securities

Brexit and tax treaties: the US LOB problem

Competent authority agreements between the UK and the US have recently been published addressing the interpretation of certain provisions in the US/UK double tax treaty (DTT). These agreements do not ...

Author(s): Alison Dickie, David Haworth, Robert Scarborough

New Administration Cyber Initiatives Place Additional Demands on Private Sector

This blog was co-authored by summer associate Saraphin Dhanani.The Biden Administration has recently announced several new initiatives relating to the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. The ann...

Author(s): Brock Dahl

  • cyber
  • cybersecurity
  • transport & infrastructure
  • technology

HSR Waiting Period Expired? FTC Says Close at Your Own Risk

Yesterday the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that for certain transactions where it “cannot fully investigate within the requisite timelines,” it will now send letters to merging parties ...

Author(s): Jennifer Mellott, Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum, Ethan Klingsberg, Ilana Kattan

  • antitrust and competition
  • m&a

Memo to the commissioners: Improving Rule 10b5-1 without wrecking it

Published August 2, 2021 by Reuters. Re-posted with permission.Twenty years ago, the Securities & Exchange Commission created Rule 10b5-1. Among other things, the new regulation enabled public compani...

Author(s): Boris Feldman, Sarah Solum

  • capital markets and securities

Pro bono in the Biden era: Will the change in administration affect how we help our most vulnerable clients?

Despite the markedly different policies of the Biden Administration, we expect that many pro bono efforts will continue apace. The following article is posted with permission from the July 28, 2021 ed...

Author(s): Scott Eisman, Aryeh Kaufman, Lauren Kaplin

  • litigation
  • pro bono

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