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: AI and 3rd Party Risk Management
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles: Uncovering M&A Compliance Lessons
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?
Compliance into the Weeds: Sanctions Compliance Failures: Lessons from Harman International and Interactive Brokers
All Things Investigation: Due Diligence and Drama: A Deep Dive into Art World with Daniel Weiner
Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
Essential Steps to Sell Your Business
FCPA Compliance Report: Stay the Course: Ellen Lafferty on Navigating Anti-Corruption Compliance in 2025
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles, Introduction and Compliance Lessons Learned
Risk New York Speaker Series: AI Investments and Political Uncertainty with Chris Mason
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 71 – Crypto Fault Lines: Stablecoins, Meme Coins & the Fight for Clarity PLUS: Sanctions, Shell Companies & Fragmented Global Trade
Episode 373 -- Christian Focacci on Current Developments in AI and Risk Management
Podcast - A Comparative Guide to Obtaining an FCL: DCSA vs. the Intelligence Community
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls in International Operations
Compliance in the Former Soviet Central Asian Republics
As of July 27, 2025, federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filings will also need to be submitted to the Washington Attorney General (WA OAG) under Washington State’s Antitrust Premerger Notification Act (APNA) if the parties...more
The merger landscape in the United States is shifting once again. After a period marked by stricter antitrust enforcement and skepticism toward merger transactions, recent developments suggest a renewed openness to structural...more
Cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2025 will be shaped by tumultuous economic, legal, and regulatory change. Driven by the new U.S. administration’s dramatic shift in policies and priorities, developments...more
Many observers viewed the FTC’s case challenging the Tapestry/Capri merger based on a relevant product market of “accessible luxury handbags” with skepticism. The market definition seemed (and still seems) gerrymandered to...more
Major New - Requirements On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved new rules for reporting mergers and acquisitions to the FTC and the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more
In the September edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including updates regarding the most recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporate Law and the EU’s Corporate...more
Summary: Understanding the context of the Chevron doctrine decision is important to prepare for the unpredictability of antitrust enforcement. Our recommendations for in-house counsel help to jumpstart your game plan....more
Exiting a business, whether you are a serial entrepreneur looking to move on to the next project or a healthcare provider like a physician or therapist who has nurtured your practice for decades, can be difficult. After all,...more
Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions...more
On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (the “DAG”) announced a new Mergers & Acquisitions (“M&A”) Safe Harbor Policy issued by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) as part of her comments detailing increased...more
At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying: “[t]oday’s guilty plea...more
Takeaways - ..The Biden administration’s recent executive order takes a hard line on limits to employment mobility, such as non-compete agreements. ..No-poach agreements—companies agreeing not to recruit each other’s...more
In a remarkable year for the equity markets in 2020, the increased use of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) to take companies public stands out as a defining trend. In 2020, well-known private businesses – like...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects to date, including economic uncertainty and widespread business interruptions. This environment may raise unique considerations for parties contemplating an M&A transaction....more
Recently, a New York-based dietary supplement manufacturer (and its subsidiaries) issued a nationwide recall of all lots of dietary supplement products manufactured and sold between January 2013-November 2019. Because the...more
The Situation: The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently published a blog post reminding merging parties to avoid creating antitrust liability through the exchange of competitively sensitive information during merger...more
On April 3, 2018, the Antitrust Division of the U.S Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it had reached a settlement in a matter involving a “no-poaching” agreement between employers—the first such enforcement action...more
Competitors exploring mergers or acquisitions may find themselves under a microscope regarding what information they exchange in the process. On March 20, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reaffirmed its longstanding...more
Our 2016 M&A Report offers a detailed review of, and outlook for, the global M&A market. Other highlights include a comparison of deal terms in public and private acquisitions; updates on takeover defenses and public company...more
Everyone in healthcare knows that the next round of HIPAA audits is coming. Covered entities and business associates have long been advised to review and update their HIPAA security risk analyses, have business associate...more
The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more
DOJ fines particleboard manufacturers $4.95 million for gun-jumping violations - On Friday, November 7, 2014, two companies agreed to pay $4.95 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) allegations that the...more