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In an opinion last week, Judge Engelmayer denied defendant's motion for summary judgment regarding the "unorthodox transaction" exception to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act.

Standard Chartered Bank, a British Bank, announced that it had reached a $340 million settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services.

A federal court has set aside the Federal Trade Commission's new non-compete rule.

California recently passed Senate Bill (SB) 647 into law, a bill that amends the state's existing jewelry laws and significantly reduces ...

The future of America's domestic energy landscape is in flux: significant renewable energy-focused elements of President Biden's landmark Inflation Reduction Act are up for debate on the Hill …

The decision confirms the general principle that insurance contracts are to be construed as a whole, and the fact that such a contract contains an exception to the exclusion does not, in and of itself, render the exclusion provisions ambiguous.

On October 12, 2019, California became the first state in the country to ban the sale of products containing exotic animal skins and furs.

The September 2008 submission of an application to register a pesticide product containing silver nanoparticles set off a chain of events and decisions at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will "set the bar" for future nanopesticide registrations.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting at its White Oak, Maryland campus on September 25, 2024, to discuss and facilitate public...

California and New York's PFAS food packaging ban laws come into effect at the start of 2023.

Forced labor import restrictions are proliferating globally, requiring companies to implement comprehensive human rights due diligence programs that go far beyond documentary compliance. The Sime Darby Plantation case demonstrates how substantive remediation—including worker reimbursement, recruitment reform, and governance restructuring—enabled a major palm oil producer to successfully...

The sweeping measures approved by Israel's security cabinet this month represent the most significant administrative restructuring of the occupied West Bank since 1967, paving the way for full Israeli land governance of much of the West Bank—or de facto annexation, according to many observers.

The military juntas of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have failed to repel jihadist insurgencies, embroiling the Sahel and neighboring...

There may be a lot less to the NSA "scandal" than meets the eye.

In just under a year, US President Trump has taken several steps to revamp the rules of US influence on the global stage, from tariffs to anti-drug policy and, yes, foreign elections.

More than a year has passed since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel subsequently commenced its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

A discussion on the cybersecurity challenges faces by the U.S..

Since taking office for his second term, US President Donald Trump has focused heavily on reshaping the global trade environment to better favor American workers and companies.