As the global economy increasingly digitizes, the infrastructure supporting this shift must evolve accordingly. In Africa, where the demand for digital services is surging — fueled by mobile penetration, fintech innovation, and…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology
Approximately two weeks ago, British, French and Swiss law enforcement authorities announced the creation of a new international alliance. With their joint Founding Statement (“Statement”), the three countries established the…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
President Trump has used tariffs as a significant point of geopolitical leverage since the beginning of his second term. Indeed, his administration dubbed April 2, 2025 “Liberation Day” in honor of a sweeping set of tariffs…
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/ Elections & Politics, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade
Having granted a Writ of Certiorari to review the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (the “Ninth Circuit”) in Amalgamated Bank et al v. Facebook, Inc. et al (In re Facebook, Inc…
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/ Civil Procedure, Securities Law
New Interim Process for Patent Trial and Appeal Board Workload Management -
The USPTO has fundamentally altered the PTAB institution decision framework through a March 26, 2025, memorandum from Acting Director Coke Morgan…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
As discussed in Bracewell’s February 11 and February 26 updates, the executive branch is prioritizing the “total elimination” of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, both through edicts from the Oval Office and…
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/ Criminal Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
In March of 2024, we reported on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s adoption of a comprehensive set of rules governing climate-related disclosures. The rules would require public companies to disclose climate-related…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Securities Law
US legal entities are no longer subject to the reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the US Department of Treasury…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
On March 12, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army took steps to address lingering questions about the meaning and implementation of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS)…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
If you have been following our reports on the subject, you know that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) had a tumultuous end to 2024 and start to 2025, with a series of court actions leading to oscillating reports about…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In an advisory announced February 25, 2025, the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced a new regime for assessing cooperation credit in determining fines in the…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Recent increases in construction and financing costs are directly affecting the development of energy projects across Africa. Captive power projects (CPPs) offer the possibility of mitigating this challenging landscape for both…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Energy & Utilities
The US Supreme Court unanimously declined to reshape the corporate veil-piercing doctrine when presented with the opportunity to do so in Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc. On February 26, 2025, the Supreme Court…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The US State Department has made its first round of designations pursuant to Executive Order 14157, “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists,”…
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/ Criminal Law, International Law & Trade, Government Contracting
In February 2024, we shared an update on the UAE’s competition landscape in which we summarised the changes brought by Federal Decree-Law No. 36 of 2023 on the Regulation of Competition (the New Law). Notably, in the update we…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
