11/24/2025 9:52:26 PM 2026 SEC Exam Priorities and Implications for Investment Advisers and Investment Funds By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman Ivet Bell David Nicolardi +1 more... Show less On November 17, the SEC’s Division of Exams released its Exam Priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. See...
10/2/2025 4:10:00 PM Compliance in a Global AI Market: Examining the Overlaps Between California’s SB 53 and the EU AI Act By Beth George Brock Dahl Christine Chong Vera Ibes Joseph Mason Madeline Cimino +3 more... Show less On September 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, the “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act”...
9/12/2025 1:53:40 PM Novel Considerations in Licensing Deals with Chinese Biotechs By Kristen Riemenschneider Ya Ma Shannon O'Hara Jake Silvers Yichen Xing +2 more... Show less Significant Chinese investment in its biotechnology industry has resulted in a shift in the biopharma licensing market over the last five...
8/14/2025 7:13:20 PM Opening the 401(k) Gates: The Potential Promise and Perils of Alternative Investments in Retirement Plans By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Executive Summary On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order, “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k)...
8/6/2025 3:33:37 PM Navigating the AI Frontier: Key Takeaways from the AI Leadership Forum By Janet Kim Brock Dahl Lutz Riede Sean Quinn +1 more... Show less On July 29, members of the Freshfields Global AI Practice joined industry leaders at the 2025 Corporate Board Member AI Leadership Forum...
7/2/2025 6:34:41 PM Supreme Court to Decide Key Case on Private Shareholder Lawsuits Against Registered Investment Funds By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Introduction On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert to hear a case that could significantly impact how registered...
6/20/2025 2:17:43 PM BIS Rescinds AI Diffusion Rule, Issues Notice of “High Probability” Enforcement Related to AI and Semiconductors By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Noah Lipkowitz Ian Allen Maame Adu +2 more... Show less Introduction On May 13, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that the Framework for Artificial Intelligence...
5/20/2025 7:10:23 PM Takeaways from the 11th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the in-person attendees who packed the “sold-out” venue and the hundreds who joined virtually at the 11th Annual Spring...
5/19/2025 9:34:17 PM President Trump Signs Law to Tackle Non-Consensual Imagery By Beth George Janet Kim Sean Quinn Madeline Cimino +1 more... Show less Today, on May 19th, President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, starting the one-year clock to May 20, 2026, when covered...
5/14/2025 3:55:01 PM California Privacy Agency Narrows Proposed AI-Related Regulations By Christine Lyon Brock Dahl Christine Chong Jackson Myers +1 more... Show less Companies subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have been keeping a close watch on CCPA rule-making activity,...
5/9/2025 6:59:19 PM AI on the Hill By Andrew Dockham Austin Evers Madeline Cimino David Cornell Miguel Serrano +2 more... Show less With tariffs, tax cuts, and court battles center stage in Washington, DC, it’s easy to lose sight of policy debates that capture less...
3/24/2025 5:09:24 PM SEC Marketing Rule FAQs Provide Relief to Investment Advisers Presenting Extracted Performance and Investment Characteristics By Timothy Clark Ivet Bell David Nicolardi Rosie Jiang +1 more... Show less Introduction On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) staff posted two Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”)...
1/29/2025 5:31:47 PM 2025 Transnational Litigation Trends By Timothy Harkness Amella Viso Taylor Jachman Paloma Palmer +1 more... Show less Below is a link to our anticipated 2025 Trends in Transnational Litigation, which examines several pivotal developments poised to shape...
1/24/2025 5:12:38 PM AI Models, Chips, and Data Centers Targeted by Expansive US Export Control Rule By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Noah Lipkowitz Rebecca Berman Young Park +2 more... Show less Key Takeaways BIS has imposed new global export licensing requirements on advanced computing integrated circuits and frontier AI model...
1/24/2025 4:50:01 PM California Attorney General Issues Legal Advisories on AI Compliance with State Laws By Beth George Sean Quinn Madeline Cimino On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta released two legal advisories addressing how existing state laws apply to...
1/16/2025 2:04:49 PM Private Capital in 2025: 7 Things You Should Know By Ivet Bell Heather Brookfield Timothy Clark Brock Dahl Andrew Dockham Austin Evers Melissa Hodgman Eva Mak Bruce McCulloch Christine Wilson Sam Houshower David Nicolardi Jon Fougner Ginger Hervey +11 more... Show less Each new year brings with it the potential for change. 2025 is no different in this regard, with the potential for change being even...