31 Days to Effective Compliance Program: Day 15 - Monitoring and Improving Internal Controls
AI Today in 5: January 15, 2026, The AI for IA Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: The Role of AI and Data Analytics in Compliance: Preview of The Leading Edge with Roxanne Bras Petraeus and Andrew McBride
Daily Compliance News: January 15, 2026, The Do You Need a Second CCO Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 14 - Internal Controls
Great Women in Compliance: When Women Speak Up: Gender, Whistleblowing and Retaliation
AI Today in 5: January 14, 2026, The Apple Folds Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: The Department of Retribution
Daily Compliance News: January 14, 2026, The Ghost of Odebrecht Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 13 - Policies and Procedures
AI Today in 5: January 13, 2026, The Ethical AI in Africa Edition
Innovation in Compliance: The Strategic Evolution of Compliance - Insights from Angie McPhail
Daily Compliance News: January 13, 2026, The Don’t Be a FED Chair Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 12 - The Importance and Construction of a Corporate Code of Conduct
All Things Investigations: Navigating Compliance Challenges in Venezuela’s Energy Sector
AI Today in 5: January 12, 2026, The Turning Comms into Compliance Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Going into Venezuela, Navigating the Corruption Risks, a Conversation with Matt Ellis
Daily Compliance News: January 12, 2026, The Corruption is Free Speech Edition
31 Days to Effective Compliance Program: Day 11 - Moving Compliance Down into an Organization
Sunday Book Review: January 11, 2026, The Classic Crime Novel Homage Edition
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What happens when a Chinese metal magnate decides to become one of the world’s most daring tariff dodgers? Join Diana Shaw, Tatiana Sainati, and their special guest, trade-law powerhouse Greta Peisch, for this month’s Wicked...more
On December 23, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released additional guidance in the form of seven additional frequently asked questions (FAQs), clarifying certain aspects of the Outbound Investment Security...more
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On October 24, 2025, the Local Division Paris of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued its decision in Raccords et Plastiques Nicoll v. First Plast, dismissing claims for literal infringement and infringement by equivalence...more
In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed in part and dismissed in part an appeal of an International Trade Commission decision....more
On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (The “NDAA”). Among its provisions, the NDAA includes an updated version of the BIOSECURE Act (the “Act”)....more
Our International thought leaders have pulled together their top predictions for the new year so that employers can get a head start to 2026....more
We continue to watch closely for a pronouncement from the U.S. Supreme Court on the lawfulness of the fentanyl trafficking-related and global reciprocal tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...more
In 2025, many countries finalized regulations and released new guidance regarding global equity plans. Multinational companies should confirm whether their equity grant materials and plan administration align with such...more
The Trump administration's 2025 campaign against transnational drug cartels has not stopped at the border. It has been waged through terrorism designations, geographic targeting orders, economic sanctions and an unmistakable...more
In a single week, regulators on three continents moved against AI platforms capable of generating explicit imagery. The UK’s media regulator opened a formal investigation....more
As you may have seen in the news, tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are now before the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found them unlawful. While...more
When signed into law on March 1, 2024, the New York LLC Transparency Act (NYLTA) would have required Beneficial Ownership Disclosure (BOD) reports or Exemption Attestations from each and every limited liability company (LLC)...more
Global private equity (PE) activity is gaining momentum as market stability returns. After a period of volatility, investors in the US, Europe, and Asia have grown more confident operating within today’s macroeconomic...more
Persons acting on behalf of foreign principals in order to influence a decision or the conduct of a public policy must declare their activities in the new register....more
In 2025, global M&A value rose 41% from 2024, to $4.8 trillion, making 2025 the second-highest M&A value year on record. Overall deal count fell, but deal sizes increased, with a record-breaking number of $10 billion+ deals....more
Buried in the defense spending bill adopted in December 2025 is a provision amending Section 16(a) to extend insider reporting obligations to certain insiders of foreign private issuers (FPIs). The provision, dubbed the...more
The US Department of State has announced that it has issued a memo directing consular posts worldwide to indefinitely pause immigrant visa adjudications for nationals of 75 countries, effective January 21, 2026. This...more
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