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Everything Compliance: Episode 158, The No to Corruption in Ukraine Edition
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Daily Compliance News: July 25, 2025, The New Sheriff in Town Edition
Great Women in Compliance: The Compliance Influencer with Bettina Palazzo
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Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
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Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 73 - Geopolitical Risk: Thai Tensions / Sanctions, Tariffs & FCPA Enforcement in Asia
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
Last month, Paul Hastings sponsored the Cybersecurity Law Workshop at the Spring Privacy & Security Forum held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Cybersecurity Law Workshop featured three panels of...more
On April 8, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Final Rule, codified at 28 CFR Part 202, (Final Rule), implementing President Biden’s Executive Order 14117 “Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and...more
Executive Summary - We entered 2025 with the world in turmoil, a new American administration in the White House, and various global actors—friends and foes alike—still actively vying for the attention of the American public. ...more
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced to FTC staff on February 18 that the FTC would retain the 2023 Merger Guidelines as the framework for reviewing mergers and acquisitions. Citing the need for...more
When President Biden appointed Lina Khan to lead the Federal Trade Commission, and Jonathan Kanter to lead the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, he staked out an energetic new approach to antitrust enforcement...more
With President Joe Biden's departure, aggressive antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hand over the reins to incoming Trump...more
The incoming Trump administration suggests a potential return to more traditional levels of antitrust enforcement for energy industry mergers and a departure from novel theories of harm seen under current Federal Trade...more
On October 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that would restrict or prohibit certain transactions with China, Russia and other countries of concern involving U.S....more
On Tuesday, December 10, Donald Trump announced two picks for placements on the Federal Trade Commission: Commissioner Andrew Ferguson for Chair and Mark Meador for Commissioner. While Meador’s appointment requires Senate...more
On January 20, 2025, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration will come into power. The McDermott antitrust and competition team has analyzed the first Trump term, compared it to the Biden administration’s actions,...more
The US Department of Justice issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) October 21, 2024 that, if finalized, will prohibit or restrict a significant amount of international data sharing with countries of concern,...more
Editor's Note: "Collusive Algorithms? Understanding the Antitrust Implications of Digital Consensus" provides a timely exploration into the antitrust challenges posed by algorithmic consensus in the digital age. This article...more
On February 28, 2024, President Biden announced that he was issuing an Executive Order (the "EO") directing the promulgation of regulations to limit the dissemination of "bulk sensitive personal data" and "United States...more
On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued Executive Order 14117 on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (the EO). The EO empowers...more
On Oct. 30, the Biden administration took a decisive step into the future by issuing the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence....more
As part of the Biden administration’s avowedly aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement, it has challenged a number of high-profile mergers in court over the past two and a half years. While the track record of the...more
The White House’s Executive Order On The Safe Secure And Trustworthy Development And Use Of Artificial-Intelligence (“EO”) addresses many equity and civil rights issues with AI and mandates certain actions to ensure that AI...more
On October 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) released its Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy Report (Report). The Report outlines what OEJ considers to be...more
More so than any other issue, environmental justice (EJ) remains a central pillar of the Biden Administration’s regulatory agenda. Below, we’ll answer three EJ-related questions that the regulated community may struggle with...more
There Has Been Little Movement in Federal Legalization. This has led to cannabis investors and companies to downgrade expectations for federal legalization and focus their strategies on state reform. Federal lawmakers...more
On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order[1] calling for stronger enforcement of antitrust laws to promote competition and curtail the consolidation of American industries. The expansive order included 72...more
Biden Administration leadership at both the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has signaled the opening of more vigilant and skeptical eyes overseeing mergers,...more
Ethereum Network Completes Transition to Proof of Stake Consensus - After years of development and delays, Ethereum’s long-awaited “merge” occurred this week, changing the network’s consensus mechanism from proof-of-work...more
Over the past month, the Biden administration has taken several noteworthy steps aimed at creating an environmental enforcement strategy focused on addressing pollution that has traditionally been concentrated in low-income...more
The Biden Administration has made clear that environmental justice (EJ) is a priority in all aspects of its environmental work, most recently through Department of Justice (DOJ)-led enforcement efforts. To that end, on May 5,...more