The Aggressive Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Economic Sanctions: Foreign Company Exposure to OFAC Enforcement

by Misha | Apr 14, 2020

In the last nine quarters alone, since January 2018, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which administers most U.S. economic sanctions programs, has imposed $1.28 billion in civil penalties on foreign companies, or on U.S. companies...

Supreme Court Update: Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee (No. 19A1016), Babb v. Wilkie (No. 18-882), Kansas v. Glover (No. 18-556)

by Misha | Apr 13, 2020

Greetings, Court Fans! Two more decisions in argued cases this week, both 8-1 opinions on narrow grounds, though in widely different contexts. But it was the Court’s sharply divided 5-4 decision granting an emergency stay application that garnered the most attention....

“Insider Trading, the STOCK Act, and Senator Burr’s Trades: Material Non-Public Information” Published in The National Law Review

by Misha | Apr 13, 2020

Paul Tuchmann’s op-ed article, “Insider Trading, the STOCK Act, and Senator Burr’s Trades: Material Non-Public Information,” was published in The National Law Review on April 10. To read the piece on The National Law...

Rights of the Accused vs. Rights of the Victim: Colleges and Universities Must Walk a Fine Line When Handling Title IX Sexual Assault Claims

by Kelsey Barcomb | Apr 9, 2020

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama recently issued a decision criticizing the University of Alabama at Huntsville’s (“UAH”) handling of a 2013 sexual assault. The case is a good warning that schools that become too focused on the due...

Navigating the new CFIUS landscape for foreign investment in the US

by Misha | Apr 7, 2020

Partners Tahlia Townsend and David Hall have authored, “Navigating the new CFIUS landscape for foreign investment in the US,” which appears in Issue 87 of WorldECR. A subscription is required to read the full article.