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In two cases in as many months, the Supreme Court tackled the application of sovereign immunity in two separate insolvency statutes. Two separate government-like entities suffered conflicting fates while the Court...

Over the last month, the UK Home Office has sent letters to more than 17,000 companies that it believes are required to publish an annual statement under the UK Modern Slavery Act.

On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its highly anticipated decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, ...

On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled "US Supreme Court October 2018 Term."

In its 2008 decision in Omega v. Costco, the Ninth Circuit held that the "first-sale" doctrine of copyright law does not apply to goods manufactured and first sold abroad.

The Supreme Court of the United States is set to determine whether the United States can prosecute a commercial bank, which is majority-owned by the Republic of Turkey, for allegedly...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010, or "S.B. 657," will require retail sellers and manufacturers "doing business" in California to post certain disclosures on its websites.

The SEC approved the issuance of an interpretive release regarding the safe harbor afforded by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The SEC has not made the interpretive release itself available, but did issue a press release providing some details (summarized within article) regarding its forthcoming soft dollar guidance.

The conflicts over sovereign immunity date back to our country's founding when states were concerned about possible overreaching by a central government.

The Supreme Court will also likely address whether plaintiffs or defendants bear the burden to trace proceeds from expropriated property to their current location and use.

Are there circumstances in which forum non conveniens is a viable defense in the U.S. to a petition to confirm an arbitration award that is subject to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement

On April 19, 2023, the Supreme Court removed two key potential obstacles to the criminal prosecution of foreign states and their agencies and instrumentalities in U.S. courts. In Turkiye Halk...

The Federal Trade Commission will shortly publish in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the FTC’s long-awaited business opportunity rule (Bus Opp Rule). The Bus Opp Rule, if and when promulgated, will replace the business opportunities coverage under the current and proposed amended Franchise Rule.

Under US law, a foreign state's sovereign immunity is restricted: one of the important exceptions in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA") is the state's consent to private arbitration.

On March 27, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Petersen Energía Inversora S.A.U. v. Argentine Republic1 reversed the U.S.

For this month's bid protest roundup, we have identified four diverse bid protest decisions coming out of the Government Accountability Office ("GAO") and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Noerr-Pennington </I>doctrine immunizes petitioning conduct protected by the First Amendment from the antitrust laws.

The Situation: Through the expansion of sovereign wealth funds, the promotion of domestic industries and the growing commercial activity of state-owned entities, state actors are becoming increasingly