Insights: Results

Critical Period

by Armelle Royer and Maryne Gouhier

How the green-energy raw materials chase is rewriting geopolitics

Q&A with Franklin Hoet-Linares of Venezuela’s Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque

by Best Lawyers

An interview with Franklin Hoet-Linares of Venezuela’s Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque.

The Buyout Brigade

by Best Lawyers

Neill May, John Connon, and David Matlow discuss what’s ahead for private equity—and why dealmakers of all stripes have more leverage than ever.

Uninsured Flying Objects

by Marialuisa S. Gallozzi, Laura Beth Cohen and Claire O'Rourke

As drones and other “unmanned aerial vehicles” increasingly crowd the skies, the law—and insurance policies—will have to figure out how best to bring them back safely to terra firma.

Working With Changes

by Best Lawyers

Carolyn Pugsley, the Joint Global Head of Practice for Corporate, Australia at Herbert Smith and Freehills, discusses policy changes affecting the M&A market in Australia as well as the impact of the pandemic on the practice.

Jamie Gorelick Gets It Right

by Meredith Hinshaw-Chaney

Jamie Gorelick on politics, justice, and the rule of law.

Caveat Sanctions and Export Controls

by Carsten Bormann and Stephan Müller

Increasingly strict global sanctions and export-control regulations add a new layer of potential peril to M&A deals. A guide to expanding due diligence to ensure that malfeasance, whether intentional or accidental, doesn’t end up scuttling the agreement.

Changes in the Legal Regulation of Foreign Investment in Russia

by Artem Zhavoronkov and Oleg Lovtsov

Introducing significant changes in the legal regulation of foreign investment in the Russian Federation.

An Allied Front Against Ransomware

by Patricia Brown Holmes, John K. Theis, Georgia N. Alexakis and Abigail L. Peluso

With the world ever more digitally entwined—particularly as the pandemic has increasingly driven commerce and ordinary business activity more fully online—the threat of ransomware is here to stay. Here’s a primer on the federal government’s response and how the private sector can help.

The Litigation Finance Mass Tort Gold Rush

by Justin Smulison

Third-party litigation funding is transforming mass torts, propelling the high-risk area into a multi-billion-dollar industry

Trump Administration’s Termination of DACA, TPS, and H-4 EAD Immigration Programs Could Leave Employers in a Lurch

by Ann Massey Badmus

Several immigration programs that have authorized over a million immigrant workers are expected to end in 2018 and 2019.

An Interview With Johnson Winter & Slattery

by Best Lawyers

Australia's 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree in Energy Law

Cyber School

by Elizabeth S. Fitch and Theodore M. Schaer

Cybersecurity and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s School of Cyber Claims

Issue Spotting Guide for Assessing Inbound to U.S. Travel Issues

by Kathleen M. Peregoy

Essential guidance for management and HR on assessing U.S. travel and work visa issues to ensure immigration compliance and smooth workforce mobility.

Immigration Worksite Compliance Issues for Employers

by Maria I. Casablanca

Immigration worksite enforcement has become a balancing act between verifying eligibility to work and avoiding discrimination; thus it has merged two fields of law: labor and employment law with immigration and nationality law.

Keep an Eye on AI

by Jennifer G. Betts and Danielle Ochs

Artificial intelligence tools—most notably the “generative AI” systems that have so captured the public imagination lately—are proliferating. How will legislators, regulators and employers deal with the changes these systems bring to the workplace?