The Treasury and State Departments have issued sanctions relief permitting U.S. and foreign persons to engage in a broad set of transactions with Syrian businesses, the Syrian government ...

The FTC and DOJ recently announced the first settlements of merger enforcement actions reached under the second Trump administration. These actions follow comments from leadership at the ...

In this issue, we discuss state law restrictions on the use of ESG factors by financial institutions, including with respect to managing investments or investment standards for public funds.

Over the past several years, many states have enacted laws targeting the consideration of ESG factors in investing and business practices. These laws vary widely in scope and design and c...

On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives approved the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a new provision that would increase U.S. tax rates (including withholding tax rates) ...

The House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a much-anticipated suite of proposed tax law changes and revenue offsets, on May 22, 2025. This update describes key pr...

The House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes provisions terminating or otherwise significantly affecting renewable energy tax credits, on May 22, 202...

The Department of Justice Criminal Division announced a series of policy changes on white-collar enforcement, covering enforcement priorities, the path to a declination, limitations on mo...

The OCC has reversed recent changes to its bank merger policies through an interim final rule. Our client update is a refresher on the new state of play for Bank Merger Act applications t...

Since 2023, the UK government has been engaging with the cryptoasset industry as part of its efforts to develop a regulatory regime for cryptoasset activities and services. In late April ...