Much of the attention on the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2018-19 term has concerned its composition or its handling of cases involving some of the signature initiatives ...

From the perspective of tariffs and trade policy, 2025 was a year that many companies would prefer to put in the rearview mirror.

Two recent steps by the Department of Justice ("DOJ") demonstrate a new commitment to enforcing the Foreign Agents Registration Act ("FARA").

In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK.

In a decision with implications for the extraterritorial reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held in United States v. Hoskins ...

On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two unanimous decisions interpreting the Copyright Act.

Of the many legal trends influencing tax law, arguably none could prove more significant than the growing importance of constitutional and administrative law principles limiting executive power.

The geopolitical environment continues to drive reform of foreign investment rules in Europe,

California's Assembly Bill 1776, the COMPETE Act, proposes sweeping changes to the state's Cartwright Act that would expand antitrust liability to single-firm conduct and explicitly diverge from federal Sherman Act precedent. The legislation would eliminate key structural requirements for proving antitrust claims, restrict defendants' ability to assert procompetitive justifications, and potentially subject businesses to liability for conduct long considered lawful under federal law.

California's Privacy Protection Agency has introduced mandatory risk assessment and cybersecurity audit requirements that demand immediate attention from qualifying businesses. With the first submission deadlines approaching in 2028 but covering activities beginning in 2026, companies face a compressed timeline to inventory sensitive data processing, remediate compliance gaps, and prepare regulator-facing certifications that could invite scrutiny if poorly framed.

Delaware's amended Sections 144 and 220, enacted in spring 2025, introduce statutory safe harbors for conflicted transactions and streamlined books and records access. After surviving a constitutional challenge, these provisions are now fully operational, offering corporations greater predictability in handling controller conflicts, board independence determinations, and stockholder inspection demands while reducing litigation burdens.

This edition provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed.

What's new: The FTC announced the annual update to notification thresholds and updated filing fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, effective February 17, 2026.

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The U.S. federal banking agencies have proposed new interagency guidance that would replace 2023 rules governing banks' relationships with third-party service providers...

Two recent court decisions have challenged the long-standing market assumption that standard auto-extension clauses in letters of credit create evergreen instruments that renew indefinitely. Courts in New York and Illinois have ruled that common renewal language only provides for a single one-year extension, potentially leaving beneficiaries and applicants exposed to expired letters of credit they believed were still active.

For the purposes of this discussion, we will refer to claims that can be brought before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union ...

On October 18, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a proposal in the Federal Register (Proposed Rule)1 to amend several key compliance and registration regulations governing CPOs and CTAs.

On Nov. 26, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a potentially landmark antitrust case: Apple v. Pepper, 846 F.3d 313 (9th Cir. 2017), cert. granted, 138 S. Ct. 2647 (2018) (No. 17-204)