Compliance Tip of the Day: Why Engage in Pre-acquisition Due Diligence
Compliance Tip of the Day: Key M&A Enforcement Actions
Compliance Tip of the Day: M&A – International Issues
Compliance Tip of the Day: M&A Domestic Issues
From the Editor’s Desk: Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections from July to August 2025
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles: Uncovering M&A Compliance Lessons
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 74 - Global Women in AI/Corporate Director Liability: Discretionary, Not Fiduciary with Tram Anh Nguyen and Marc I. Steinberg
We get Privacy for work – Episode 6: The Potential Privacy Risks Inherent to Mergers and Acquisitions
Daily Compliance News: July 24, 2025, The In Phone Hell Edition
LathamTECH in Focus: Tech Deals: The Emerging Focus of FDI Regulators?
LathamTECH in Focus: Navigating National Security: The Impact of FDI Reviews on Tech M&A
Navigating Employee Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Lessons From Pretty Woman — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Treating Compliance Like an Asset
Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Daily Compliance News: June 23, 2025, The Is Walmart Cool Edition
CHPS Podcast Episode 5: The Future of Federal Procurement
Expert or Arbitrator? — PE Pathways Podcast
The LathamTECH Podcast — Getting Deals Done: Tackling Antitrust Challenges in Tech M&A
How IP Can Fuel Your Startup's Growth
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2021 M&A smashed U.S. and global records. The year saw the arrival of a new U.S. administration, the release of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as continued questions regarding the impact of the pandemic, including the year-end...more
In 2018, we released our advisory alert “Trends in Public REIT M&A: 2012–2017” chronicling select metrics across the 50+ REIT M&A transactions announced during the 2012–2017 period. We updated the sample set and findings in...more
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