The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments that would substantially expand the availability of scaled executive compensation disclosure and related proxy voting relief for many public companies. The proposal…
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/ Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
Hughes Hubbard’s “Sanctions in a Snap” is intended to provide a clear and concise summary of recent developments from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). We hope you find it helpful in assessing U.S. economic sanctions…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On May 14, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted 15–9 to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (the Clarity Act or the Act). The committee’s bipartisan vote is the most significant step to…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On May 18, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) rescinded a long-standing rule under which the Commission refused to settle with defendants in SEC enforcement proceedings unless the defendants…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
On May 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule and form amendments(Proposed Amendments) that would significantly change reporting requirements under federal securities laws, allowing domestic public companies to…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Hughes Hubbard’s “Sanctions in a Snap” is intended to provide a clear and concise summary of recent developments from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). We hope you find it helpful in assessing U.S. economic sanctions…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On April 24, U.S. Customs and Border Protection extended a limited waiver of the Jones Act that had originally been granted on March 19. As a result of the waiver, non-U.S. flagged vessels are permitted to transport certain…
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/ Maritime Law, Taxation, Transportation
Highlights from March 2026 include FCPA charges for two startup founders but a declination for the company, the conclusion of the DOJ’s investigation into Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, a bill to double the FCPA’s statute of…
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/ Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
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• Jeremy Paner highlights how FinCEN’s use of Special Measure Five against a Swiss bank signals a more aggressive anti money laundering enforcement posture.
• Increased resources for FinCEN’s Enforcement…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
Hughes Hubbard’s “Sanctions in a Snap” provides a clear and concise summary of recent developments from the United States' Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and is designed to help you quickly assess U.S. economic…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
Hughes Hubbard’s anti-corruption “Month in a Minute” offers a quick look-back at the biggest foreign corruption-related developments from the prior month. The Month in a Minute is intended to provide a quick snapshot of the…
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/ Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
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• Hughes Hubbard submitted a brief in the DC Circuit urging the Court to deny Russia’s motion to stay the Court’s mandate after its decision upholding the District Court’s jurisdiction over a suit to enforce a…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade
On March 19, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a further stay of a recent district court decision overturning the expanded version of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
• 欧州では、2027年までにロシア産ガスの輸入を段階的に廃止することが義務付けられた。これは政策主導による急激な構造転換である。市場参加者は、限られた時間の中で、地政学的圧力や供給制約にさらされながら、代替ガスの調達対応を余儀なくされている。…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade
Highlights from February 2026 include the largest civil monetary penalty assessed against an individual, the first civil monetary penalty assessed against an academic institution unrelated to Cuba travel and designations of…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Remedies, International Law & Trade
