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Akin shareholder activism partner Doug Rappaport speaks with The Deal by With Intelligence about an executive order aimed at institutional investors' use of automatic voting.

Check out the full article here: https://bit.ly/44Ewgjr

#ProxyAdvisers
December 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Consistent with the ongoing trend towards deregulation of the investment management industry in the United States, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Read more in our recent alert: https://bit.ly/3YH8gIU

#InvestmentManagement
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Our Geneva office recently spent the morning volunteering with Fondation Partage, the largest food bank in Geneva. The Akin team helped process nearly one ton of donated food and hygiene products.

We’re very grateful to have supported this cause and for the opportunity to contribute.

#Community
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Akin international trade senior policy advisor and former OFAC Deputy Assistant Director for Policy Michael Wain speaks with ACAMS https://bit.ly/3HC3pOU about key U.S. foreign policy.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4qjgC5o?

#InternationalTrade
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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On December 9, 2025, FinCEN issued an order against Paxful, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform, finding that it willfully violated multiple requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act and its implementing regulations over an extended period.

Read More Here: https://bit.ly/4qiUt7l

#FinCEN
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The Delaware Supreme Court has heard arguments on SB 21’s constitutionality—a law that revises DGCL Sections 144 and 220, and applies retroactively.

Stay prepared and read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4aUaL1R

#CorporateGovernance
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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On Thursday, January 8, join Akin lawyers for a timely discussion of prediction markets and the rapidly evolving governing legal regime.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3YB5O6M

Please note: This event is off the record and closed to members of the media.

#PredictionMarkets
December 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Akin is proud to sponsor Independent Petroleum Association of America - IPAA's Private Capital Conference in Houston on January 22.

To learn more and to register, please click here: https://bit.ly/4j3Yt9p

#AkinEnergy
December 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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CARB Releases Draft Rules for SB 253 & SB 261

Read the full analysis on our blog: https://bit.ly/3L1XRnX

Subscribe to the Akin Speaking Sustainability Blog digest: https://bit.ly/4nYqArt

#ClimateDisclosure
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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In December 2025, the administration released its National Security Strategy (NSS)—a high‑level framework that elevates economic power, industrial capacity, and sovereignty as core national security priorities.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4aoxT8I

#InternationalTrade
December 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Check out our latest IP Newsflash update titled “IPR Estoppel Under § 315(e)(1) Does Not Apply to Ongoing Ex Parte Reexamination" here: https://bit.ly/3YwcBi3

#IntellectualProperty
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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California continues to expand its regulatory framework around employer use of artificial intelligence. Beginning January 1, 2026.

Read the full client alert here: https://bit.ly/4532DbE

#EmploymentLaw
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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ISS and Glass Lewis have released their 2026 Benchmark Proxy Voting Policy updates, introducing changes that will impact governance, compensation and shareholder-proposal evaluations as we head into the 2026 proxy season.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4aOSWRS

#ProxyVoting
December 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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FDA has announced its Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes (TEMPO) pilot, aimed at accelerating innovation and expanding access to digital health devices for chronic disease management.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rWKOFf

Subscribe to Eye on FDA: https://bit.ly/4eMb8eX

#FDA
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Akin telecom, media & technology partner and former deputy chief counsel at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Sean Conway speaks with Broadband Breakfast.

Check out the full article here: https://bit.ly/4pEx3ZY

#ArtificialIntelligence
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Akin has again been ranked second in the 2025 edition of https://bit.ly/3PmA2Xl International’s U.K. A-List, maintaining last year’s position.

Read more about the rankings: https://bit.ly/4512QMu
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has finalized its PFAS-in-Products program rules, reducing reporting fees and eliminating annual recertification requirements in some instances.

Stay informed on PFAS developments: https://bit.ly/3XYg1dd

Subscribe PFAS Press: https://bit.ly/4psU6Ye

#PFAS
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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The Global Regulatory Developments Journal has republished an Akin article on the UK OFSI’s consultation to amend its civil enforcement processes, following a sharp increase in the number of enforcement actions taken this year.

Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4iW89CG

#FinancialServices
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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💡 Check out our latest IP Newsflash update titled “Delaware District Court Clarifies That Enhanced Damages Are a Form of Relief, Not a Claim That Can Be Dismissed on a Motion under Rule 12(b)(6)" here: https://bit.ly/3XX2imX

#IntellectualProperty
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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📆 Akin is proud to serve as a Platinum Sponsor of Infocast Events Projects & Money Summit, taking place January 12–14 in New Orleans.

To learn more, please click here: https://bit.ly/492QbuV

#AkinEnergy
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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President Trump's latest executive order marks a significant shift in AI regulation—establishing a coordinated federal effort to challenge and override state AI laws.

Read more in our alert here: https://bit.ly/4j0QZUH

#AI
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The newly unveiled defense bill introduces sweeping cyber reforms—from securing mobile devices for senior officials to harmonizing cybersecurity standards across the defense industrial base.

#Cybersecurity
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Starting January 1, 2026, California will prohibit "stay-or-pay" provisions in employment contracts—commonly seen in incentive bonus clawbacks and training repayment agreements (TRAPs).

Read the full client alert here: https://bit.ly/4q7c4it

#EmploymentLaw
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The Eleventh Circuit is set to hear arguments on whether the False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions violate Article II of the Constitution—a case that could pave the way for Supreme Court review in 2026.

Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/3Yl7JMD

#FalseClaimsAct
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Akin lobbying & public policy practice co-heads G. Hunter Bates and Brian Pomper, senior advisor Anna Abram, partner Scott Parven and senior advisor Geoff Verhoff have again been recognized on The Hill’s annual list of Top Lobbyists.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4p0JyhG

#Lobbying
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM