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With every new Prime Minister comes a recalibration of how Government is to be run. Given the number of political changes in recent years, we should now be used to bold statements at the beginning...

A federal district court in California ruled that the U.S. government violated Anthropic’s free speech and due process rights when it labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk in response to Anthropic speaking out about AI...

The Trump administration has released a comprehensive 165-page legislative proposal aimed at revitalizing America's maritime industry through new funding mechanisms, tax incentives, and cargo-preference requirements.

The Department of Justice has issued a stark reminder that both criminal and civil penalties await those who fail to disclose their activities on behalf of foreign interests to the U.S. government. This announcement signals that enforcement of foreign transparency laws, particularly FARA and Section 951, remains a top DOJ priority and may indicate an uptick in foreign agent-related enforcement actions in the near future. Individuals and organizations engaged in political activities on behalf of foreign prin

President Claudia Sheinbaum has submitted a significant initiative to amend Mexico's Foreign Investment Law, introducing national security screening mechanisms for foreign investments in sensitive sectors.

Distribution from estate in Saudi Arabia follows three mandatory stages under the Personal Status Law (Royal Decree M/73, March 2022): debts and funeral costs are settled first, then a bequest (wasiyya) of up to one-third of the net estate may be honoured, and finally the prescribed shares, known as faraid,distribute the balance among rightful heirs. No inheritance tax applies to any distribution in the Kingdom.