The Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week approved legislation that would authorize and require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review the national security...

In an order entered June 26, 2023, United States District Judge Robert Pitman of the Western District of Texas held Texas's ballot access procedures for independent and minor party...

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recently entered a memorandum opinion in the Lehman Brothers Inc. proceeding under the Securities Investor Protection Act.

On April 7, 2020, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued two Risk Alerts: one focused on examinations of compliance with Regulation Best Interest.

On July 8, 2020, United States District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a putative securities fraud class action...

This memorandum provides a brief overview of certain key areas of the Commercial Licensing Regulations 2015 published by Abu Dhabi Global Market on 14 June 2015.

We assess the EC's new approach to infrastructure aid and review the EC investigation of a U.K. tax exemption (the Group Financing Exemption) and explore possible consequences for affected parties

The Basic Law of Saudi Arabia (Royal Decree No. A/90 dated 27/8/1412 H (1 March 1992)) vests all of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's oil and gas wealth in the Government.

An antitrust reverse termination fee (ARTF), sometimes called an antitrust reverse breakup fee, is a fee payable by the buyer to the seller

On September 10, 2019, the California State Senate passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) effectively requiring certain workers previously operating as independent

On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that allegations that parties had reached an agreement within the United States ...

This memorandum provides a brief overview of the Companies Regulations 2015 published by Abu Dhabi Global Market on 14 June 2015.

Shearman & Sterling released its Antitrust Annual Report today. The 2019 report considers two key developments shaping worldwide antitrust enforcement – the use of antitrust as a tool to regulate

On October 14, 2020, Judge Alison J. Nathan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice a putative class action...

On March 29, 2021, Judge Andrew L. Carter of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action ...

Amy Bohannon and Victoria Gillam share their perspectives on how the legacy Shearman & Sterling culture, ethos, and training shaped their careers...

In connection with the continued efforts of New York State to grapple with the COVID‑19 pandemic, a recent order updated the emergency measures in place...

English common law as it stands from time to time will directly apply in, and form part of the law of, Abu Dhabi Global Market ("ADGM").

Welcome to the final 2023 edition of Shearman & Sterling's Fifth Circuit Securities Litigation Quarterly. As public companies and financial institutions continue to migrate to Texas...

Today's guests are Bryan Parker and Jonathan Greenblatt, founders of Legal Innovators, an alternative legal service provider designed to solve two of the toughest problems facing the profession...