This month, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Accountability Committee (HSGAC) and the House Subcommittee on Cyber Security, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held hearings on the risks and...more
As Congress and the White House continue to grapple with the fallout of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse, both parties are united on one thing: Congress must investigate what happened. Following news that regulators...more
This past month saw a potential new era ushered in across the pond regarding corporate funding of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs. In the UK, an environmental law firm filed a lawsuit against 11 members...more
On January 24, 2023, the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled a top executive from Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s parent company, following Ticketmaster’s very public disaster last month when it was unable to process orders for...more
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As the war in Ukraine rages on, recent advisories from financial crime agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom indicate heightened scrutiny on financial activity of Russian individuals and entities, including...more
1/20/2023
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With Republicans narrowly taking control of the House of Representatives and Democrats maintaining a slim majority in the Senate in the 118th Congress, companies should be prepared for significant private sector oversight and...more
On August 9, 2022, President Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (the CHIPS Act), a significant investment in industrial policy that offers, among other things, funding for the development of facilities to...more