6/5/2026 7:21:37 PM U.S. Terrorist Designations of Brazilian Crime Groups By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Paloma Palmer On May 28, 2026, the U.S. State Department designated the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho, two of Brazil’s largest...
5/27/2026 2:45:08 AM U.S. Indictment of Sinaloa’s Governor Carries Risk for Companies Operating in Mexico By Eric Bruce Timothy Howard Timothy Harkness Kimberly Zelnick Justin Simeone Peter Linken Elischke de Villiers Ian Maurer +5 more... Show less The Second Trump Administration continues to use a variety of tools to target individuals and companies with suspected links to cartels...
5/19/2026 9:33:07 PM Takeaways from the 12th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the in-person attendees who once again filled the venue to capacity and to the hundreds who joined virtually at the 12th...
5/13/2026 1:57:37 PM Increased Focus on “Sham Charities” Complicates the Landscape for Companies Operating in Israel and the Middle East By Timothy Harkness Elischke de Villiers Ian Maurer Introduction As the world focuses on conflicts in the Middle East, including the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Israel and...
5/5/2026 5:27:37 PM Connecticut Poised to Enact One of the Nation's Most Comprehensive AI Laws By Beth George Anna Gressel Nema Milaninia Nina Frant Aaron Stanislawski Keian Razipour +3 more... Show less On May 1, 2026, the Connecticut House voted 131–17 to pass Senate Bill 5 — the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and...
5/4/2026 11:54:07 PM CFIUS Review Resumes Following DHS Funding By Aimen Mir Christine Laciak Brian Reissaus Colin Costello Timothy Swartz Rashi Narayan Ian Allen +4 more... Show less Key Takeaways The President’s signing of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding legislation on April 30, 2026, ended the 76-day...
4/29/2026 5:24:37 PM U.S. Criminal Investigations Involving Colombia’s President Reshape Corporate Risk By Eric Bruce Justin Simeone Diego Rueda Miguel Serrano Alexandra Walsh +2 more... Show less Since January 2025, the Trump Administration has made the disruption of transnational criminal organizations and drug cartels in Latin...
4/28/2026 2:45:40 PM Supreme Court Narrows “Battlefield Preemption” for Government Contractors By Timothy Harkness David Livshiz Austin Evers Nathan Castellano Maria Slobodchikova Jordan McGuffee +3 more... Show less On April 22, 2026, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Hencely v. Fluor Corp., No. 24-924, 2026 WL 1083331 (U.S. Apr. 22, 2026),...
4/27/2026 3:39:37 PM Prediction Markets and Investment Advisers: From Regulatory Curiosity to Business Critical Risk By Melissa Hodgman Timothy Howard David Nicolardi The earlier discussion of prediction markets focused on their structure, regulatory classification, and the unsettled perimeter between...
4/24/2026 9:18:37 PM SDNY and CFTC Charge U.S. Soldier with Using Classified Information to Profit on Prediction Market By Timothy Howard Eric Bruce Melissa Hodgman Alessandra Scalise +1 more... Show less On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
4/22/2026 1:54:40 PM Don’t Leave the Law Governing Your Contracts to Chance By Lauren Kaplin Ian Maurer This post is the fourth in our series on navigating the landscape of US commercial contracts for international businesses. Here, we...
4/20/2026 10:48:37 PM Trump’s Pharma Tariff Ultimatum By Stephanie Brown Cripps Nabeel Yousef Kristen Riemenschneider Ian Allen Jake Silvers +2 more... Show less On April 2, 2026, President Trump issued a proclamation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 imposing 100% tariffs on...
4/16/2026 3:41:36 AM Contracting Parties Beware: A Forum Selection Clause May Not Bar 1782 Discovery By Timothy Harkness David Livshiz Lauren Kaplin Peter Linken Miguel Serrano +2 more... Show less The Second Circuit has reaffirmed that a forum selection clause designating a non-U.S. forum—which was silent regarding discovery in the...
4/13/2026 10:07:15 PM Preparing for Congressional Scrutiny of Online Gambling and Prediction Market Platforms By Austin Evers Andrew Dockham Beth George Nema Milaninia +1 more... Show less Online gambling and prediction market platforms face an increasingly volatile regulatory and political environment. State authorities are...
3/31/2026 9:44:41 PM Another Court Rejects ATA Claims After the Second Circuit’s Decision in Ashley v. Deutsche Bank AG By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Miguel Serrano A March 6, 2026, decision out of the Southern District of New York continued the notable trend of cases that have rejected Anti-Terrorism...
3/23/2026 8:41:47 PM Three Key Ways that Generative AI is Changing Litigation and Investigations Work Today By Eric Bruce Rob McCallum Justin Simeone Marcus Levy +1 more... Show less Generative AI (GenAI) is no longer a futuristic concept but a present-day reality, fundamentally changing how legal professionals...