ESG Proposals Surge As SEC Raises Bar On No-Action Rules.

Partner Mark Lanpher (Washington, D.C.-Litigation) was interviewed by the FCPA Compliance Report Podcast,

On 24 August 2018, the SEC announced that in fiscal year 2019 the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities ...

While an investigation by the SEC or the DOJ often can lead to private securities litigation, sometimes it happens the other way around.

The SEC has increased its focus on cybersecurity risks, and recent actions suggest that management and boards should be paying attention.

On August 20, 2018, the U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Announced that David Wilcox, the director of the Federal Reserve Board's Division of Research and Statistics ...

Partner Omar Samji and counsel Angela M. Heywood Bible published an article in Currents, the newsletter of the Corporate Counsel section of the State Bar of Texas.

The Treasury Department and the IRS issued today highly anticipated proposed regulations regarding "Qualified Opportunity Zones."

On August 30, 2018, the U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that the agencies have extended the submission deadline ...

On September 12, 2018, the Federal Reserve Board announced a final rule amending the liability provisions of Subpart C of Regulation CC to address instances ...

On July 23, 2018, Randal Quarles, current Vice Chairman for Supervision, was sworn in for his second term as a member of the Federal Reserve Board.

On July 31, 2018, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released an updated version of the Comptroller's Licensing Manual Business Combinations booklet.

Shearman & Sterling's Real Estate group produced a webinar on the strategies that can be employed by bank lenders to comply with the National Flood Insurance Program regulations.

In this quarter, OFAC lifted sanctions on Rusal and other companies following divestment by Oleg Deripaska. Meanwhile, as Venezuela descends into economic and political crisis, the US targeted PdVSA and others to hasten regime change.

The first months of the Biden Administration signaled the new US President's willingness to remain tough on China in the short term.

Closing the year with a renewed focus on the People's Republic of China, the Biden Administration imposed new export restrictions on US-origin technology to Chinese tech firms to...

Global Managing Partner Adam Hakki and partner Agnès Dunogué (both Litigation-New York) co-authored an article in Law360 ...

In this final episode, we explore how AI agents elevate cybersecurity and privacy risks: AI-enabled phishing, deepfakes, prompt injection, model theft, expanded attack surfaces...

Finally, OFAC rounded out the year with a notable increase in enforcement resolutions.

This quarter, companies around the globe prepared to exit Iran-related business in the wake of U.S. sanctions snap-back.