News & Perspectives
Deal to Dispute: Before the Ink Dries – Managing Risk in Early Stage Negotiations
Early-stage negotiations often move on assumptions of good faith and routine paperwork, but the choices parties make before a deal is signed can shape how deal risk turns into litigation risk later. We invite you to a webinar on litigation risk in early-stage negotiations.
A Tale of Two Sanctions Programs: U.S. Delivers Syria Relief While Launching Latest Economic Campaign Against Iran
On August 24, 2026, the United States expanded sanctions relief for Syria by rescinding key terrorism designations while launching Operation Economic Outcast, a broad Iran-focused campaign imposing new sectoral secondary-sanctions risks and targeting procurement, cyber, oil, and shipping networks.
Virtual & Digital Health Digest
This digest covers key virtual and digital health regulatory and public policy developments during July and early August 2026 from the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union.
Treasury and IRS Issue Proposed Regulations on Racial Nondiscrimination Requirements for Tax-Exempt Private Schools
On September 3, 2026, Treasury and the IRS proposed regulations denying or revoking section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status for private schools that discriminate based on race, color, or national or ethnic origin, including through affirmative action policies of the sort the Supreme Court held unconstitutional in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.