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Buyer’s Loss or Seller’s Gain –Shell and Others Pursue Arbitration against Venture Global over Breach in LNG Project Finance
By Deborah Slattery-Pereira The business community is closely following the ongoing international arbitration proceedings between Shell and…
Bank Merger Scrutiny Sky Rockets: Implications of Simultaneous FDIC, OCC, and DOJ Policy Statements
By Alice Crowe On September 17, 2024, three separate agencies released material that seemed to represent a…
A Win for the SEC: Terraform Cryptocurrencies are Securities
By: Julie Chung The rise in cryptocurrency usage and sales confused the traditional securities and financial space….
Warhol v. Goldsmith: Impact on Fair Use and Copyright for Filmmakers
By: Nicole Maxwell The rise of social media and technology is causing creators — and judges —…
MetaBirkin or MetaBroken? Luxury Meets the Law in the Metaverse
By: Olivia Kreegel These days, conversations about the metaverse and NFTs seem to dominate the landscape –…
CFPB Ends Years-Long Fight with Navient by Banning Them From Providing Future Student Loans
By: Laura Pontari Student loans are a heated topic that occupies a significant amount of policy debate…
Screened Out: How Faulty Algorithms Are Shutting Doors on Fair Housing
By: Sandy Lee Algorithmic technology is rapidly reshaping the housing market, particularly through tenant screening. Landlords increasingly…
Navigating Employee Privacy and Compliance: PwC’s New Location Tracking vs. EU’s GDPR Regulation
By: Aissatou Toure Recently, PwC has implemented a mandate requiring its U.K. employees to track their locations…
Unraveling the Trade War: How U.S. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Challenge WTO Agreements
By: Vienna Chan In March 2018, then-President Donald Trump established U.S. import duties of “25% on steel…
Signing Day: Does EA Sports College Football 25 Represent the Beginning or End of College Sports Media?
By: Liz Moriyama After a decade-long hiatus, Electronic Arts (“E.A.”) has revived its wildly popular College Football…