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On July 8, 2026, President Trump informed Congress of his administration’s intent to
The SEC’s 2026 rulemaking agenda and statement of regulatory priorities recently went public as part of the federal governments overall 2026 Regulatory Plan. The agenda lists 38 potential SEC rulemakings and reflects Chairman Atkins’s broadly deregulatory orientation, with proposals
The SEC has issued a significant exemptive order modernizing and expanding the ability of issuers to conduct tender offers for their non-convertible debt securities over an abbreviated period of five business days. This new exemptive order expressly supersedes previous guidance
The SEC has issued a significant exemptive order modernizing and expanding the ability of issuers to conduct tender offers for their non-convertible debt securities over an abbreviated period of five business days. This new exemptive order expressly supersedes previous guidance
On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule (the Proposed Rule) that would significantly expand the scope and enforcement of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA), which requires foreign persons who
In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Nicolas Petit, Professor of Competition Law at the European University Institute in Florence. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including Europe’s future, the Draghi
In April 2026, the EC launched a consultation on the Draft Merger Guidelines. We submitted our observations last week, which we summarize below.
As the 2026 proxy season approaches its midpoint, the early data confirm rather than reverse the structural shifts that defined 2025. Shareholder activism remains a feature of the public markets that virtually every issuer must confront, whatever its size,
As the 2026 proxy season approaches its midpoint, the early data confirm rather than reverse the structural shifts that defined 2025. Shareholder activism remains a feature of the public markets that virtually every issuer must confront, whatever its size,
On May 29, 2026, the SEC formally proposed to rescind its 2024 climate disclosure rules in full. The Commission adopted those rules on March 6, 2024, and they would have reached nearly every public company, mandating detailed disclosure about greenhouse
