Sequester update: cuts, carve-outs and leverage *

USA - May 2 2013
The sequester remains in the news, drawing attention most recently when sequester-induced furloughs of air traffic controllers led to airport backups…

Co-authors: Gary Goldberg , Thomas F. Walls, Mary Pat Lawrence.

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Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act signed into law *

Iran, USA - January 15 2013
On Tuesday, January 2, 2013 President Obama signed into law the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (the "FY 2013 NDAA"), a large legislative…

Co-authors: Peter Feldman.

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OFAC revises Iran sanctions regulations to incorporate new extraterritorial restrictions *

USA - January 9 2013
On December 26, 2012, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued a final rule amending the Iranian Transactions and…

Co-authors: Peter Feldman.

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Scuffling at the edge of the fiscal cliff *

USA - January 2 2013
On December 31, 2012, a host of tax and spending provisions were scheduled to expire. On January 2, 2013, substantial cuts to defense programs and to…

Co-authors: Mathew P. Lapinski, John L. Harrington, Gary Goldberg , Marc Teitelbaum.

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FCPA guide serves as useful, though far from groundbreaking, resource *

USA - November 16 2012
On November 14, 2012, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Enforcement Division of the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") jointly released "A Resource Guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act" (the "Guidance").

Co-authors: Glenn C. Colton, Michelle J. Shapiro.

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