8/20/2026 2:27:07 PM DROP is Live: What Data Brokers Need to Know as CalPrivacy Ramps Up Oversight By Megan Kayo Christine Chong Jackson Myers Yusuf Tarr +1 more... Show less California’s data brokers are officially on the clock. As of August 1, 2026, data brokers must start processing consumers’ deletion...
8/18/2026 4:45:07 PM Devas v. Antrix: Ninth Circuit Rejects Forum Non Conveniens and Applies Fuld v. PLO Reasonableness Factors in $1.3B Arbitral Award Enforcement By Elliot Friedman David Livshiz Paige von Mehren Christian Vandergeest Amanda Huang +2 more... Show less On August 12, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the enforcement of a $1.3 billion arbitral award against...
8/18/2026 3:15:37 PM CFIUS 2025 Annual Report – Good Year on Outcomes, Challenging Year on Process By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello Kate Applegate +2 more... Show less The calendar year 2025 data reported in the recently released annual report by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...
8/14/2026 4:48:07 PM Key Takeaways from the OCC and FDIC CSI Proposals By Alison Hashmall David Sewell Nariné Atamian Taylor Richards +1 more... Show less Two of the three federal banking agencies—the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the...
8/11/2026 8:36:08 PM The AI Blind Spot: What Does Generative AI Miss in High-Stakes Disputes? By Rob McCallum Matthew Haggans Miguel Serrano Ian Maurer +1 more... Show less Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping the legal industry. As we’ve previously discussed in the New York Law Journal and our Freshfields...
8/11/2026 4:12:06 PM FINRA's Enforcement Review: What It Means for Broker-Dealers, Public Companies, and Institutional Investors By Melissa Hodgman Agnès Dunogué Nicholas Caselli Adam Rosenfeld +1 more... Show less FINRA's recent review of its Enforcement Program may prove to be one of the most consequential developments in securities enforcement...
8/7/2026 6:12:37 PM CalPrivacy’s First Sectoral Audit: What to Know and How to Prepare By Megan Kayo Christine Chong Jackson Myers Alexandra Walsh +1 more... Show less The California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) recently announced its first formal sectoral audit, targeting privacy compliance...
8/4/2026 8:48:37 PM DOJ’s First Healthcare Declination Under the Corporate Enforcement Policy — and What It Signals for Compliance Priorities By Daniel Cendan Timothy Howard Allison Kowalski Aidan McGirr +1 more... Show less On July 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its first declination of a health care company under DOJ’s March 2026...
7/30/2026 7:30:37 PM Remote Access or Remote Possibility? RASA and the Future of Cloud Export Controls By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Noah Lipkowitz Mitchell Levinson +1 more... Show less For a number of years there have been concerns across the US political aisle about the ability of certain “countries of concern,” such as...
7/28/2026 3:31:08 PM DOJ’s Latest FCPA Resolution Emphasizes Mexican Cartel Connections By Eric Bruce Daniel Cendan Melissa Hodgman Timothy Howard Justin Simeone Allison Kowalski Grace Bruce Ian Maurer +5 more... Show less The Trump Administration has made Latin American cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) a key enforcement priority....
7/28/2026 3:27:07 PM FDIC Proposes Sweeping Changes to Bank Resolution Planning Requirements By Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) has moved to sharply scale back the insured depository institution (“IDI”) resolution...
7/24/2026 6:48:37 PM The Reemergence of SPACs By Michael Levitt Jeremy Barr More than 125 SPACs have completed IPOs in 2026, and privately held companies have renewed interest in deSPAC transactions. A number of...
7/24/2026 3:48:37 PM Federal Contracts for Biotech: Opportunities, With Strings Attached By Kristen Riemenschneider Jeff Jay Nathan Castellano The U.S. federal government is increasingly focused on the biotech and broader life sciences industry. This creates both risks and...
7/23/2026 7:42:38 PM Takeaways from the Freshfields Mexico City Forum By Ethan Klingsberg Noiana Marigo Timothy Howard Alessio Evangelista Stephanie Brown Cripps Paul Humphreys Christine Wilson Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding +6 more... Show less Thank you to the more than 100 attendees who filled the room at the Freshfields Mexico City Forum. The event brought together Freshfields...
7/23/2026 7:01:37 PM Supreme Court All But Ends Corporate Liability for Aiding-and-Abetting Human Rights Abuses By Austin Evers Beth George Timothy Harkness Melissa Hodgman David Livshiz Maria Slobodchikova Christian Vandergeest Mark Appleton Ian Maurer +6 more... Show less Until the end of June, multinational companies faced a significant litigation risk: suits in U.S. federal courts alleging that they...
7/23/2026 4:03:08 PM The Long Arm of U.S. Law: What Foreign Companies Don't Know Can Hurt Them By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Omeed Askary This post is part of a Freshfields series breaking down key aspects of U.S. dispute resolution for international clients and their...