In the latest step in the U.S. antitrust agencies' heightened enforcement against private equity, the Federal Trade Commission held a Workshop on Private Equity in Health Care yesterday...

On October 4, 2021, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued a final rule revoking the Trump administration's Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) rule.

On April 21, 2021, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California announced a second settlement resolving alleged violations...

On January 12, 2021, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California announced the first civil settlement resolving alleged violations of the False Claims Act ("FCA")

On September 17, 2024, the DOJ's Antitrust Division withdrew from its 1995 Bank Merger Guidelines and announced that, going forward, it will use the 2023 Merger Guidelines, along with a 2024 Banking Addendum, in evaluating the competitive impact of mergers and acquisitions in the banking industry.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), one of the leading proxy advisory firms, uses its Annual Global Benchmark Policy Survey to gauge investor and other stakeholder interests and market sentiment.

On January 21, 2025, the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to repeal its listing rules regarding board diversity disclosures

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation v BASF Plant Science GMBH, PGR2020-00033, Paper 11 (P.T.A.B. September 10, 2020). Before: Jenks, Kokoski, and Abraham

On December 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM or proposed rule)...

Companies are taking the dramatic step of migrating employees to work from home in order to keep their employees and customers safe from the COVID-19 virus pandemic

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now published a revised draft of the UK Listing Rules (UKLRs) as expected. This follows our previous thought leadership which provides a broad overview of the FCA's major reforms more generally.

On February 20, 2024, the United States Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari and declined to review the 3-0 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...

By all accounts, 2021 was an unstoppable year for mergers and acquisitions, with over $5.1 trillion worth of transactions being completed.

The Supreme Court of the United States' recent decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. (2024) and Corner Post v. Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, 603 U.S.

Right on the heels of the In re Apple mandamus decision which we summarized, the Federal Circuit, again with Chief Judge Prost writing for the majority, grants another mandamus petition relating to transfer activity in the Western District of Texas.

Amid the global pandemic, 2020 witnessed the debut of new privacy laws and an explosion of privacy and data security issues arising from the switch to remote work and use of communications...

On August 17, 2022, the U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR") released an 11-point negotiation mandate to facilitate formalized trade negotiations between the U.S. and Taiwan (the "Mandate").

In a manner that can fairly be described by now as "business as usual," the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division issued a press release on Wednesday, December 11, announcing their decision to withdraw another key regulatory guidance document.

Eva Davis sits down with former U.S. Ambassador Julissa Reynoso to explore the foundations of leadership in high-stakes global work. The conversation examines how reputation, accountability, and collaborative approaches shape success when navigating complex challenges across law, policy, and business.

On July 20, 2022, the FDA opened a docket to seek data regarding the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food containers that may migrate into consumers' food.