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What’s Real – and What’s Not – About Trump’s Tariff Plan?

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President Donald Trump has never kept secret his love for tariffs. Touting plans for a robust tariff regime as a staple of his 2024 campaign, he went so far as to call tariff “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” Of course, Trump has...

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Blocked U.S. Steel-Nippon Acquisition Roils Dealmakers, Baffles Analysts

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President Biden’s decision in early January to block Japan-based Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel sparked a slew of unusual twists and turns more akin to a Hollywood political thriller than a typical corporate deal. Accusations of c...

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Court OKs Tesla Board’s Deal to Repay Nearly $1 Billion

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Ending one skirmish amid the legal battles at Tesla over excessive compensation, a Delaware Chancery Court on January 8 approved a deal that Tesla’s board of directors struck 18 months ago to return roughly $919 million to the company. The...

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Outlook for 2025: Expect the Year Ahead to be Filled with Change in Corporate Compliance

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Earlier this week we published a recap of some of the key themes in regulation and corporate compliance over the last year. Now it’s time to look ahead to what 2025 might bring – and as you might expect, “Trump” and “change” are key themes....

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2024 Year in Review

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With the calendar flipped to 2025, this week provides an ideal opportunity to recap some of the key themes in regulation and corporate compliance over the last year and look ahead to what the coming year might bring. We begin today with our...

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