When members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate were sworn into office in January 2019, Democrats took control of the House and its oversight agenda for the first time in eight years, 235-200 seats, and...more
1/28/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Congressional Oversight ,
Congressional Subpoenas ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Breach ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Impeachment ,
Legislative Agendas ,
PFAS ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Political Parties ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Sector ,
Residential Real Estate Market ,
Retail Market ,
Subpoenas ,
Trump Administration
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more
10/3/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Appeals ,
Blocking Statutes ,
Bribery ,
CFTC ,
China ,
CLOUD Act ,
Communication Restrictions ,
Compliance ,
Conspiracies ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (the COPO Act) ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Disclosure ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EURIBOR ,
Exports ,
Extradition ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Records ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
France ,
Fraud ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Government Investigations ,
Hackers ,
Hungary ,
Imports ,
India ,
Indictments ,
Information Sharing ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Israel ,
Lithuania ,
Money Laundering ,
Morrison v National Australia Bank ,
Multinationals ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Rate-Rigging ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Spoofing ,
Subpoenas ,
Swiss Supreme Court ,
Switzerland ,
Tax Crimes ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Treaty ,
Turkey ,
UK ,
United States ,
Venezuela ,
Wal-Mart
Following eight years of Republican majorities in Congress, Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in January 2019, thereby regaining the ability to control committee and subcommittee agendas, hold hearings...more
1/25/2019
/ Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Policies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Interference in US Elections ,
GAO ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oversight Committee ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Political Parties ,
State Attorneys General ,
Subpoenas ,
Trump Administration
For the past several years, Republican majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate have dictated the agenda of Congress. But Democrats will take control of the House in January 2019, thereby regaining the ability to...more
11/7/2018
/ Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Corporate Counsel ,
GAO ,
Government Investigations ,
Letter Requests ,
Political Parties ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State Attorneys General ,
Subpoenas ,
Trump Administration
The Supreme Court has long recognized that the freedom of speech enshrined in the First Amendment extends to anonymous speech, noting that “persecuted groups and sects … throughout history have been able to criticize...more